Produce Application

Evolutionary Organics

Owner: Kira Kinney

Farm Address:
283 Springtown Rd
New Paltz, NY 12561
Ulster County
United States

daytime phone: 845-256-1355
evening phone: 845-256-1355

Application Date: 2003-03-31

Applicant Details

Please briefly tell us why you are applying to be part of the Certified Naturally Grown program:	direct market through farmer's markets in New York City
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?	yes
If yes, please note which agencies and dates:	NOFA-ny 1998-2002 I believe
Have you ever been denied certification?	no
How did you hear about Certified Naturally Grown?

General Farm Information

Farmland Management and Practices

Primary Tillage System:	Rototiller
Do you use Cover Crops?	yes
If yes, please list:	Rye, vetch, clover, buckwheat
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.	Fertrell Rock powders and fertilizers and soybean meal
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.	I've got horse nettle, some thistle, pigweed, lamb's qurter and purslane. For controls I cultivate rows with a cub tractor, use cover cropping and stale bed preperations,and when we have time we hand weed.
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.	I have flea beetles that are primarily controlled with row covers. If they begin to destroy transplants I will use entrust on them. I have loopers and tomato hornworms that I kill with Dipel or Entrust, one treatment for the tomatoes and typically two on the broccoli,and cabbage. I have striped and spotted cucumber beetles that I deal with a one time treatment of Entrust on the cucumber, melon, and squash plants right at the time of transplanting into the field. I also rotate crops, cover crop and try to ime plantings to avoid peak pest pressures.
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.	I have alternaria leaf spot and early blight as the primary problems. I rotate planting locations to try to keep the alternaria in control. The early blight is typically left untreated, but if i fear losing the entire crop of tomatoes i will spray copper. I also observe the different varities and try to choose the ones that seem to naturally have more resistance.
Please list the water source you use for crop irrigation. If source is public river, pond or lake, please note the name:	a pond on the property
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.	road, fields, woods

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 Grown^TM.
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.
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