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IOIA's Mission

Our mission is to address issues and concerns relevant to organic inspectors, to provide quality inspector training, and to promote consistency and integrity in the organic certification process.

This Self-Paced learning program is part of the IOIA Training Institute. A large part of our mission is to provide quality inspection training. We do this across a variety of formats. In our Self-Paced program, we currently offer four courses, three of which cover the Canada Organic Regime; the fourth covers American Grassfed Standards, which are an add-on to a regular organic livestock inspection. We invite you to visit our main website for information about our week-long online basic courses as well as our traditional onsite courses. 

We offer courses for both entry-level and experienced organic inspectors. In addition to inspectors, our courses are attended by reviewers, internal auditors, accreditors, consultants, policy makers, and employees of organic companies. In 2024, a total of 697 participants received training through IOIA, in 48 courses and 3 languages, with 15 cosponsors, catering to participants worldwide.

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