Produce Application
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Camp Hill Organic Farm
Owner: Clive JohnsonFarm Address:
1075 Robinson Ave
Naramata, BC V0H 1N0
County
Canada
Mailing Address:
RR# 1 Site 14 Compartment 9
Naramata, BC V0H 1N0
Canada
daytime phone: 250 496-5616
evening phone: 250 496-5616
Application Date: 2010-02-04
Applicant Details
| Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program: | We (Camp Hill Organic Farm) have been cerified organic since 1998 with Living Earth Organic Growers Assocaition. LEOGA is and certifing body, accredited by COABC. The new Canadain National Organic Program is becoming something that is getting controled by the large agro industry in Canada, and doesn't serve the smaller BC farmers in a suitable manner and the costs are continuously increasing. We sell directly to the consumer and do not export out of Canada |
| Are you currently third party Certified for your produce operation by any other organization (Organic, Biodynamic, etc)? | yes |
| If yes, please note which certification and agency: | Living Earth Organic Growers Association (LEOGA) accredited by Certified Organic Assocaitions of B.C.(COABC) |
| Have you ever been certified in the past? | yes |
| If yes, please note which agencies and dates: | Living Earth Organic Growers Association (LEOGA) Accredited by COABC since 1998 through each year to present 2010 |
| Have you ever been denied certification? | no |
| How did you hear about Certified Naturally Grown? | Sarah Martin of Maraposa Organic Farm in Cawston BC is a member of LEOGA and CNG. The entire LEOGA membership has been discussing dual membership with CNG. I'm the administrator of LEOGA and think CNG dual membership may fit well with LEOGA |
General Farm Information
| Farm Acreage you want listed as Certified Naturally GrownTM: | |
| Total Farm Acreage you actually GROW on: | 2.85 |
| Number of above acreage that you own: | 2.85 |
| Number of above acreage that you lease: | 0 |
| Do you have other acreage in "Conventional" Agricultural Systems? | no |
| General Listed Acreage Breakdown | |
| Veg Crops: | 0.25 |
| Fruit Crops: | 2.60 |
| Hay: | 0 |
| Grains/Beans: | 0 |
| Sugarbush: | 0 |
| Other Acreage: | 1.80 |
| 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: | We also have a number of costomers that direct buy though placing orders of usually 50 to 100 pounds. |
Farmland Management and Practices
| Primary Tillage System: | Fruit trees planted in rows. manuel turning of soil arround each tree on a two year rotation. vegtable area is tilled with small roto tiller and manually |
| Do you use Cover Crops? | yes |
| If yes, please list: | red clover and alfalfa is planted between fruit trees |
| Do you use Compost? | no |
| 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. | Rain Grow liquid 4-2-3 (omri listed , 2008 compost tea from cerified chicken manure) |
| 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. | we have no weed problems. we manueally weed arround each tree 4 to 6 times a season. We have never used any black plastic or other shade cloth 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. | forficula auriclaria we thin fruit to reduce shelter habitate, apply tanglefood barrier when fruit is ripe. anarsia lineatella heavy winter pruning and seasonal pruning of affected shoots if any insects or larva are noticed. |
| 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. | monilinia fructicola heavy pruning if any is present, keep fileds clean remove all fruit from trees after ripe. |
| Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name: | we have our own potable water well on our property, we use for irrigation and drinking 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") | we have not sold any vegtables as certified organic yet. We have been growing our own food and keeping our own seeds and reproducing our own vegtables for years. We may or may not grow for sale any vegtables this year. We will grow some for our own use, using our existing saved seeds and they have always been growen following the COABC certified organic program, as per the LEOGA Whole Farm Policy |
| 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. | We have a 2 acre conventional vineyard to the north of our property. We have maintained the required 8 meter Candain Organic Program required buffer between us the the vineyard We have large (45 to 60 feet high) yellow pine tree along this part of our property line. This is about 150 feet long. then the rest of our property, 4.65 acres is bordered by wild natural land and a limited use country road. We also have a buffer along the roadway area of our property line. Our house is in the middle of our property. LEOGA has a Whole Farm Policy. All our property is managed in a substanable organic way. |
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 bought this land 31 years ago. It was never an conventional farm, just natural grassland before we bought it. |
