Produce Application
Bee Log Farm & Nursery
Owner: Robin SmithFarm Address:
90 Hensley Branch Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
Yancey County
United States
daytime phone: 828 682-4060
evening phone: 828 682-4060
Web site: http://www.beelogfarm.com
Application Date: 2007-06-14
Applicant Details
| Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program: | We are a small new farm (1st year) who grows organically and practices permaculture. We would like to be have a way of showing we grow organically without going through the organic certification process (costs to much and to much bookkeeping for a small farm). Being Certified Nautrally Grown will help our customers know we grow naturally. |
| Are you currently third party Certified for your produce operation by any other organization (Organic, Biodynamic, etc)? | no |
| Have you ever been certified in the past? | no |
| Have you ever been denied certification? | no |
| How did you hear about Certified Naturally Grown? | Robert with Bee Log Garlic and Flowers. |
General Farm Information
| Farm Acreage you want listed as Certified Naturally GrownTM: | |
| Total Farm Acreage you actually GROW on: | 1 |
| Number of above acreage that you own: | 2 |
| Number of above acreage that you lease: | 0 |
| Do you have other acreage in "Conventional" Agricultural Systems? | no |
| General Listed Acreage Breakdown | |
| Veg Crops: | 0.75 |
| Fruit Crops: | 0.25 |
| Hay: | 0 |
| Grains/Beans: | 0 |
| Sugarbush: | 0 |
| Other Acreage: | 0 |
| Please check all items you grow and will market as Certified Naturally GrownTM |
Vegetables Herbs Berries Tree Fruits Grapes Grains Beans Hay Flowers Greenhouse Plants Other (please specify below) |
| Please Specify Any Other Items: | Honey from our hives |
| Please check all markets you grow for (this will be displayed on your farm profile to help potential buyers find you). |
Farmer's Market Farm Stand Local Restaurants CSA's Coops Health Food Stores Groceries Regional Wholesalers www.LocalHarvest.org Commodities Other (please specify below) |
| Please Specify Other Markets: | |
Farmland Management and Practices
| Primary Tillage System: | tillage for bed establishment |
| Do you use Cover Crops? | yes |
| If yes, please list: | summer - buckwheat, cowpeas, hairy vetch winter clover and rye. |
| Do you use Compost? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (on farm, purchased complete, local grass clippings, local dairy, etc.): | on farm sourced, local llama manure, our own grass clippings and leaf debris |
| Please list application rates. Give a specific amount or range (for example: one to two tons per acre, ten wheelbarrow loads per 1,000 square feet, or 1-2 inches deep). Do not answer "varies". | 1st year so we haven't applied our own compost yet |
| Do you use Manure? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (local dairy, horse farm, etc.): | llama manure - local farm |
| Please list application rates. Give a specific amount or range (for example: one to two tons per acre, ten wheelbarrow loads per 1,000 square feet, or 1-2 inches deep). Do not answer "varies". | again first year so only applied manure when establishing the beds last fall (2006) |
| What time of year do you apply the manure? | fall 2006 then planted cover crop not veggies |
| Do you apply any non-composted Manure within 120 days of veg-crop harvesting? | no |
| Please list any other brought in fertility sources that you use (specific rock powders, lime, soybean / alfalfa meal, specific purchased pre-mixes, etc)and how often it's used. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient/s. | TM Ag. Organic Fertilizer (5-4-3) - Made from 100% all natural poultry layer manure. All-purpose for vegetables, fruits, lawn and landscape. Slow release for steady, long-lasting color and growth. Analysis: 1.0% water soluble nitrogen, 4.0% water insoluble nitrogen, 4.0% P2O3, 3.0% K20, 9.0% Calcium, .08% magnesium, 0.2% Iron. (Larger quantity discounts available on request.) OMRI Listed This fertilizer is now being approved as OMRI A by Quality Certification Services and NCCIA from North Carolina. Greensand - Loosens clay soils, binds and catalyzes release of additional nutrients from the soil. Ocean-deposit iron-potassium silicate. 7.15% potash and contains 30+ trace minerals. Apply up to 50 lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft. or 1 ton per acre. OMRI Listed Wt. Fish Emulsion (4-1-1) - A plant food from the sea. Contains fish solubles, kelp, water and phosphoric acid. Use when plants need that extra boost of Nitrogen. OMRI Listed McEnroe Premium Organic Potting Soil - Use for all your potting needs, including soil blocks or as a seed starting mix by adding vermiculite. Our trials have shown excellent results. . Contains compost, peat moss, sand, rock phosphate, calcinated clay, gypsum and blood meal. The PH ranges from 6.2 to 6.8. (used this for plant starts) Hi-Cal Lime - This 100% pulverized limestone is high in calcium and very low in magnesium content. Superior to dolomitic lime when soil is already high in magnesium. Elemental calcium is 38%. Calcium carbonate equivalent is 95%. Rate; Generally apply one ton per acre or 50 lbs. per 1000 sq. ft. Nat'l List All of this was used for bed establishment in the fall of 2006. |
