Philippe Descamps - Inspector

COSTA RICA

Home: +506.8823.4563

Email: bioutopia@hotmail.com

Languages: French (F) Spanish (F) English (C)

Training

IOIA

Farm (1997, 2001) , Process (2014) , Advanced (2018, 2019) , Apiculture (2019) , Livestock (2023) , NOP Livestock Standards (2023)

Trainer

Farm (2011, 2013, 2015, 2018) , Community Grower Group (2014)

Other

EcoLOGICA and Smithsonian Inst. Bird Friendly, 2002; EcoLogica Advanced Process, 2005

Organizations Inspected For

EcoLOGICA, OneCert, EcoCert, Stella aurora

Inspection Experience

Farm
Cacao Citrus Coffee Fresh vegetables Greenhouse Grower groups Nuts Small fruits Spices Sugarcane Tropical fruits Tree fruits Flower seeds Vanilla
Livestock
Goats Hogs
Process
Canning Chocolate Coffee Dehydration Extruding Fermentation Fresh packing Freezing Grain cleaning Hulling Juicing Oil extraction Pasteurization Spices Sugar Vinegar Warehousing Microwave dehy. Oil Fruits Juices

Experience

Academic

Agronomist, Haute Ecole d Enseignement Superieur Agricole et Technique du Hainaut (Belgium), 1986

Personal

I am an organic producer in Costa Rica, very committed to organic production and small farmers. I am a multi-standards inspector: organic, biodynamic, bird friendly, GAP, and GPP. I love to teach, so I like to work in training and writing manuals for inspectors and farmers.