Growing Practices
How do we grow food? Are you organic?
Well, that's a very important question.
First, it's not a certified organic farm. Organic certification is expensive. In order to cover that cost, I would have to make the food more expensive for you, and I don't want to do that. My goal is to make the farm a place of safety, refuge, life and love. That includes you are the people eating the food, as well as me and my family who are working the land, and the myriad critters that call the place home.
What that means...
YES we use plant based compost and leguminous cover crops as our primary fertility
YES we use cottonseed meal, kelp extract, and natural minerals for supplemental fertility
YES we use exclusion products like row cover to block pests from the crops, and least toxic options like neem oil only when necessary
YES we use biological inoculants like mycorrhizal fungi to promote plant and soil health
YES we rotate crops and plant extensive pollinator habitat, cover crops and practice reduced tillage for soil conservation
Meanwhile.....
NO synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or fertilizers are EVER used
NO genetically modified crops grown
NO raw manure or municipal sewage solids are used
That's why I say we grow Vegetables Good Enough to Eat.
Here are some pictures of how we grow and what the farm looks like.