During harvest it means scrubbing hands, harvest knives, and totes sanitizing our Washing and Packing Rooms quickly hydrating and cooling crops in clean water and packing each item in clean, sanitized produce bins for storage at the proper temperature in our coolers. Food safety begins in the field with attention to detail and maintaining a clean field environment. This includes scouting for any potential problems in the field (deer, birds) and noting their impact on the crops. From planting to harvest, each stage is inspected to ensure it meets our strict food safety standards. ![]() We have taken the initiative to develop and implement a rigorous food safety system on our farm to ensure that we are providing the safest possible produce for our CSA members and customers at our farmers' markets. It extends to the way we plant, grow, harvest, inspect, wash, handle, package and deliver our freshly-picked produce to you. Our commitment to safe food starts with our choice to farm organically, which we have been doing since we started farming in 1996. Learn more about our Innovative Sap Testing Process.Nutrient management is a key part of promoting healthy soil with good physical, biological and chemical properties on our farm. We monitor our crops through soil testing, leaf tissue and sap testing, which gives us some insight into what's going on in our plants, and what we need to do to further improve our soil growing conditions. This means that in addition to growing in accordance with organic principles, we do everything we can to further enrich our soil and build fertility through the use of cover cropping, crop rotation and supplemental application of organically approved amendments and fertilizers. We strive to produce food in the most sustainable way possible. In the US, all organic farmers, growers and processors must register with one of the organic certification bodies which certifies that they have met the strict requirements. Organic agriculture seeks to maintain and improve the productivity of the landīy encouraging and enhancing natural biological processes. This means that organic farmers think about the effects of their farming practices on the soil, the quality of the food they produce, the local community and the wider environment. Organic farming is a whole system (or holistic) way of producing food. Our farm is USDA Certified Organic by NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC, a third party certifying agency.
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