1. Name of farm: Good Land Growers<\/p>\n
2. Farmer’s\/Farm Family name: Hoskins<\/p>\n
3. Street address: 11901 SW Greenville Rd<\/p>\n
4. City: Greenville<\/p>\n
5. State (2-letter abbreviation): MI<\/p>\n
6. Zip: 48838<\/p>\n
7. Phone number: 616-947-0038<\/p>\n
8. Email: goodlandgrowers@gmail.com<\/p>\n
9. Website: Http;\/\/www.goodlandgrowers.com<\/p>\n
Type of Farm\/Farm Practices<\/p>\n
10. Are you Certified Organic? No<\/p>\n
11. Are you Certified Biodynamic? No<\/p>\n
12. If you are not Certified Organic, do you use organic production methods? Yes<\/p>\n
13. Do you use synthetic fertilizers? No<\/p>\n
14. Do you use any of the following: nonorganic pesticides, herbicides, parasiticides, or fungicides? No<\/p>\n
Animal Husbandry<\/p>\n
15. Do you keep livestock? No<\/p>\n
16. What animals do you keep?<\/p>\n
Chickens (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Ducks (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Turkeys (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Other Poultry (list type and breeds):<\/p>\n
Cows (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Goats (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Pigs (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Sheep (list breeds):<\/p>\n
Other Animals (list type and breeds):<\/p>\n
17. Do you use antibiotics?<\/p>\n
18. Are the animals pasture-fed?<\/p>\n
19. How much and for how long:<\/p>\n
20. Do you practice managed grazing?<\/p>\n
21. Do you apply compost or compost tea?<\/p>\n
22. Do you apply other soil amendments?<\/p>\n
23. Do you use supplemental feed?<\/p>\n
For poultry (list type):<\/p>\n
For cows, sheep, and\/or goats (list type):<\/p>\n
For pigs (list type):<\/p>\n
Raw Milk<\/p>\n
24. Do you supply raw milk?<\/p>\n
25. Do you keep your barn and milk room clean?<\/p>\n
26. Do you keep the cows clean\/teats washed?<\/p>\n
27. Do you thoroughly wash your milking equipment after every milking?<\/p>\n
28. Are cows with mastitis or other health problems excluded from milking?<\/p>\n
29. Are cows tested for disease?
\nWhich tests, and how often:<\/p>\n
30. Is the milk routinely tested for pathogens, coliform count?
\nWhich tests, and how often:<\/p>\n
31. Is the farm water routinely tested?<\/p>\n
32. Are milk and milk products kept well chilled?<\/p>\n
33. Other\/Explain (list any other routine practices, or explain any of your answers above?<\/p>\n
Butchering Practices<\/p>\n
34. Do you sell milk?<\/p>\n
35. Meat butchered at a USDA-certified or state-certified abattoir?<\/p>\n
36. Meat butchered on the farm?<\/p>\n
37. Describe or explain any butchering practices:<\/p>\n
Farm Products<\/p>\n
38. Please check off the products you sell and list current prices<\/p>\n
Raw whole milk:<\/p>\n
Raw butter:<\/p>\n
Raw cream:<\/p>\n
Raw ice cream:<\/p>\n
Raw sour cream:<\/p>\n
Raw yogurt:<\/p>\n
Raw kefir:<\/p>\n
Raw cottage cheese:<\/p>\n
Whey:<\/p>\n
Cheese (list types):<\/p>\n
Other dairy (list):<\/p>\n
Beef\/veal:<\/p>\n
Pork:<\/p>\n
Goat\/kid:<\/p>\n
Mutton\/lamb:<\/p>\n
Other meat:<\/p>\n
Chicken:<\/p>\n
Duck:<\/p>\n
Turkey:<\/p>\n
Other poultry:<\/p>\n
Eggs (list type, chicken, duck, etc) :<\/p>\n
Honey: 15.00 per quart<\/p>\n
Produce (list typical offerings): Blueberries
\nStrawberries
\nCherries
\nSaskatoons<\/p>\n
Prepared foods (list typical offerings):<\/p>\n
Other:<\/p>\n
Additional Information<\/p>\n
39. Do you only sell animals that are raised on your farm at the address listed?<\/p>\n
39a. Details:<\/p>\n
40. Are the animals born on your farm at the address listed?<\/p>\n
40a. Details:<\/p>\n
41. Do you ever purchase animals from auctions or from your processor or do you ever buy parts from your processor (whole pork bellies…)?<\/p>\n
41a. Details:
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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?<\/p>\n
42a. Details:
\n[textarea farm_42a]<\/p>\n
43. Do you purchase pre-mixed feed from an elevator or do you grind your own?<\/p>\n
43a. Details:
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1. Name of farm: Good Land Growers 2. Farmer’s\/Farm Family name: Hoskins 3. Street address: 11901 SW Greenville Rd 4. City: Greenville 5. State (2-letter abbreviation): MI 6. Zip: 48838 7. Phone number: 616-947-0038 8. Email: goodlandgrowers@gmail.com 9. Website: Http;\/\/www.goodlandgrowers.com Type of Farm\/Farm Practices 10. Are you Certified Organic? No 11. Are you Certified Biodynamic?…<\/p>\n