Harriet Behar - Inspector

Wisconsin UNITED STATES

Home: 608.872.2487

Cell: 608.215.5940

Email: harriet.organic@gmail.com

Languages: English (F) Spanish (F)

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Training

IOIA

Advanced (2003, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2011) , Farm (1993, 1995) , Process (1993, 1995) , Livestock (1995) , Aquaculture (2002) , Train The Trainer (2006) , Mushrooms (2010)

Trainer

Farm (1998, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2004, 2005) , Process (1998, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) , Advanced (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009) , Livestock (2000, 2002, 2003, 2003) , Apiculture (2010) , Organic Certification Workshop (2011) , (2018, 2019)

Other

OGBA, 1989; OCIA, 1991; OCIA/OGBA 1992; QAI-JAS, 2002; Dr. Detloff Organic Veterinary Workshop, 2002; Organic Beef & dairy in the tropics, Earth U. in Costa Rica; Spanish language seminar, 2000; Ongoing Spanish advanced tutoring; Beekeepers and Queen Rearing Short Courses- U of MN, St.Paul, MN, 1999 and 2002; Field scout training school, 1998; U of WI, Madison; Applied Dairy Chemistry Short Course, U of WI, Madison, 1996; Master Gardener Program - UW Extension, 1995; ISO 9001:2001 Lead Auditor Training (2006), U of WI, organic and natural food safety seminar, Nov 2006. Numerous organic research and educational field days 2007-2015 including IA State, U of MN and U of WI. ACA training 2015, MOSES Organic Farming Conference 2007-2015. MN Organic Farming Conference 2012 and 2015.

Organizations Inspected For

OCIA, FVO, QAI, SKAL, ECOCERT, MOSA, QCS, CCOF, GOA, SIOP, PROCERT, IDALS, OneCert, Stellar, Demeter

Inspection Experience

Farm
Cacao Cotton Field Crops/row crops Greenhouse Grower groups Herbs Honey Medicinal plants Mushrooms Small fruits Sorghum Spices Sprouts Tree fruits Tobacco Vineyards Wildcrafting
Livestock
Beef Bison Dairy Eggs Goats Hogs Poultry Sheep Honeybees some knowledge of aquaculture but not inspection
Process
Baking Beer Butter Bottling Canning Cereals Cheese Chocolate Coffee Cooking Cosmetics Distillation Distributors Egg cracking Extruding Fermentation Flaking Flours Fresh packing Freezing Fruit pitting Grain cleaning Herbs Honey extraction Hulling Juicing IQF Malting Masa Meat Milk Milling Multi-ingredient Nut butters Oil extraction Pasta Pasteurization Purees Retail Sauces Slaughtering Spices Sugar Soy products Textile process Tofu Vinegar Vitamins/supplements Wine Yogurt

Experience

Academic

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (two years) journalism major. Former Technical Service provider NRCS for transition to organic plans.

Personal

I am the past chair of National Organic Standards Board. For the past 35 Years, I've spoken on organic crops, livestock, processing and marketing at a wide variety of organic conferences in North and Central America, educating farmers, processors, extension agents, and others about organic production and regulations. I perform 20 to 40 inspections, although I was a full time inspector for more than 20 years. My husband and I run a part-time certified organic greenhouse, a licensed dehydration facility and 12 acres of certified organic and biodynamic grains, forages, vegetables and herbs. I coau