Details
1. Name of farm: Goodness Gracious Acres
2. Farmer’s/Farm Family name: Jojo
3. Street address: 14817 97th road N
4. City: West Palm Beach
5. State (2-letter abbreviation): FL
6. Zip: 33412
7. Phone number:
8. Email: ranchgal@comcast.net
9. Website: www.goodnessgraciousacres.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? Yes
16. What animals do you keep?
Chickens (list breeds): various: dominiques, langshorn, jersey giant, leghorn, ameracauna,
Ducks (list breeds): Pekins, Mucovy and mixes
Turkeys (list breeds):
Other Poultry (list type and breeds):
Cows (list breeds):
Goats (list breeds): Lamancha 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: after they’ve been Hay’ed
20. Do you practice managed grazing? Yes
21. Do you apply compost or compost tea? No
22. Do you apply other soil amendments? No
23. Do you use supplemental feed?
For poultry (list type): egg rations for calcium and egg production
For cows, sheep, and/or goats (list type): beet pulp and some pellets on the stand for milkers
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?
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: all are tested bi-yearly CAE, CL, Johnes for goats. All are on DHI with Langston University for butterfat, protein, SCC (bacteria levels).
All chickens at purchase are tested for Marecks and Psitticosis
30. Is the milk routinely tested for pathogens, coliform count? Yes
Which tests, and how often: DHIR with langston university- monthly
31. Is the farm water routinely tested? No
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?
Butchering Practices
34. Do you sell milk? Yes
35. Meat butchered at a USDA-certified or state-certified abattoir?
36. Meat butchered on the farm?
37. Describe or explain any butchering practices:
Farm Products
38. Please check off the products you sell and list current prices
Raw whole milk: $15 gallon
Raw butter:
Raw cream:
Raw ice cream:
Raw sour cream:
Raw yogurt:
Raw kefir: $8 quart
$4 pint
$2 half pint
Raw cottage cheese:
Whey:
Cheese (list types): Panir $12
Mozarella $14
Chevre $12
Other dairy (list):
Beef/veal:
Pork:
Goat/kid:
Mutton/lamb:
Other meat:
Chicken:
Duck:
Turkey:
Other poultry:
Eggs (list type, chicken, duck, etc) : $5/dozen various grades
Honey: $16 quart
$8 pint
Produce (list typical offerings):
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:
Periodically will have kids for sale.
40. Are the animals born on your farm at the address listed? Yes
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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…)? No
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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? Personally Attend
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43. Do you purchase pre-mixed feed from an elevator or do you grind your own?
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