All About Accreditation

What is homeschool accreditation? Why would you want to be accredited, and how would it benefit your homeschool?
Missy is the Executive Director of Minnesota's Home-Based Educators’ Accrediting Association and serves on Minnesota’s Nonpublic Education Council. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary mathematics and English education. She and her husband have been homeschooling their six boys for nearly a decade.
What is homeschool accreditation? Why would you want to be accredited, and how would it benefit your homeschool?