Alvie Fourness
57 Matt Ward Road
Coudersport, PA 16915
UNITED STATES
IOIA Training Completed: Crop (2016) Livestock (2017)          
IOIA Training Planned: Processing (2017)

Other Training: Mentored Internships Completed for Crop and Livestock, Grassfed Training, Master Gardener 2009, Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) 2013, ServSafe 2013

Organizations Inspected for: PCO, GOA, NOFA-NY (pending) 

Farm Inspection Experience: 32 Crop, 19 Livestock and 6 Grassfed for PCO, including 3 Unannounced Inspections. 

Organic Inspector
Home: 814.647.8458  Cell:
Email: wooleylot@yahoo.com
Languages: English (F)

Personal: After a 20 plus year engineering career in aviation, I returned to north central Pennsylvania to farm in 2006. Re-kindled the old family farm using traditional practices such as cover crops, crop rotation and natural fertilizers and pesticides. Gained and maintained USDA Certified Organic Status since October of 2013 in farming operation of specialty crops including garlic and fingerling potatoes; plus cut flowers and wild crops.

Published Articles: Pursuing the Right Course - IOIA Crop Inspection Training, Mt. Sterling, Ohio in The IOIA Inspector’s Report  Volume 25 – Number 2 – Spring 2016, page 16

Thirteen Inspections Logged in The IOIA Inspector’s Report  Volume 25 – Number 4 – Fall 2016, page 19 
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​Academic: B.Tech., Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology (1984), M.S., Technology Systems Management, State University of New York (1991)