NOFA State Chapters

The Northeast Organic Farming Association is comprised of seven state chapters in the Northeast United States. Each chapter is a self-sustaining entity within its state. To learn more about the organic farming in a state, click on the link below. It will bring you to the list of contacts for that state. It will also provide a link to that organization's website, where you can learn more about that particular NOFA.

Connecticut NOFA
Connecticut NOFAConnecticut NOFA sponsors annual "End of Winter" and "Transition to Organic" conferences, publishes the quarterly Gleanings and invites inspiring speakers to address our Fall Annual Meeting. Through displays at fairs and events, farm tours and a local organic dinner, CT NOFA connects Connecticut organic farmers and consumers.

CT NOFA has developed Organic Land Care Standards with NOFA/MASS which will educate about the benefits of and strategies for maintaining chemical-free lawns, gardens and yards.

  • President: James Roby
  • Vice President: Bettylou Sandy
  • Executive Director: Bill Duesing

    • Connecticut NOFA Office
    PO Box 164, Stevenson, CT 06491
    Phone: (203) 888-5146
    Fax: (203) 888-5146
    Email: ctnofa@ctnofa.org
    Website: www.ctnofa.org
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    NOFA Massachusetts
    NOFA MASSACHUSETTS NOFA/Mass offers a variety of educational programs. For 20 years it has coordinated the NOFA Summer Conference, NOFA's regional conference. It also holds an annual winter conference for Massachusetts farmers, gardeners, landscapers, consumers and activists. NOFA/Mass educates on the issue of genetic engineering, publishes the online Organic Food Guide of organic growers in the state and provides for its members annual spring and fall bulk orders for organic amendments, cover crops and farming supplies. NOFA/Mass works with organic and transitional dairy farmers to support them in their efforts to sell organic and raw milk, holds practical skills workshop series and provides organic extension assistance to farmers and gardeners across Massachusetts. NOFA/Mass connects livestock producers with organic grain resources, provides info to connect CSAs with customers and apprentices with farming jobs. NOFA/Mass publishes a monthly online newsletter and many useful farming publications. Additionally, with CT NOFA, it provides accreditation to organic land care practitioners and educates consumers on organic land care practices.

    • President: Lynda Simkins
    • NOFA/Mass Executive Director: Julie Rawson
    • Certification Contacts: Baystate Organic Certifiers Administrator: Don Franczyk, 683 River Street, Winchendon, MA 01475, (978) 297-4171, baystateorganic@earthlink.net

    NOFA Massachusetts Office:
    411 Sheldon Road
    Barre, MA 01005
    Phone: (978) 355-2853
    Fax: (978) 355-4046
    Email: nofa@nofamass.org
    Website: www.nofamass.org
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    NOFA New HampshireNOFA New Hampshire
    NOFA/NH promotes organic farming and gardening with our summer farm and garden tours, fall and spring workshops, annual winter conference, quarterly chapter newsletter, displays at fairs & festivals, and annual bulk buying of soil amendments and cover crop seeds. We link New Hampshire's consumers to organic growers with our printed paper guide and/or online guide to organic farms and land care professionals on our website, www.nofanh.org Through our Local and Organic Food Project we are helping NH build strong networks of producers, both gardeners and farmers, and a variety of markets that fit the needs of each community member.

    • Co-Presidents: Jack Mastrianni, Essie Hull, and Lauren Chase-Rowell
    • NH Organic Certification: Vickie Smith, NHDA Bureau of Markets vsmith@agr.state.nh.us

    NOFA New Hampshire Office
    4 Park Street, Suite 208 Concord, NH 03301
    Phone: (603) 224-5022
    Email: info@nofanh.org
    Website: www.nofanh.org
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    NOFA New Jersey NOFA New Jersey
    NOFA/NJ offers outreach and technical services to organic gardeners and farmers, and to conventional farmers interested in incorporating organic practices into their production systems. NOFA/NJ's educational programs include a general interest quarterly newsletter, a growers-only newsletter on specialized topics, an annual educational conference on the last Saturday in January, twilight meetings on agricultural topics throughout the summer, exhibits at fairs and events throughout the state, and distribution of fact sheets and other publications.


    • President: Al Esposito
    • Executive Director: Camille Miller
    • Vice President: Lucia Stout Huebne

    NOFA New Jersey Office
    334 River Road Hillsborough, NJ 08844
    Phone: 908-371-1111
    Fax: 908-371-1441
    Email: nofainfo@nofanj.org
    Website: www.nofanj.org
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    NOFA-NY, Inc.
    NOFA-NY, Inc. is an organization of consumers, NOFA New York gardeners, and farmers working together to create a sustainable regional food system which is ecologically sound and economically viable. Through demonstration and educational opportunities, we promote land stewardship, organic food production, and local marketing. NOFA-NY brings consumers and farmers closer together to make high quality food available to all people. .

    • President: Jamie Edelstein
    • Vice-President: Maryrose Livingston
    • Executive Director: Kate Mendenhall
    • Certification Director:: Carol King: 840 Front St, Binghamton, NY 13905, (607) 724-9851, fax: (607) 724-9853, certifiedorganic@nofany.org

    NOFA New York Office
    249 Highland Ave. Rochester, NY 14620
    Phone: (585) 271-1979
    Fax: (585) 271-7166
    Email: info@nofany.org
    Website: www.nofany.org
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    NOFA Rhode Island
    NOFA Rhode IslandNOFA-RI is an organization of farmers, consumers, gardeners, and environmentalists working to promote organic farming and organic land care practices. We aim to foster a healthy relationship to the natural world through advocacy and education. Our goal is to increase the acreage of organically managed land in RI while also increasing the access of local organic food to all Rhode Islanders. NOFA/RI offers educational outreach through classes and participation in other area events.

    • President: Erik Eacker
    • Dan Lawton: Treasurer and Membership

    NOFA Rhode Island Office
    247 Evans Road Chepachet, RI 02814
    Phone: (401) 523-2653
    Email: nofari@nofari.org
    Website: www.nofari.org
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    NOFA Vermont
    NOFA was originally founded in Vermont NOFA Vermontand is the oldest organic farming association (1971) in the United States. NOFA-VT projects include the certification of organic products, an agriculture education program integrating agriculture curriculum into elementary schools as well as organic produce into school lunch programs, a Green Mountain Revolving Loan Fund to provide low interest loans to organic and transition farmers, promotion of organic products, an Apprenticeship & Willing Workers on Organic Farms program, bulk order of farm and garden supplies, and a Farm Share Program to provide food from organic community supported agriculture farms to low income families and individuals. In addition, NOFA-VT holds on farm summer workshops and an annual Winter Conference in February of each year.

    • Executive Director: Enid Wonnacott
    • VOF Administrator: Nicole Dehne
    • VOF Certification Specialist: Cheryl Cesario

    NOFA Vermont Office
    P. O. Box 697, Bridge St. Richmond, VT 05477
    Phone: (802) 434-4122
    Fax: (802) 434-4154
    Email: info@nofavt.org
    Website: www.nofavt.org
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