Spring NOSB May 12-15, Omaha | Comment period open thru May 4

Gabriela Soto-Muñoz - Inspector

COSTA RICA

Home: +506.2235.0391

Cell: +506.8864.7796

Fax: +506.235.0391

Email: agroecologiauna@gmail.com

Languages: English (F) French (C) Spanish (F)

Mentor

Consult

Review

Training

IOIA

Farm (1993, 1994) , Process (1993, 1994) , Advanced (1996, 2000, 2004, 2018) , Apiculture (2019) , NOP Livestock Standards (2023)

Trainer

Farm (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 1999, 2000, 2000, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2011) , Process (1995, 1998, 1999, 1999, 2000, 2002)

Other

Bird Friendly Inspector (Smithsonian Institute), Starbucks (EcoLOGICA), GLOBAL GAP (EcoLOGICA)

Organizations Inspected For

OCIA, OTCO, ECOCERT, QAI, EcoLOGICA (Costa Rica), CCOF

Inspection Experience

Farm
Cacao Citrus Coffee Greenhouse Grower groups Herbs Medicinal plants Quinoa Rice Small fruits Spices Sugarcane Tea Tropical fruits Tree fruits Tobacco Roots aloe
Process
Bottling Chocolate Coffee Cooking Fermentation Flaking Fresh packing Freezing Fruit pitting Herbs Juicing IQF Oil extraction Pasteurization Purees Slaughtering Sugar Soy products Vitamins/supplements Wine Bread

Experience

Academic

M.Sc., Environmental Studies, Soil Ecology, University of Virginia.

Personal

I coordinate the Master Program at CATIE (Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza), with students specially from Latin America. I have being an IOIA Trainer since 1996 in many different countries in America, Asia and Africa. I train small farmers to develop Internal Control Systems in different countries. I am soil scientist comparing impact of organic vs conventional farming, also do research on impact of different certification systems with COSA (Commodity Sustainability Assessment). I am IFOAM Vicepresident (2011-2013).