Produce Application

Rehoboth Homestead

Owner: Beth Spaugh

Farm Address:
66 Jabez Allen Road
Peru, NY 12972
Clinton County
United States

daytime phone: 518-643-7822
evening phone: 518-643-7822
Web site: http://rhomestead.com

Application Date: 2010-01-14

Applicant Details

Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program:	I want to be able to easily show folks that I follow organic productions standards. I appreciate the interaction with other growers who inspect my farm.
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?	Don't know it was so long ago.

General Farm Information

Farmland Management and Practices

Primary Tillage System:	disc for first pass, rototill for seedbed
Do you use Cover Crops?	yes
If yes, please list:	buckwheat, winter rye, oats, clover
Do you use Compost?	yes
If yes, please note general sources (on farm, purchased complete, local grass clippings, local dairy, etc.):	Giroux Poultry for field, homemade compost for hoophouse
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".	4 tons/acre field, inch in hoophouse
Do you use Manure?	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.	Neptune's Harvest, expect to buy some North Country Organics for hoophouse - I am realizing how tomatoes will respond to higher fertility than I have used in the past.
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.	annual grasses - plastic mulch, cultivation then late planted crops quackgrass - keep tilled border around field, till spots frequently in early summer then plant late crop.
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.	squash bugs and cucumber beetles - no control! Flea beetles - row cover, some years I spray once with spinosad CPB - once a year spinosad is enough coles - Dipel DF
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.	virus in squash - none powdery mildew - resistant varieties alternarias in coles last year - looking for resistance ahhhh, late blight - mowed potatoes early, used the copper hydroxides in hoophouse, let the field tomatoes go. Will try to protect the field tomatoes this year also.
Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name:	well
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.	East across a road is woods. North and south are wooded residences. West is woods over gas pipeline, then residence. Fortunately our neighbors do not spray (though they do mow ridiculously often).

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.
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