Produce Application
GB&K Farm Enterprises
Owner: George & Rebecca DeissrothFarm Address:
25025 Pistol River Loop RD
Gold Beach, OR 97444
Curry County
United States
daytime phone: 541-247-7223
evening phone: 541-247-7223
Web site: http://www.gbkfarm.com
Application Date: 2009-03-14
Applicant Details
| Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program: | We sell u/we pick vegetables and produce at our farm only, we have been growing with out the use of commercial sprays and fertilizers for 15 years. We feel we need to get the certification to help our customers realize that we grow only organically and with the best care possible. The state is to expensive and requires to long, the feds require to much paper work. We want the simple life and enjoy doing for other and giving them the best possible to us. |
| 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? | We were part of a public local farmers show that was put on in Brookings today, and the sponsor gave us the information to contact. |
General Farm Information
| Farm Acreage you want listed as Certified Naturally GrownTM: | |
| Total Farm Acreage you actually GROW on: | 2 |
| Number of above acreage that you own: | 0 |
| Number of above acreage that you lease: | 2 |
| Do you have other acreage in "Conventional" Agricultural Systems? | no |
| General Listed Acreage Breakdown | |
| Veg Crops: | 1 |
| Fruit Crops: | 1 |
| 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: | |
| 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: | yes |
Farmland Management and Practices
| Primary Tillage System: | We use a tractor tiller to turn the ground, blend the compost pile and a Mantis tiller during actual planting |
| Do you use Cover Crops? | no |
| Do you use Compost? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (on farm, purchased complete, local grass clippings, local dairy, etc.): | We use the droppings from our own animals, sheep, horse, llama, alpaca, goat, rabbit, chickens we raise and sell, plus wood chips, it is aged from 4-6 months before being sold to other growers and being applied to our own gardens. It is the only source of fertilizer we use. We do use natural garden lime in very limited quanities on occasion that is included with the rabbit droppings and horse droppings. |
| 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". | We apply our organic fertilizer at a rate of 1 tractor scoop, yard to every 100 sq ft at approximately 1-2 inches, is hard to judge but that is average. |
| Do you use Manure? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (local dairy, horse farm, etc.): | See above detail, it is from our own farm only, and only used after it is composted, turned and aged in the bins for 4-6 months at least. |
| 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". | We do not use manure direct only after it has been mixed, aged 4-6 months, straight manure does not get used by itself. It is applied as above. |
| What time of year do you apply the manure? | We only apply our compost that has been aged 4-6 months, cooked and mixed. We primaily only apply our compost in Jan, Feb, and March in the differnt gardens for spring and in Aug - Sept for winter crops. |
| 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. | Garden lime. it is used in a very minute quanity in conjunction with rabbit dropping and horse urin to help reduce odors for the public because it is natural. and we conduct farm tours also. |
| 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. | We hand pull all our weeds and they are fed to our chickens. We use no chemicals on our farm. |
| 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. | We get aphids on occasion and use Dawn dish soap and water or vinegar and water spray them and then was the plants off soon there after to clean them and get rid of the taste 24 hours before they are sold. We use a flashlight and salt, beer in a cup, and coffee grounds to deal with slugs. We also use the dawn dish soap in a very mild solution for worms. We also use ladybugs and praying mantis in the garden to help. We are constantly looking for other natural ways to deal with pests. We do not use any commercial sprays or chemicals. |
| 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. | If we get a disease,which we haven't had yet we would pull the plants, flush the area and not plant in it again until we thought it was ok. We don't grow potatoes and other prone plants. We grow corn and had a huge worm infestation last year and just let them eat and when time to harvest cut the ends of the corn off. |
| Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name: | We water with mountain underground creek water only. It comes out of a spring and runs of the surface a few yards to our pick up. It is also our only source of drinking water for 15 years. |
| 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. | |
| 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. | No one else uses or is growing any thing that would have sprays used on it within 1/4 mile of us on the south, north, east and the nearest road to one of our gardens is 50 ft down hill through trees and shrubs with a 18 inch embankment along the garden edge on that side and we are primarily up wind from it. We have a no spray zone on the road also. |
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: | Basically we are a full fledged farm, as we do farm tours. We raise animals on our farm. The loction of our neighbors' gardens are well placed so as not to affect our gardens. We also try to keep the open animals out of the wind flow area to protect the gardens from contaminates as much as possible. We realize that it is almost impossible to keep all contaminates off gardens, especially like the fuel being dumped from aircraft so we hand water with spray all our gardens and plants to help prevent contaminates. The fruit trees are at gods mercy, we do not water, spray, or fertilize them with anything. We run a very clean, safe and careful operation. Our produce is only sold at the farm for our and our customers protection as we want to control them until the customer purchase them. We do not sell wholesale. We do sell transplants during our garden thinning process. We do not allow animals in our garden areas. Customers are controlled as to where they walk. Thanks |
