Baystate Organic Certifiers is a USDA National Organic Program accredited certifying agency providing organic certification to farm and processing operations throughout the continental United States.
Getting started with certification:
For Crops, Handling, & Import/Distribution/Warehouse questions: contact our New Client Manager at lsandstrom@baystateorganic.org or (917) 957-0979.
For Livestock questions: contact our livestock team at (267) 449-3121.
Send applications and checks to:
Baystate Organic Certifiers 1220 Cedarwood Circle N. Dighton, MA 02764; applications@baystateorganic.org
Questions about Renewal Applications:
Renewing applicants, please contact Lauren Sandstrom at lsandstrom@baystateorganic.org or (917) 957-0979
To find a specific certified organic farm or business, search the organic INTEGRITY Database.
For compliant USDA Seal designs for Organic packaging: click HERE
Our Team
Executive Director:
Don Franczyk, dfranczyk @ baystateorganic.org; (774) 872-5544
Operations Management Specialist:
Tracy Harris, tharris @ baystateorganic.org; (425) 221-2358
Certification Administrators:
Duncan Cox, Manager – Review Process; dcox @ baystateorganic.org; (978) 745-6207
Shenandoah Cute, Handling & Export Compliance; scute @ baystateorganic.org; (607) 222-0663
Lauren Sandstrom, File Management & Marketing; lsandstrom @ baystateorganic.org; (917) 957-0979
Heather Swan, File Review, Grass-Fed and Livestock Verification; hswan @ baystateorganic.org; (607) 310-8301
Jillian Zeigler, Inspections Manager; jzeigler @ baystateorganic.org; (607) 245 6386
Certification Specialists/Inspectors:
Staci Boepple, sboepple @ baystateorganic.org
Amy Butler, abutler @ baystateorganic.org
Randall Estrada, restrada @ baystateorganic.org
Troy Hinke, thinke @ baystateorganic.org
Kara Mulvaney, kmulvaney @ baystateorganic.org
Fred Schafer, fschafer @ baystateorganic.org
Evans Slepian, eslepian @ baystateorganic.org
Renewal Applications Specialist & Social Media:
Chantel Marquis, cmarquis @ baystateorganic.org; (607) 423-4055
File Management Specialists:
Alexandra Bartoe, abartoe @ baystateorganic.org
Sally Liv, sliv @ baystateorganic.org
Mary Luna, mluna @ baystateorganic.org
Collin Null, cnull @ baystateorganic.org
Megan Stevens, mstevens @ baystateorganic.org
Application Specialist:
Sue Ellen Johnson, sejohnson @ baystateorganic.org
