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About us: 49 acre family farm located in
Jefferson, Oregon.
Fresh berries without all that pesky diggin'
By Jodi Kerr from Salem
Weekly Posted on Tue Jun 14, 2011
Unfortunately some of the vendors
at the market are not honest about their growing methods. Some may post a sign
or verbally tell customers they are "No Spray" in attempt to sell
more product. Some of the customers assume they are
getting a non-certified organic product. Customers don't realize there is no
requirement for proof of the "No Spray" growing method. And there are
many different interpretations of what "No Spray" means.
That is why Third party
certification like Food Alliance, Oregon Tilth or
USDA Organic is so important. We want our customers to be assured we grow a
high quality product.
See “Consumer Food Labels
Rankings & Reviews” for more
information.
Growing Method:
·
Sustainable Farming
Practices: Sustainable agriculture is one that produces abundant food
without depleting the earth’s resources or polluting its environment.
·
Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) is the coordinated use of pest and environmental
information with available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable levels
of pest damage by the most economical means and with the least possible hazard
to people, property, and the environment.
IPM is fully implemented, with a wide range of natural pest control
methods such as beneficial insects, careful weather monitoring and scouting.
Least toxic products are used only when natural methods don’t work. Overall
pest control minimizes negative impacts to human health and environment.
Food Safety:
Often
customers don't wash their berries before they eat them. Especially customers purchasing berries on
their lunch or dinner break from work.
We
require our employees to complete the Oregon Food Handling training and to wear
food handling gloves when harvesting and packaging our fruit. Very few farms
require their harvesting crews to do this. We feel it's a very important food
safety practice; especially for berries.
Helping Others: We
donate fruit to Albany St. Mary’s Soup
Kitchen and Corvallis Stone
Soup Community Meal Program; Stone Soup is a free-meal-assistance program
that serves meals to anyone in need.
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