Produce Application
Wild Carrot Farm
Owner: Ken HubschFarm Address:
129 Aiken Rd
Shelbyville, KY 40065
Shelby County
United States
daytime phone: 502-395-1522
evening phone: 502-647-1662
Application Date: 2008-05-15
Applicant Details
| Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program: | Before the USDA took over organic certification I was certified organic for 3 years by the Ky.Dept of Ag. I currently sell about $10-$12,000 of produce a year and being a two person operation I just can not afford the extra costs and paperwork time to certify organic. With big industry shaping the rules for organic certification I believe more in the Certified Naturally Grown label than I do the Certified Organic label. |
| 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? | yes |
| If yes, please note which agencies and dates: | Kentucky dept of Ag. |
| Have you ever been denied certification? | no |
| How did you hear about Certified Naturally Grown? | Internet |
General Farm Information
| Farm Acreage you want listed as Certified Naturally GrownTM: | |
| Total Farm Acreage you actually GROW on: | 5 |
| Number of above acreage that you own: | 5 |
| Number of above acreage that you lease: | 0 |
| Do you have other acreage in "Conventional" Agricultural Systems? | no |
| General Listed Acreage Breakdown | |
| Veg Crops: | 3 |
| Fruit Crops: | .5 |
| Hay: | 1.5 |
| Grains/Beans: | |
| Sugarbush: | |
| Other Acreage: | 53 |
| 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: | |
| 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: | Tractor tiller, small rototiller. We plant greens/onions/lettuces/herbs in 2 ft wide beds and field crops in rows. Beds are hand weeded and rows we use the small tiller. |
| Do you use Cover Crops? | yes |
| If yes, please list: | Rye, Wheat, Buckwheat |
| Do you use Compost? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (on farm, purchased complete, local grass clippings, local dairy, etc.): | Produced On Farm from chicken litter, horse manure, grass clippings and old hay |
| 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". | 2 inches in beds before planting or 3-5 pounds per plant for row crops. |
| Do you use Manure? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (local dairy, horse farm, etc.): | Horses, donkeys and chickens. In the past we purchased composted chicken manure from rose acre farms but have not done so in the last 4 years. |
| 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". | All Manure is use to manufacture compost |
| What time of year do you apply the manure? | if any manure is ever applied it is only done in the fall before covercropping |
| 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. | Gardens Alive lawn fertilizers. Peat moss from local garen center. Coir/peat seed starting mix from Southern States |
| 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. | Pigweed, chickweed, lambsquarters. we till under pigweed when it is young as a green manure. Hand weeding is our primary control |
| 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. | Colorado Potato Beetles (Hand picked) Flea Beetles (Pyola) Corn Earworms (BT) Cabbage loopers (BT) |
| 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. | Early Blight (sometimes we try copper but if it rains to much we just have to live with it) Crop rotation is our only defense against most other diseases |
| Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name: | City water mostly. (North Shelby water co.) |
| 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? | yes |
| If yes, please list types: | Very rarely have we use treated seeds. In the past certain types of corn were only available treated. As of last year we found a non treated source and will not be planting any treated seed. |
| Please note reason for purchasing treated seed: | We could only find the incredible seed in the treated form. The product was only used in our CSA boxes and the consumers were notified the seed was a treated seed. |
| I understand that the use of chemically treated seeds is not allowed under organic and Certified Naturally Grown guidelines. I will not label, or in any way lead consumers to believe produce grown from treated seeds are Certified Naturally Grown. | |
| 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") | |
| Do you purchase any transplants from outside sources? | yes |
| From which sources do you buy transplants? | |
| Please list any bought-in transplants not grown according to CNG standards. This produce may not be sold as Certified Naturally Grown (except, in the case of perennials, after twelve months of CNG cultivation). | |
| Chemical/Spray Drift and Buffers: | |
| Is there any likelihood of Chemical/Spray drift contamination of your fields? | yes |
| If yes, please state the source (conventional farm field, golf course, etc.)and any details you can provide (type of pesticide, fertilizer, herbicide used, and/or what used for.) | Our neighborhas grown corn/soybeans in the past. Do not know what products he sprays. There is a 100 ft distance from where we plant with a white pine tree line in between. |
| 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. | To the west we have a distance of 150 ft and a pine tree line. To the north 100ft there is a road but no sprays are used. to the south is our house and pond and to the east there is a creek and the property line is 1500ft away. |
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: | Of the 58 acre farm I only need to certify the area where we grow produce. The remaining part of the farm is pasture and cut for hay. |
