Details
1. Name of farm: Botany Bay Farm
2. Farmer’s/Farm Family name: Sturtevant
3. Street address: 13513 NE 132nd Ave
4. City: Brush Prairie
5. State (2-letter abbreviation): WA
6. Zip: 98606
7. Phone number: (360) 882-8226
8. Email: heidi@botanybayfarm.com
9. Website: http://www.botanybayfarm.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? No
Animal Husbandry
15. Do you keep livestock?
16. What animals do you keep?
Chickens (list breeds): White Cornish Cross
Golden Sex-Link
Cows (list breeds): Black Angus
Pigs (list breeds): Yorkshire/Landrace Mix
Other Animals (list type and breeds): Rabbits – New Zealand/Beveren (Cross)
17. Do you use antibiotics? No
18. Are the animals pasture-fed? Yes
19. How much and for how long: Full 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 poultry (list type): Fresh-ground, Non-GMO, Soy-free feed mix
For pigs (list type): Fresh-ground, local, feed mix (The feed mill can not guarantee 100% GMO-free feed)
Raw Milk
24. Do you supply raw milk? No
Butchering Practices
35. Meat butchered at a USDA-certified or state-certified abattoir?
36. Meat butchered on the farm? Yes
37. Describe or explain any butchering practices: All chickens are processed on farm to reduce stress impact to birds and to provide a better meat to customers. Beef and pork are slaughtered on farm and then butchered at a local butcher shop(s).
Farm Products
38. Please check off the products you sell and list current prices
Beef/veal: Available 2014
Pork: $3.40/lb + Processing (whole hog)
$3.50/lb + Processing (half hog)
Chicken: $3.50/lb
Eggs (list type, chicken, duck, etc) : $4.00/doz (chicken available Fall 2012)
Other:
Additional Information
39. Do you only sell animals that are raised on your farm at the address listed?
Yes
39a. Details:
We sell year old layers to those who want to start backyard flocks.
40. Are the animals born on your farm at the address listed? No
40a. Details:
All beef and lamb are born on the farm, however pigs and chickens are born off farm. Pigs come from a WA breeder.
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? Personally Attend
42a. Details:
43. Do you purchase pre-mixed feed from an elevator or do you grind your own? Purchase
43a. Details:
All chicken feed is ground and provided by a local Oregon feed mill. Pig feed is provided by a local Washington feed mill.
Product Pickup: We are planning to have the customers who have pre-ordered chicken come to our farm in the afternoon on the specified butchering dates, which currently are June 23rd and July 21st. As for the pork, this would be picked up from the butcher shop.
