Bird Friendly® Coffee Certification
For your Bird Friendly® inspection and certification, growers should contact one of the following agencies. All have signed agreements with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, and can arrange for an inspector to visit your farm or cooperative.
Since Bird Friendly® certification also requires organic certification, combining the inspections may save you money—all these companies also do organic certifications.
Certification Period Changed to Three Years
The certification period applied to shade cover on Bird Friendly® farms has been increased to three years. Shade cover does not change that much from year to year, and growers can ill afford any added costs associated with unnecessary inspections and certifications. Therefore, effective this year (2007), shade certification for the Bird Friendly® coffee seal will be valid for three years.
The organic inspector who visits a BF farm or coop during years when the shade inspection is not scheduled will need to visually confirm that no changes in shade management have been made. Moreover, if a farm or cooperative wants to bring new areas into the BF program during this time, the normal inspection and certification process must be applied to these areas.
Any questions about these changes can be directed to Robert Rice at 202-633-4209 or
Email
Listing of Coffee Certifying Agencies:
General Gonzales 1317
Casilla 13030
La Paz, Bolivia
Contact: Grover Bustillos
(591)2-249-0747
bolicert@mail.megalink.com
www.certificadoraslatinoamericanas.com/bolicert.asp
Calle Guillermo Vizcarra #125, Tupuraya
Casilla Postal 1836
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Contact: Teresa Blanco , Roberto Moyano
591(4)4480585
Fax: 591(4)4297361
tblanco@imola.com.bo
or rmoyano@imola.com.bo
Transversal 15 N. 118-79(203)
Bogota, Colombia
Contact: Xavier Cevallos
Montelimar 300 Norte, 100 Este y 250 Norte de la Bomba Shell
San Jose, Costra Rica
Contact: Guillermo Saborio
(506)297-3164
or (506)235-2811
Fax: (506)235-1638
ecologica@racsa.co.cr
or ecologic@mail.powernet.co.cr
www.eco-logica.com
Cimbernstrasse 21
90402 Nurnberg, Germany
Contact: Peter Grosch
0911/42439-0
Fax: 0911/492239
info@bcs-oeko.de
www.bcs-oeko.de/
Vorderhaslach Nr. 1
D-91230 Happurg
Germany
Contact: Albrecht Benzing
+49 (0) 9158 - 92 82 92
Fax: +49 (0) 9158 - 92 89 862
ceres@ceres-cert.com
www.ceres-cert.com/index.html
6a. Street 3-22 Zone 10
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Contact: Noe Rivera
(502)2-361-8201
Fax: (502)2-3628726
info@mayacert.com
www.mayacert.com
Certificadora Mexicana de Productos y Procesos Ecologicos S.C. (Certimex) Av. Oaxaca 210- A Fracc.San Jose La Noria Oaxaca, Oaxaca Mexico C.P. 68120
Contact: Taurino Reyes Santiago
52-951 1447691
certimex@certimexsc.com
Av. Arenales #645
Lima 1, Peru
Contact: Edmundo Miranda
(1)2851742
Fax: (1)2851742
Verena.fischersworring@biolatina.com
www.biolatina.com
Dr. Klinterweg 28a
PO Box 161
8000 AD Zwolle
The Netherlands
Contact: Gyorgyi Acs, Feketene
0031-38426-0100
Fax: 0031-38-4237040
6400 Cornhusker Highway
Suite 125
Lincoln, NE 68507
Contact: Brian Kozisek
(402)477-2323
Fax: (402)477-4325
info@ocia.org
www.ocia.org
9191 Town Center Drive
Suite 5100
San Diego, CA 92122
Contact: Kristen Holt
qai@qai-inc.com
www.qai-inc.com
PO Box 12311
Gainesville, FL 32604
Contact: Marty Mesh
(352)377-0133
qcs@qcsinfo.org
www.qcsinfo.org
Norms for Production, Processing and Marketing of Bird Friendly® Coffee
