Produce Application
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Majestic Nursery, Inc.
Owner: Randy and Gayle RobertsFarm Address:
7738 Dobson Ln
Millbrook, IL 60536
Kendall County
United States
Mailing Address:
7738 Dobson Ln
Newark, IL 60541
United States
daytime phone: 630-553-9924
evening phone: same
Web site: http://www.majesticnursery.com
Application Date: 2010-02-05
Applicant Details
| Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program: | Majestic Nursery has always grown in a responsible and sustainable manner. Due to our size we have not been able to financially justify the added expenses of certifications, until we learned of Certified Naturally Grown. We have come to realize that some form of certification would benefit us and also educate the general public on the differences between conventional growing and sustainable growing. |
| 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? | Through the Green City Market in Chicago, IL |
General Farm Information
| Farm Acreage you want listed as Certified Naturally GrownTM: | |
| Total Farm Acreage you actually GROW on: | 3.5 |
| Number of above acreage that you own: | 3.5 |
| Number of above acreage that you lease: | 0 |
| Do you have other acreage in "Conventional" Agricultural Systems? | no |
| General Listed Acreage Breakdown | |
| Veg Crops: | 3.5 |
| Fruit Crops: | |
| Hay: | |
| Grains/Beans: | |
| Sugarbush: | |
| Other Acreage: | |
| 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 may start a CSA or become part of a Coop in 2010. |
Farmland Management and Practices
| Primary Tillage System: | We use a 3 point tractor tiller. |
| 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.): | on farm and local leaves |
| 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". | 10 wheelbarrow loads per 1,000 square feet, or as needed |
| 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. | Fish emulsion to fertilize plants. |
| 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. | Quack grass, clover, portulaca. We till, mulch, use landscape cloths, and hand pull. |
| 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. | Caterpillars, aphids, cucumber beetles. We use sticky traps, field scouting, crop rotation and site selection, we use fish emulsion on cucumbers because it helps control cucumber beatles, We hand remove insects and immediately remove badly infested plants. As a last resort we use the following products, they are used rarely: neem oil, bacillus, spinusad. |
| 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. | bacterial spot, and powdery mildew. We scout daily, rotate crops, compost and maintain very good soil for healthy disease resistance of the plants. As a last resort we use copper. |
| Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name: | the Fox 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? | 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") | n/a, we grow our own, and, we purchase certified organic transplants for our edible products, other transplants we purchase are for premium ornamental annuals and we aren't seeking certification for the ornamental annuals. |
| Do you purchase any transplants from outside sources? | yes |
| From which sources do you buy transplants? | We buy herb plugs from a certified organic herb grower, otherwise we grow our own. |
| 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). | n/a, we grow our own, and, we purchase certified organic transplants for our edible products, other transplants we purchase are for premium ornamental annuals and we aren't seeking certification for those. |
| 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 our home and then a river running behind our property (the west), it is approximately 1.5 acres from our farming area, a drive that is approximately 40 feet away and then our neighbors land and residence is on the south and (the land follows the drive and is approximately 100 feet from our planting area), and a forest preserve is on the north and east of our property approximately 40 feet from our planting area. The forest preserve leases the land to a farmer who plants soybeans and corn, they do use chemicals, however we know none has drifted onto our property, we communicate well with the farmer, and we also would know because since they use roundup, one drop of which would kill our plants. |
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 are currently speaking with the forest preserve next to us to see if we may lease three or so acres, if we may, those acres will be farmed naturally by us and that land will be in transition. |
