Good Soil Certification
Two tiers
Self-attested + document review. The producer signs the Good Soil Standard, submits photos, and provides references. Listed in the directory with the Verified badge.
Document review + on-site visit. The full audit. Verified compliance with every clause of the Good Soil Standard, with the founders or an authorized reviewer walking the operation.
The Good Soil Standard, in plain English
You grew it, raised it, or made it. No middle-wholesale, no reseller arrangements. The customer at your booth is buying from the operation, not from a curated reseller.
No synthetic herbicides, synthetic pesticides, neonicotinoids, glyphosate, or synthetic NPK fertilizer on the products you'd sell here.
Animals on pasture, species-appropriate diet, no continuous confinement. Specific minimums per species — see the full standard.
For bakers, ferments, prepared foods: every ingredient must be recognizable as food. No isolates, no artificial colors, no industrial sweeteners.
Some evidence of practices that build (not just maintain) soil: cover crops, compost, rotation, animal integration, microbial inoculants, or measurable soil-test improvement over time.
The full standard — including species-specific minimums for animals, banned-input lists for crops, and the audit checklist we use during site visits — is documented separately. We don't hide the details.
The certification application is the same form as the Good Soil Market vendor application. One submission, considered for both.
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