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Natural Way Mills Trust

As of Oct 22, 2026, Natural Way Mills Trust in Middle River, Minnesota is certified organic by Global Organic Alliance, Inc for 6 product types, client packing evidence: packs/processes for clients.

24509-390th Street NE, Middle River, Minnesota 56737 (218) 222-3675

Verified Oct 22, 2026 against USDA Organic Integrity Database

Natural Way Mills Trust is a USDA-certified organic operation in Middle River, Minnesota, certified by Global Organic Alliance, Inc. Certified scopes: Handling. The certifier lists it as: co-packer. Its organic certificate lists 36 distinct product lines: Other Grains; Beans (Cannellini/ White kidney, Dark red kidney, Garbanzo, Navy, Pinto, Red); Beans (Black, Great northern); Cereal (Whole grain cream of wheat), and 32 more. Service lines on the certificate: milling & grinding. Client packing evidence (packs/processes for clients): “Kernza - Custom Milling”. Current status (certified) effective June 11, 2009.

Key facts

Services on certificate Milling & grinding
  • Milling & grinding: Kernza - Custom Milling
Service lines on the organic certificate (packing, processing, roasting, storage...); each shows the certificate line it came from. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Product types Bakery & snacks, Grains, flours & pasta, Fruits & vegetables, Nuts, seeds & dried fruit, Sweeteners & syrups, Supplements & powders
  • Bakery & snacks: Popcorn, Pohonka Waffle & Pancake Mix, Pizza dough blend
  • Grains, flours & pasta: Other Grains, Long grain brown rice, Flours and Meals (Flour: Whole buckwheat, Einkorn, 6 Grain, Brown rice, Einkorn, Oat, Rye, Soy, Raw full fat Soy, White spelt, Whole spelt, 100% whole wheat wheat, Hard white whole wheat, Whole wheat pastry wheat, Yellow corn, Pumpernickel Rye. Meals: Brown flax, Yellow corn)
  • Fruits & vegetables: Beans (Black, Great northern), Green lentils, Green split peas
  • Nuts, seeds & dried fruit: Seeds (Chia, Quino, Golden Flax), Seeds (Brown flax)
  • Sweeteners & syrups: Sugar (Cane), Juice (Crystalized Cane)
  • Supplements & powders: Ezekiel Protein mix
Assigned from the certificate's own product lines (AI classifier citing verbatim lines, or keyword rules as fallback); each type shows the lines it came from. With a handling scope, only handled lines count: crop, livestock and wild-crop lines are what the operation grows. A type says what the certificate lists, not that it packs that type for clients. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Client packing evidence Packs/processes for clients
    Graded from the certificate: packs/processes for clients (a client-profile, contract, co-packing, toll or custom service line) > private-label product lines > storage/distribution for clients only. Where the certificate says less, a sentence on the operation's own website grades the same way (private or white label alone is a private-label line). source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
    Certified scopes Handling NOP scopes with status Certified: Crops, Livestock, Wild crops, Handling. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
    Business types Co-packer Business types/services listed by the certifier. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
    Certifier Global Organic Alliance, Inc Accredited certifying agent. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
    Status effective Jun 11, 2009 Date the current certification status took effect. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
    NOP operation ID 3920897844 source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
    Packs for Food and beverage brands source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
    Certification status Certified source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
    Client packing evidence from Certificate source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
    Products on certificate
    Show the full list from the certificate
    Other Grains; Beans (Cannellini/ White kidney, Dark red kidney, Garbanzo, Navy, Pinto, Red); Beans (Black, Great northern); Cereal (Whole grain cream of wheat); Cereal (7 Grain, Oat bran, Rolled oats, Steel cut oats, Thick Rolled oats, Wheat bran); Popcorn; Ezekiel Protein mix; Chili bean mix; 5 Legume mix; Hulled Oats; Long grain brown rice; Whole buckwheat; Rye grits; Raw full fat Soy grits; Soybeans; Yellow corn grits; Whole yellow corn; Cracked wheat; Whole grain amaranth; Pearled Barley; Brown Basmati Rice; Dehulled buckwheat; Green lentils; Green split peas; Yellow split peas; Barley grits; Seeds (Chia, Quino, Golden Flax); Seeds (Brown flax); Flours and Meals (Flour All Purpose Gold, Amaranth, Whole grain amaranth, Barley, Hulled barley, Gold N Lite pastry, Gold N White, Golden Graham, Millet. Meals Golden Flax. Sunflower Meats); Flours and Meals (Flour: Whole buckwheat, Einkorn, 6 Grain, Brown rice, Einkorn, Oat, Rye, Soy, Raw full fat Soy, White spelt, Whole spelt, 100% whole wheat wheat, Hard white whole wheat, Whole wheat …); Pohonka Waffle & Pancake Mix; Sugar (Cane); Juice (Crystalized Cane); Berries (Hulled barley, Unhulled barley); Berries (Einkorn, Rye, Spelt, Hard red spring wheat, Hard white spring wheat, Soft white winter wheat); Pizza dough blend
    source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
    Certifier data as of Sep 30, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026

    Source event history

    Source dates and first observation are different.

    1. Jun 11, 2009: Certified Official source

    Dates on this record

    Source updatedSep 30, 2026 (Certifier data as of, as the source gives it for this record)
    CollectedOct 22, 2026, 8:01 AM ET (the last successful check of the source that included this record)
    EffectiveCertified: Jun 11, 2009 (when the source says each fact took effect)
    RetiredNot retired: the source is still maintained (whether the dataset is still maintained)

    In Minnesota

    24 organic co-packers in the dataset are in Minnesota; 4 have profiles on this site. Organic co-packers in Minnesota

    Certification status (all 24 here): Surrendered 6 (25%) · Certified 18 (75%)

    Client packing evidence (all 24 here): Packs/processes for clients 4 (17%) · Private-label product lines 2 (8%) · None on record 18 (75%)

    Services on certificate (all 24 in this group; a record can count under several values): Processing (3) · Co-packing / contract manufacturing (1) · Packing & packaging (1) · Blending & mixing (1) · Milling & grinding (1) · Private label (1) · None on record (19)

    Product types (all 24 in this group; a record can count under several values): Fruits & vegetables (7) · Coffee & tea (5) · Grains, flours & pasta (4) · Prepared meals & soups (4) · Supplements & powders (3) · Bakery & snacks (3) · 9 other values (12) · None on record (6)

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