Country Winds Farm

1. Name of farm: Country Winds Farm

2. Farmer’s/Farm Family name: John & Mary Windemuller

3. Street address: 4711 64th Ave

4. City: ZEELAND

5. State (2-letter abbreviation): MI

6. Zip: 49464

7. Phone number: 6168758732

8. Email: countrywinds@centurytel.net

9. Website: www.countrywindsfarm.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: non-organic pesticides, herbicides, parasiticides, or fungicides? No

Animal Husbandry

15. Do you keep livestock? Yes

16. What animals do you keep?  Dairy Goats, cattle, and chickens

Chickens (list breeds):  meat birds
Ducks (list breeds):
Turkeys (list breeds):
Other Poultry (list type and breeds):
Cows (list breeds):  Scottish Highland
Goats (list breeds):   French & American Alpines and Nubians
Pigs (list breeds):
Sheep (list breeds):
Other Animals (list type and breeds):

17. Do you use antibiotics? No

18. Are the animals pasture-fed? Yes

19. How much and for how long: 24 hrs a day 9-10 months a year

20. Do you practice managed grazing? Yes

21. Do you apply compost or compost tea? Yes compost but not compost tea

22. Do you apply other soil amendments? No

23. Do you use supplemental feed?

For poultry (list type): Totally pastured – Organic Alfalfa, small amount of grain, minerals
For cows, sheep, and/or goats (list type): Organic Alfalfa, pasture, special formulated grain and minerals.
For pigs (list type):

Raw Milk

24. Do you supply raw milk? Yes, goats milk

25. Do you keep your barn and milk room clean? Yes

26. Do you keep the cows clean/teats washed?  We wash the goats before every milking.

27. Do you thoroughly wash your milking equipment after every milking? Yes

28. Are cows with mastitis or other health problems excluded from milking?  Any goat is excluded when sick and the withdrawal time is doubled before the milk goes in the tank.

29. Are cows tested for disease?  Our goats are tested for diseases.
Which tests, and how often?

30. Is the milk routinely tested for pathogens, coliform count? Yes
Which tests, and how often? SCC, SPC, antibiotics done each milking.

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? Our goats are washed then dried. Then dipped with teat dip and wiped.

Butchering Practices

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: The cattle are slaughtered on the farm and then transported to the butcher. The chickens are either butchered on the farm or sent to the butcher.

Farm Products

38. Please check off the products you sell and list current prices?  See webpage
Raw whole milk:  Goat Raw Milk
Raw butter: See website
Raw cream:  See website
Raw ice cream: See website
Raw sour cream:
Raw yogurt: See website
Raw kefir:  See website
Raw cottage cheese:
Whey: See website
Cheese (list types):  Chevre
Other dairy (list):
Beef/veal:  Grassfed
Pork:
Goat/kid:  Grassfed/pastured
Mutton/lamb:
Other meat:
Chicken:  Grassfed/pastured
Duck:
Turkey:
Other poultry:
Eggs (list type, chicken, duck, etc) :  Chicken
Honey:   Raw honey
Produce (list typical offerings):
Prepared foods (list typical offerings):
Other: We will teach you how to make most anything with your raw goat milk.

Additional Information

39. Do you only sell animals that are raised on your farm at the address listed?
Yes

39a. Details:
The only way to control quality is to do it yourself. That way you have surety. Plus the consumer can see if I am practicing what I claim I am doing. It is about knowing what is right and knowing your farmer.

40. Are the animals born on your farm at the address listed?

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41. Do you ever purchase animals from auctions or from your processor or do you ever buy parts from your processor (whole pork bellies…)?

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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?

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43. Do you purchase pre-mixed feed from an elevator or do you grind your own?

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