Produce Application
Seven Meadows Farm
Owner: Rusty and Laurie hallFarm Address:
13221 CR 32
Mancos, CO 81328
Montezuma County
United States
daytime phone: 970 882 3834
evening phone: 970 882 3834
Web site: http://www.sevenmeadowsfarm.com
Application Date: 2006-03-01
Applicant Details
| Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program: | We sell through local farmers markets, grocery stores and restaurants. We are interested in this program because we grow a wide variety of produce in relatively small quantities and the USDA's organic cert requirements are too expensive and time consuming, but we believe in the guidelines. |
| 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? |
General Farm Information
| Farm Acreage you want listed as Certified Naturally GrownTM: | |
| Total Farm Acreage you actually GROW on: | 40.0 |
| Number of above acreage that you own: | 70.0 |
| Number of above acreage that you lease: | 0.0 |
| Do you have other acreage in "Conventional" Agricultural Systems? | no |
| General Listed Acreage Breakdown | |
| Veg Crops: | 0.5 |
| Fruit Crops: | 0.5 |
| Hay: | 35.0 |
| Grains/Beans: | 4.0 |
| Sugarbush: | 0.0 |
| Other Acreage: | 30.0 |
| 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: | chickens and eggs |
| 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: | |
Farmland Management and Practices
| Primary Tillage System: | horse-drawn and tractor |
| Do you use Cover Crops? | yes |
| If yes, please list: | clover, native grasses |
| Do you use Compost? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (on farm, purchased complete, local grass clippings, local dairy, etc.): | on farm garden green waste, grass clippings and leaves; purchased organic sheep&peat; peat moss |
| 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". | mostly 1 ton per acre |
| Do you use Manure? | yes |
| If yes, please note general sources (local dairy, horse farm, etc.): | all from our farm except a few bags of sheep&peat that we used before we had our own sheep |
| 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". | mostly 2 tons per acre |
| What time of year do you apply the manure? | fall and winter |
| 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. | |
| 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. | bindweed: we dig them out and use landscape cloth milkweed: we pull them out and mow pre-flowering canadian thistle: cut flower heads, and this year we're going to use goats to eat them wild mustard: mow and graze sheep |
| 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 haven't had any significant problems, most likely because we have free-range chickens and lots of beneficial insects. |
| 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. | We haven't had any disease problems. |
| Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name: | Our water is irrigation from the Summit Irrigation Company, and their resevoir is Summit Lake, filled by snowmelt from the La Platas in southwest Colorado. |
| 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") | |
| 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 15 acres of woods on 2 sides, and our neighbors on all sides do not spray. |
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: | |