| Have any chemical fertilizers been applied to the fields you are seeking Certification for in the last three years (36 months)? | no |
| Have any non-acceptable pesticides and/or herbicides been applied to these fields in the last 3 years? | no |
| Do you use Professional Soil Testing services? | yes |
| Describe your primary weed problems and methods of control. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient(s), what kind of product it is (a soap, microbial, oil, a botanical...), and how often it's used. | I use plastic mulch covering with drip tape so weed management is mostly in the middles - put straw middles and then use hand culivation (wheel hoe). For berry bush areas we use sawdust mulch to control weeds. |
| Describe your primary insect problems and methods of control. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient/s, what kind of product it is (a soap, microbial, oil, a botanical...), and how often it's used. | Potatoes have co potato beetle - applied Co Potato beetle beater (ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies tenebrionis Coleopteran Active Toxin 3.0% INERT INGREDIENTS: 97.0% TOTAL 100.0%), only applied once and also hand pick bugs. Used row covers for cabbage, squash, broccoli. |
| Describe your primary disease problems and methods of control. If you indicate a name brand product, please also specify the ingredient/s, what kind of product it is (a soap, microbial, oil, a botanical...), and how often it's used. | Used Serenade on Tomatoes and strawberries (weekly application) (ACTIVE INGREDIENT QST 713 strain of Bacillus subtilis 1.34% INERT INGREDIENTS 98.66% Total 100.00% Contains a minimum of 1 x 109 CFU/g EPA Reg. No. 69592-12 EPA Est. No.: 69592-MEX-1 U.S. Patent Nos. 6,060,051, 6,103,228, 6,291,426, and 6,417,163 on QST 713 strain of Bacillus subtilis) |
| Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name: | well water |
| Are there any known contaminants in the irrigation water? | no |
| Are you a maple producer who seeks to certify your sugarbush? | no |
Seeds, Transplants and Buffers
| Do you purchase or grow using any Genetically Modified seeds? | no |
| Do you use any chemically treated seeds in your operation? | no |
| Do you grow your own transplants? | yes |
| Are they grown using Naturally Grown/Organic methods? | yes |
| If they're not grown according to CNG methods, please list them here. This produce may not be sold as Certified Naturally Grown. (If they are, put "N/A") | none |
| Do you purchase any transplants from outside sources? | no |
| Chemical/Spray Drift and Buffers: | |
| Is there any likelihood of Chemical/Spray drift contamination of your fields? | no |
| Do you have an adequate buffer to protect yourself from potential contamination? | yes |
| Please describe your buffer. Be as specific as possible. On all sides, how far is it from your crops to the next closest use (road, conventional crop, residential yard)? Be sure to specify what is grown on neighboring land that is in agricultural use. For example: To the north and east, a wooded area of at least 100 yards separates us from the neighbor's corn fields, to the south is a fallow field at least 100 yards deep separating us from the road, and to the west about 60 feet separates our crops from a field where conventional corn and soybeans are grown. | Physical barriers (buildings), vegetative buffers (wind breaks we've planted). Small family size gardens are the only other crops other than a hay field (not sprayed) by us. To the south is our own property in forested land , next to that are pastures. To the North is another home with 20 plus acres of land that do not farm or have a garden. To the east is a very small famiy garden separated from us by a house, trees, and a road. To the west is another very small family garden (i.e. not production garden) also seperated by a house and vegetative wind break (more than 200 feet) |
Agreements
| Please indicate your agreement with the following statements by checking the boxes. | |
| I will not label, or in any way lead consumers to believe that produce not raised in accord with CNG standards is Certified Naturally GrownTM. | |
| I understand that I have to complete at least one (and hopefully more) Certification Inspection(s) of another farm in my area each year, and that the inspection will NOT be of the same farmer that inspected me. | |
| I have reviewed the Certified Naturally Grown certification standards, I understand them, and I will abide by them. I understand that if I have any questions I may contact CNG for clarification. | |
| You may use this space to tell us anything else you think we should know about your farm: | We have been working with other organic farmers, the NC Organic growers school and local cooperative extension service to make sure we are following sustainable and organic practices. We practice crop rotation and next year will be incooperating no-till practices. |
