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- From: KAKerby AT aol.com
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] taking the plunge
- Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:21:23 -0500 (EST)
| I guess the main question I have at this point is in terms of how much 
detail to provide with the various forms.  Some examples: 1) in the crop production paperwork, where I need to describe insect/pest 
control, we mainly have issues with slugs and birds.  We control the former 
with a combination of hiding-spot removal, beer traps, slug bait (which is 
OMRI listed) and hand-picking, and the latter by putting netting over the rows 
they're pestering.  Is that all I need to say, or does it need to be more 
elaborate? 2) In the livestock production paperwork where I describe that they're on 
pasture roughly six months each year and in yards the balance of the year, do I 
need to give the exact sizes of the paddocks?  The species in the 
pasture?  The stocking rates and rotation schedule?  Or just a general 
overview? 3) There's a stipulation that we must have "reliable" access to certified 
organic feeds.  We are going to put up our own hay this year on certified 
organic ground.  Do I have to show alternative sources for hay if something 
goes wrong with that harvest?  We'll be buying in feed from a long-standing 
organic feeds supplier.  Do we have to show a Plan B if that supplier 
suddenly can't provide feed anymore?  Or for both, can we simply state 
that we've got a stockpile of feed/hay to carry us through short-term 
gaps? I could drive myself crazy with trying to hit that "Goldilocks" point of 
providing "just right" levels of detail.  Should I start with only 
general information and let the inspector tell me if more detail is 
needed?  Thanks all....... Kathryn Kerby frogchorusfarm.com Snohomish, WA Ruminations - essays on the farming life at 
frogchorusfarm.com/weblog.html In a message dated 2/20/2012 5:43:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
organic87 AT frontiernet.net writes: Different state and different agency, but sure, ask away. | 
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            [Market-farming] taking the plunge,
            KAKerby, 02/19/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] taking the plunge, Road's End Farm, 02/20/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] taking the plunge, maury sheets, 02/20/2012
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        Re: [Market-farming] taking the plunge,
        KAKerby, 02/20/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] taking the plunge, Road's End Farm, 02/20/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] taking the plunge, Richard Robinson, 02/20/2012
 
- Re: [Market-farming] taking the plunge, KAKerby, 02/20/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] taking the plunge, S Brocaar, 02/20/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] taking the plunge, david purpura, 02/20/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] taking the plunge, KAKerby, 02/20/2012
 
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