1. Name of farm: Pride and Joy Dairy
2. Farmer’s/Farm Family name: Allen & Cheryl Voortman
3. Street address: 2145 Liberty Rd.
4. City: Granger
5. State (2-letter abbreviation): WA
6. Zip: 98932
7. Phone number: 509-854-1389
8. Email: cheryl@prideandjoydairy.com
9. Website: www.prideandjoydairy.com
Type of Farm/Farm Practices
10. Are you Certified Organic? Yes
11. Are you Certified Biodynamic? No
12. If you are not Certified Organic, do you use organic production methods?
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? Yes
16. What animals do you keep?
Cows (list breeds): Jersey, Holstein, Aryshire, brown swiss and cross bred.
Sheep (list breeds): Dorper
17. Do you use antibiotics? No
18. Are the animals pasture-fed? Yes
19. How much and for how long:
20. Do you practice managed grazing? Yes
21. Do you apply compost or compost tea? Yes
22. Do you apply other soil amendments? Yes
23. Do you use supplemental feed?
For poultry (list type):
For cows, sheep, and/or goats (list type):
For pigs (list type):
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: We use the Dairy Herd Improvement Association to test our cows every Month.
30. Is the milk routinely tested for pathogens, coliform count? Yes
Which tests, and how often: SPC, LPC, Coli weekly
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? Thermometers on the milk tank along with a written chart to keep track. Thermometers in fridges and trucks.
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? No
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 $9.00
Half gallon $4.75
Quart $2.50
Raw butter: Illegal to sell
Whey:
Cheese (list types):
Other dairy (list):
Beef/veal: Ground beef $4.50Lb
T-bone, Rib,or sirloin steak $10.00Lb
Rump or sirloin,roast $8.00lb
Chuck or round roast $6.00Lb
Liver $4.00lb
Soup bones $3.00
some times available
oxtail ,tongue & heart $4.00lb.
All of our beef is grassfed and finished.
Pork:
Goat/kid:
Mutton/lamb: Sell by the whole lamb. $5.50Lb per actual cut and wrapped meat. Organ meats are free with the lamb. Cuts of the whole lamb are ground lamb, Shoulder roast, chops, steaks, leg of, & shank of,
Other meat:
Prepared foods (list typical offerings):
Other:
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 started the farm 35 years ago and have slowly grown over the years. We now have 350 head of cows and as many young stock. It is too much for just my husband and I take care of by our selves but we live on the farm and are out doing and watching everyday. Rarely do we get a 2 or 3 day vacation or any time off. Diaries are run 365 days of the year. We care for our animals that is how we came up with the name.
43. Do you purchase pre-mixed feed from an elevator or do you grind your own?
43a. Details:
We do not buy grain. We use to and still have the grinder on the place. Everything is grass fed by Management Intensive grazing.
