Produce Application

Pristine Valley Farm

Owner: Schuyler Jelsma

Farm Address:
14609 Peony Lane
Paonia, CO 81428
Delta County
United States

daytime phone: 970-527-3497
evening phone: 970-527-3497

Application Date: 2008-09-07

Applicant Details

Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program:	To have my fruit be more readily accepted as organic fruit.
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?	friend

General Farm Information

Farmland Management and Practices

Primary Tillage System:	none
Do you use Cover Crops?	no
Do you use Compost?	no
Do you use Manure?	yes
If yes, please note general sources (local dairy, horse farm, etc.):	chicken 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".	3 tons per acre once in 5 years
What time of year do you apply the manure?	spring
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.	none
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?	no
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.	Mowing and weed whipping of grass, vetch and other 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.	Crown bore: phermones aphids: oil spray fruit fly: GF-120 biological bate twig borer: Di-Pel DF biological agent
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.	none so far
Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name:	irrigation ditch from river
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?	no
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.	Directly on East and South there is a road and on the North is my house and a fallow field. Beyond the road and house on the North, South and East are other organic fruit orchards. On the West side there is a residence property, about 100 feet wide, between the orchard and a conventionally sprayed orchard. There is a Certified Organic Orchard that is closer to the conventional orchard than my orchard.

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 Grown^TM.
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:	I grow cherries, white peaches and peachcots in a predominate organically farmed area. My farm is listed in the VOGA (Valley Organic Growers Association) which are organic farms in the North Fork Valley of Delta County, CO.