Resources
Suppliers
Find Organic Inputs and Supplies
You can use the OMRI List to check if a specific product is allowed in organic production. We recommend that you also get written approval from your certifier before using a new input on your organic farm.
For a more detailed list, visit our Google Sheet database of organic suppliers.
Seeds and Plant Materials
NOP Guidance on Seeds and Planting Stock in Organic Crop Production
- Seeds
- Seed Potatoes
- Sweet Potato Slips
- Onions Sets
- Seed Garlic
- Cover Crop Seeds
Fertilizers
Common organic fertilizers include pelletized poultry litter, feather meal, bone meal, alfalfa meal, and trace minerals. See the NCAT resource on Alternative Soil Amendments for more information.
- Local Sources
- Mindful Farmer (distributor, North Little Rock)
- Carbon Chicken (manufacture biochar product, Fayetteville)
- Morgan County Seeds (distributor, Barnett, MO)
- Oakley Professional Products (manufacture Oakley’s Pelletized Poultry Litter, Beebe)
- National Manufacturers
- National Distributors
Compost
See the resource Making and Using Compost for Organic Farming for information on using compost on an organic farm. Check with your local municipal yard waste program to see if they have a composting facility that could supply your farm with compost.
- J-M Farms (mushroom compost producer in Miami, OK)
- American Composting (compost producer in North Little Rock)
- Carbon Chicken (produce a composted biochar product in Fayetteville)
- Bluebird Composting (compost producer in Columbia, MO)
- Ozark Compost & Swap (limited quantities of worm castings, Northwest Arkansas)
- Vermont Compost Company (bulk order delivery available)
Potting Mix
See the NCAT publication Potting Mixes for Certified Organic Production and check with farmers in your area to see if there are any local sources for organic potting mixes.
- Mindful Farmer (local distributor, North Little Rock)
- BWI Companies, Inc.
- Vermont Compost Company
- Seven Springs Farm Supply
- Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
- New Country Organics
- Fedco Seeds Organic Growers Supply
Pest Control
See the NCAT resource Sustainable Pest and Weed Control Database for approved organic pest control materials.
- Arbico Organics
- Seven Springs Farm Supply
- Fedco Seeds Organic Growers Supply
- Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
- Keystone Pest Solutions, LLC (conventional and organic pest control products)
- Midwest Grower Supply (conventional and organic pest control products)