Produce Application
Pokey Creek Farm
Owner: Greg and Leah SempelFarm Address:
3234 Pokey Creek Rd.
Santa, ID 83866
Benewah County
United States
Mailing Address:
PO Box 34
Santa, ID 83866
United States
daytime phone: 208 245 4381
evening phone: 208 582 0394
Application Date: 2010-05-17
Applicant Details
| Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program: | We've grown organic food for years and were registered organic with Idaho state, but it's become more complicated with paperwork and expensive, we're more interested in CNG. |
| 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? | From David Ronniger, of Ronniger Potato Farm |
General Farm Information
| Farm Acreage you want listed as Certified Naturally GrownTM: | |
| Total Farm Acreage you actually GROW on: | 3 |
| Number of above acreage that you own: | 1.3 |
| Number of above acreage that you lease: | 1.7 |
| Do you have other acreage in "Conventional" Agricultural Systems? | no |
| General Listed Acreage Breakdown | |
| Veg Crops: | 2 |
| Fruit Crops: | 1 |
| 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: | a few on-farm sales |
Farmland Management and Practices
| Primary Tillage System: | tractor with tiller and rototiller |
| Do you use Cover Crops? | yes |
| If yes, please list: | oats, maybe austrian ghee, fall rye |
| Do you use Compost? | no |
| Do you use Manure? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (local dairy, horse farm, etc.): | yak farm about 3 miles away, cow manure from 14 miles away, a friend has mules. |
| 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". | 30-50 yards per acre roughly |
| What time of year do you apply the manure? | mostly in the fall |
| 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. | maxi-crop, stutzmanns chicken manure, alaska fish for foliar feed. |
| 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. | 99% is done by hand, and is grasses and thistle. may use torch on thistle this year before it gets heavy |
| 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. | leaf hoppers and aphids. We use ladybugs and safer soaps. Just got a new OMRI approved product called Semaspore, made of nosema locustae, contains 1x10 9 viable spores. |
| 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. | so far so good |
| Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name: | a well on our property, and on the leased land we use a pump and the Saint Joe 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 |
| Do you purchase any transplants from outside sources? | yes |
| From which sources do you buy transplants? | flowers, and rhubarb, and strawberry plants |
| 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). | just the strawberries and flowers |
| 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. | Home site: surrounded by our own private acres, except on north side, we border state of Idaho, about 250 feet from oru growing area. We're putting in a one-acre elderberry field. They may do some spraying in next 3-4 years, we've talked and they are planning to work with us. |
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: | |
