USDA Organic Certification
At Joe’s Garage Coffee, we’re dedicated to roasting and packaging your coffee using the most respectable and responsible practices available today. We boast a knowledgeable, skilled, and licensed team of coffee experts — including sensory panel and quality assurance experts who can roast your coffee according to your specifications to ensure a consistent, flavorful product. We offer several custom packaging options including portion packs, bags, cups for Keurig, compostable pods for Keurig, one-cup filter pods, cold brew pitcher packs, and Nespresso pods.
Joe’s Garage Coffee is proud to say our state-of-the-art processing facility has earned several certifications from governing bodies, including USDA Organic Certification as regulated by the Washington State Department of Agriculture.
What Is USDA Organic Certification?
USDA Organic certification allows processing facilities to represent products as organic. Any business that handles food can be certified as organic, but must follow a list of regulations outlined by the USDA and WSDA. These regulations typically outline how food is grown, stored, processed, packaged, and shipped to consumers.
General guidelines state that entities must:
- Avoid synthetic chemical inputs
- Source goods from farmland that has avoided chemical input for at least three or more years
- Keep detailed production and sales records
- Maintain strict rules separating any organic materials from non-organic items
- Be subject to regular on-site inspections
At Joe’s Garage Coffee, all organically labeled items have at least 95 percent organic ingredients, and everything we use for organic products — including cleaning materials, storage facilities, and handling equipment — adheres to these strict guidelines.
