1. Name of farm: Dungeness Valley Creamery
2. Farmer’s/Farm Family name: Ryan and Sarah McCarthey
3. Street address: 1915 Towne Rd.
4. City: Sequim
5. State (2-letter abbreviation): WA
6. Zip: 98382
7. Phone number: 360-683-0716
8. Email: willowsmb@yahoo.com
9. Website: dungenessvalleycreamery.com
Type of Farm/Farm Practices
10. Are you Certified Organic? No
11. Are you Certified Biodynamic? No
12. If you are not Certified Organic, do you use organic production methods? Yes
13. Do you use synthetic fertilizers? No
14. Do you use any of the following: nonorganic pesticides, herbicides, parasiticides, or fungicides? Yes
Animal Husbandry
15. Do you keep livestock? Yes
16. What animals do you keep?
Cows (list breeds): Jerseys
17. Do you use antibiotics? Yes
18. Are the animals pasture-fed? Yes
19. How much and for how long: 6-7 months 80-90% of diet is pasture grass during grazing season.
20. Do you practice managed grazing? Yes
21. Do you apply compost or compost tea? Yes
22. Do you apply other soil amendments? No
23. Do you use supplemental feed?
For cows, sheep, and/or goats (list type): Non GMO’d grain during milking. No corn, soy or canola. Mostly wheat and barley.
Raw Milk
24. Do you supply raw milk? Yes
25. Do you keep your barn and milk room clean? Yes
26. Do you keep the cows clean/teats washed? Yes
27. Do you thoroughly wash your milking equipment after every milking? Yes
28. Are cows with mastitis or other health problems excluded from milking? Yes
29. Are cows tested for disease? Yes
Which tests, and how often: TB and Brucellosis annually.
30. Is the milk routinely tested for pathogens, coliform count? Yes
Which tests, and how often: Somatic cell counts, coliform and bacteria monthly.
31. Is the farm water routinely tested? Yes
32. Are milk and milk products kept well chilled? Yes
33. Other/Explain (list any other routine practices, or explain any of your answers above?
Butchering Practices
34. Do you sell milk? Yes
35. Meat butchered at a USDA-certified or state-certified abattoir? Yes
36. Meat butchered on the farm? Yes
37. Describe or explain any butchering practices:
Farm Products
38. Please check off the products you sell and list current prices
Raw whole milk: Gallon $6.75
Half Gallon $3.75
Quart $2.25
Raw butter: Not legal to produce and sell
Raw cream: Not legal to produce and sell
Raw ice cream: Not legal to produce and sell
Raw sour cream: Not legal to produce and sell
Raw yogurt: Not legal to produce and sell
Raw kefir: We share kefir grains with our customers.
Raw cottage cheese: Not legal to produce and sell.
Whey: Not legal to sell
Cheese (list types): Raw goat and cow milk cheese made by Diana from Whiskey Hill Farm
Other dairy (list): Skim milk
Gallon $6.75
Half Gallon $3.75
Quart $2.25
Beef/veal: We sell by the half and whole as well as cuts. Grassfed/milkfed and grainfed.
Additional Information
39. Do you only sell animals that are raised on your farm at the address listed?
Yes
39a. Details:
40. Are the animals born on your farm at the address listed? Yes
40a. Details:
41. Do you ever purchase animals from auctions or from your processor or do you ever buy parts from your processor (whole pork bellies…)? No
41a. Details:
42. Do you personally attend to your animals at least once a day or do you hire help or farmers to do that for you? Hire Help
42a. Details:
We have several employees that help with the raising and care of the animals but we are personally involved as well.
43. Do you purchase pre-mixed feed from an elevator or do you grind your own? Purchase
43a. Details: