Certification: Locally Grown

FAQs

What is Locally Grown certification?
Why should I get my products Locally Grown certified?
How much will it cost to get certified?

Traceables has a fixed cost system for Locally Grown certification:

  • USD $900 for individual farms
  • USD $2,500 for small ingredient suppliers or brands (under USD $5 M annual revenue)
  • USD $5,000 for retailers per product group (e.g. pulses, fruit)
  • USD $7,000 for medium sized ingredient suppliers or brands (from USD $5 M to USD $20 M annual revenue)
  • USD $15,000 for large ingredient suppliers or brands (Above USD $20 M annual revenue)

The costs for Chainparency’s GoTrace traceability platform are separate from the certification fees above. An estimation of GoTrace platform fees can be found below but should only be used for guidance as traceability requirements differ from company to company:

 

Please contact us to start the certification process!

How does the GoTrace traceability platform work?
How long will it take to get certified?

After we receive confirmation of your first batch of product being traced by Chainparency, the certification process can take less than 2 weeks, depending on how long it takes for the certification fee to be paid.

What type of products can be certified?

Any food, supplement, personal care, biofuel, furniture or apparel product can be certified Locally Grown.

The Process

Locally Grown certification has been created for​:

  • Crops and products direct from farms (D2C)
  • Ingredients or products made from crops (B2B)
  • Single-ingredient food, supplement, personal care, biofuel, furniture and clothing products (products sold to consumers)
  • Multi-ingredient food, supplement, personal care, biofuel, furniture and clothing products (products sold to consumers)

All products (for single-ingredient products) or all ingredients (for multi-ingredient products) must be able to be traced by Chainparency from the farm to the point you sell them.

The step-by step process for Locally Grown certification is below:

 You Apply for Certification using our Registration Form – Provide basic information of your company and product/s (including official ingredients list).

  • We put you in touch with Chainparency, our traceability partner, who will implement their traceability protocol – GoTrace – with your product/s. (which can be viewed in our FAQs section above).
  • As soon as you have traced your first product from the farm/s to its final destination, you send us your GoTrace file.
  • We send you our Certification Decision.
  • If your certification is accepted we send you the Certification Agreement to fill in and sign. You pay us the certification fee upon signing the Certification Agreement. This annual price is a flat rate fee and covers certification for as many products as you wish to certify. If you own multiple brands each brand requires a separate certification.
  • The annual Locally Grown certification fee differs depending on the size of your operation. Please see the fees in the FAQs section above.
  • The GoTrace fee, which is separate from the certification fee and is paid directly to Chainparency, also differs depending on the size of your operation. Please see the fees in the FAQs section above.
  • During the year Chainparency will directly send us regular updates to confirm that you are following the GoTrace protocol on every batch of product you produce.
  • All certified products are included in the Traceables Locally Grown certified product database.
  • Maintaining Certification: Certificates are valid for one year and we will send you a renewal notification one month before your renewal is due. Certification renewal involves signing a new Certification Agreement, paying the annual certification fee and Traceables confirming with Chainparency that you have met your GoTrace traceability requirements for the previous year.

Get Certified

If you would like to certify your product as Locally Grown please fill in the registration form, scan and send back to the e-mail – info@traceables.com

This registration form is the start of the certification process but you do not need to continue with the certification process or to make any payment if you choose not to following registration.

Certification is a 3-step process:

Step 1: Fill in Registration Form

Step 2: Sign Agreement with Chainparency and complete GoTrace tracking of first product batch

Step 3: Execute Locally Grown certification agreement and pay certification fee after invoice

Please review the certification process here.

If you have any questions please use our contact form.

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