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Our Mission: To foster a local food community and promote a culture of stewardship by cultivating farmer-consumer relationships, promoting the enjoyment of healthful food, increasing food security through diversity, and enhancing overall rural sustainability. |
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| PRODUCTS & PRACTICES | |
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| Question | Answer |
| List what you intend to sell. (if applicable) (e.g. meats, grains, jellies, crafts; also note if you have any heritage breeds) |
beef, lamb, pork |
| Describe your farming, processing and/or crafting practices. (if applicable) | We raise all of our cattle from birth to finish. The lamb and hog are purchased from cooperating neighboring farmers who have the same beliefs in management practices as we do in our cattle. We take all beef, lamb and pork to C & C Processing, a family owned processing facility in Diller, NE. The processing plant is not only state inspected but federally inspected by the USDA. There is a USDA inspector on sight whenever our animals are processed. |
| Describe your pest and disease management system. (if applicable) | |
| Describe your herd health and productivity management. (if applicable) (i.e. do you use any hormones, antibiotics, and/or steroids) |
We do not use hormones, antibiotics, or steroids. We use a certification program that collects the data on the breed history and veterinary care of every animal. The highest safety and quality standards as well as strict animal welfare are used to closely monitor our animals. |
| Describe your feeding practices. (if applicable) (grass-fed only, free-range, feed-lot, etc.) |
Our animals are free ranged grazed on nearly 1000 acres of pasture. Once weaned the animals are \"full fed\" for 220 days. This means they have access to grain 24 hours a day 7 days a week, unlike commercial feed-lots where they would be fed twice a day. They are free to eat, drink, sleep and roam whenever they want. |
| Describe your soil and nutrient management. (if applicable) (Do you compost, use fertilizers, green manures or animal manures?) |
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| Describe your water usage practices. (if applicable) (If you irrigate, describe how - e.g. deep well, surface water, etc., and explain how you conserve water or use best management practices. Describe how you are protecting your water source from contamination/erosion). |
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| Describe your conservation/land stewardship practices. (if applicable) (e.g., do you plant windbreaks, maintain grass waterways, riparian buffers, use green manures for wind erosion, plant habitats for birds, improve soil quality, etc.) |
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| Describe any additional information and/or sustainable practices about your operation that
would be helpful to a potential customer in understanding your farm or operation better. (e.g. if you are raising any heritage animals you might list breeds or list varieties of heirloom seeds. List the percentage of local ingredients in your processed items). |
Artificially breeding our cattle is a way that we are able to deliver a superior quality by selecting desired genetics. This means instead of using a bull to service the cows we buy frozen semen and hand breed each of our cows. This is a very time consuming and expensive process, but this resource enables us to access the best genetics in the world. We select bulls who have high carcass traits which combined with the sustainable agriculture practices we have in place, give our customer a superior product. We take great price in raising the finest quality, most healthy and wholesome meat available. We are certain that the diligence we take in raising our cattle will deliver a tender and flavorful cut of meat that you and your family will enjoy. |
| List your food liability insurance coverage, both general and product-related, as well as any licenses and tests that you have available. (if applicable) | |
| ORGANIC PRODUCERS | |||
| List which products you are selling as organic. (if applicable) | |||
| List certifying agency's name and address: (if applicable) |
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| Certifying Agency's Phone: (if applicable) |
Certifying Agency's Fax: (if applicable) |
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| Do you have available for inspection a copy of your current organic certificate? (if applicable) | Yes No | ||
| I affirm that all statements made about my farm and products in this application are true, correct and complete and I have given a truthful representation of my operation, practices, and origin of products. I understand that if questions arise about my operation I may be inspected (unannounced). If I stated my operation is organic, then I am complying with the National Organic Program and will provide upon request a copy of my certification. I have read all of the producer standards and fully understand and am willing to comply with them. | |||
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I agree
| Tuesday the 11th day of November, 2008 | ||