1. Name of farm: Wholesome Harvests
2. Farmer’s/Farm Family name: Jacob Mishler
3. Street address: 1610 135th Ave.
4. City: Hersey
5. State (2-letter abbreviation): MI
6. Zip: 49639
7. Phone number: 2314655050
8. Email: orders@wholesomeharvests.org
9. Website: https://farmmatch.com/wholesomeharvests
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? Yes
16. What animals do you keep?
Chickens (list breeds): ISA Brown laying hens, Cornish cross broilers , all pasture raised
Ducks (list breeds):
Turkeys (list breeds): broad breasted white
Other Poultry (list type and breeds):
Cows (list breeds): Guernsey, Jersey, and jersey cross
Goats (list breeds): Boer meat goats
Pigs (list breeds): mangalitsa sows and Idaho Pasture pig boar
Sheep (list breeds):
Other Animals (list type and breeds):
17. Do you use antibiotics? No
18. Do you use antibiotics? No
19. Are the animals pasture-fed? Yes
20. How much and for how long: As much as possible,no grain fed to the cows at anytime.
21. Do you practice managed grazing? Yes
22. Do you apply compost or compost tea? Yes
23. Do you apply other soil amendments? Yes
24. Do you use supplemental feed?
For poultry (list type): NON-GMO LAYER, AND NON-GMO BROILER FEED
For cows, sheep, and/or goats (list type): NEVER ANY!!
For pigs (list type): NON-GMO PIG FEED
Raw Milk
25. Do you supply raw milk? Yes
26. Do you keep your barn and milk room clean? Yes
27. Do you keep the cows clean/teats washed? Yes
28. Do you thoroughly wash your milking equipment after every milking? Yes
29. Are cows with mastitis or other health problems excluded from milking? Yes
30. Are cows tested for disease? No
Which tests, and how often: I JUST OBSERVE FOR HEALTH AND WELL BEING, BUT DO NOT TEST
31. Is the milk routinely tested for pathogens, coliform count? No
Which tests, and how often: IF I KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE I WOULD NEVER SELL THE MILK
32. Is the farm water routinely tested? Yes
33. Are milk and milk products kept well chilled? Yes
34. Other/Explain (list any other routine practices, or explain any of your answers above? I DON’T HAVE MUCH ELSE BUT WE RAISE EVERYTHING BEYOND ORGANIC
Butchering Practices
35. Do you sell milk? Yes
36. Meat butchered at a USDA-certified or state-certified abattoir? No
37. Meat butchered on the farm? Yes
38. Describe or explain any butchering practices: WE ARE A PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP FARM AND NOT UNDER THE PUBLIC JURISDICTION AND THERFORE WE CAN PROCESS OUR OWN POULTRY AND OTHER ANIMALS AND DISTRIBUTE TO OUR MEMBERS, EVERY THING IS DONE IN A HUMANE AND ETHICAL MANNER, WE WERE MDARD LICENSED FOR 10 YEARS BUT HAVE RECENTLY SWITCHED TO A PMA.
Farm Products
39. Please check off the products you sell and list current prices
Raw whole milk: $15 A GALLON OR $7.50 A HALF, PICKED UP AT THE FARM IS THEN GOING TO BE $12 A GALLON
Raw butter: $12
Raw cream: NA
Raw ice cream: NA
Raw sour cream: NA
Raw yogurt: NA
Raw kefir: NA
Raw cottage cheese: NA
Whey: $10 A GALLON
Cheese (list types): NA
Other dairy (list):
Beef/veal: NA
Pork: $10 PER POUND
Goat/kid: $12 PER POUND
Mutton/lamb: NA
Other meat:
Chicken: $5.49 A LB.
Duck: $8.99 A LB.
Turkey: $4.75 A LB.
Other poultry:
Eggs (list type, chicken, duck, etc) : $5 A DZ.
Honey: NA
Produce (list typical offerings): NA
Prepared foods (list typical offerings): NA
Other:
Additional Information
40. Do you only sell animals that are raised on your farm at the address listed?
Yes
40a. Details:
THE URL FOR THE STORE FRONT IS https://farmmatch.com/wholesomeharvests AND WE ARE A PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION AND REQUIRE A $25 ONE-TIME MEMBERSHIP FEE TO PURCHASE, WE ARE A REGENERATIVE,BEYOND ORGANIC FARM WITH MULTIPLE DROP-SITES AND LOOKING TO EXPAND INTO NEW AREAS YOU CAN EMAIL ME orders@wholesomeharvests.org OR CALL 231-667-7185
41. Are the animals born on your farm at the address listed? Yes
41a. Details:
42. Do you ever purchase animals from auctions or from your processor or do you ever buy parts from your processor (whole pork bellies…)? No
42a. Details:
43. 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
43a. Details:
44. Do you purchase pre-mixed feed from an elevator or do you grind your own? Purchase
44a. Details:
WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL GRAINS THAT WE FEED THE CHICKENS ARE NON-GMO
45. Where can customers find you? (check all that apply):
On Farm, Drops in certain area
45a. Details:
https://farmmatch.com/wholesomeharvests is our on-line store front
