Seacoast Harvest 2010 information update
Seacoast Harvest, the local food guide for York, Strafford, and Rockingham counties, is updated annually to ensure that it is an effective resource for consumers and farmers. Please verify your information by filling out the form below. Only farms with updated listings will be included in the 2010 edition.

If you were listed last year, you can review your current listing and information at www.seacoastharvest.org

There is no cost for this listing. Seacoast Harvest will be published late May and will be available online and as a freely available publication at farmers' markets and farm stands throughout the seacoast.

Agricultural practices:

In order to effectively communicate with the consumers who will be using this guide, we are working toward clear definitions of agricultural terms. The terms are defined below as they will be defined in the guide. Please check up to 3 terms that most accurately describe your farming practices. Terms for meats, dairy, and poultry follow terms for fruits and vegetables.

If we're looking for clarification on any of your answers, we will contact you. If you have any questions, please email foodguide@seacoasteatlocal.org.
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Farm Name
Farm Owners
Address
Town
State
Zip Code
Is your mailing address the same as the location of your farm?
This info will not be published, but is for Seacoast Eat Local's records.
If your mailing address is different than your location, then please submit that info here.
Again, this info will not be published.
Phone number
Email Address
Website
Please check any of the following you do NOT want listed in Seacoast Harvest
If you check these fields, your street address, phone number, and/or email will not appear in the print or online versions
A short paragraph about your farm.
This is for our on-line version. A descriptive "blurb" about your farm can show what makes your farm unique. You might mention how long you've been farming, if the farm has been in your family, or the physical characteristics of your farm ("alongside the Such-and such River").
What you grow
Products - print version
Please list the products you sell. For our print version, space is a consideration. Listing a few items specifically and including generalizations works best. For example, "milk, eggs, honey and a wide variety of vegetables."
Products - online version
For the online version, the more specific you can be, the better the database will connect consumers to your farm. Lists such as "apples, pumpkins, winter squash, garlic, dried beans, chile peppers, carrots" work best.
Where you sell/ How you distribute
If you sell at farmers' markets, in which ones are you planning to participate in 2010?
Does your farm offer CSA shares?
Please remember that this edition of Seacoast Harvest will be in use from May 2010-May 2011
You may include a short description of your CSA program for our online version
For example, cost, pickup times and locations, date ranges, products you offer (vegetables, eggs, meat).
How else are your products sold?
Details such as hours can be added on the next question.
Details on how else your products are sold.
PYO and farmstand hours, area reatilers, etc.
Are you interested in selling to ... ?
With an increased interest in locally grown food, wholesale customers can be directed to your farm through our website.
Agricultural Practices in Growing
The following questions concern the practices in growing vegetables and fruit. Questions concerning the practices in raising animals are addressed after.
Certified Organic
The farm is "Certified Organic" by a USDA-approved certifying agency, and growing practices meet the standards of the National Organic Program (NOP). Organic farming is based on a system that maintains soil fertility and limits the use of toxic and persistent pesticides and fertilizers. The NOP standards do not allow the use of genetically modified seeds.
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Exempt Organic
The farm's practices meet the standards of the National Organic Program, but the farm is not required to become certified because annual gross sales are less than $5,000.
Transitional
The farm follows organic management practices, but has not yet fulfilled time requirements to be certified organic (the land must be free of prohibited materials for a minimum of 3 years to become certified).
Certified Biodynamic
The farm is "Certified Biodynamic" by Demeter USA. The farm practices a holistic method of agriculture, based on the philosophy that all aspects of the farm should be treated as an integrated whole. Biodynamic practices follow the teachings of Dr. Rudolf Steiner.
Certified Naturally Grown
The farm is certified y the non-profit Certified Naturally Grown, an alternative to the USDA's National Organic Program. The standards and growing requirements are no less strict than the NOP rules.
No synthetic chemicals used
the arm does not use any synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
IPM
Integrated Pest management: The farm uses a pest-management system that includes a combination of biological, cultural, and chemical tools to reduce damage from insects, diseases and weeds. Pesticides are used as only one part of the pest management strategy.
Low Spray (fruit)
The farm uses a reduced synthetic pesticide spray program relative to the region's conventional spray practices.
Conventional
The farm uses synthetic inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, and / or herbicides.
Agricultural Practices in Raising Animals
The following questions concern the practices in raising animals.
Certified Organic
Farms raising organic meat and poultry must be certified by a USDA-approved agency. The animals must be fed only certified organic grown feed (without any animal by-products) and cannot be treated with hormones or antibiotics.
No antibiotics used
No antibiotis are administered to the animals during their lifetime.
No routine antibiotics used
Antibiotics are not given to the animals to prevent disease, but may be administered if the animals become ill.
No added hormones
Animals are raised without the use of growth hormones.
Free range
Animals are given daily access to the outdoors, but are not raised primarily on pasture.
Pasture-raised
Animals are raised outdoors on pasture in an ecologically sustainable manner, rather than in a feedlot or in a confined facility.
100% grassfed
Animals eat only grasses during their lifetime.
Grassfed with grain supplement
Animals are raised on pasture, and a controlled amount of grain is consumed.
Heritage breeds
The farm raises rare and endangered breeds of livestock, to maintain genetic diversity and prevent extinction.
Notes
If you use different practices for different aspects of you farm, please clarify. Answers may be edited for length and clarity.
Miscellaneous Info
Conservation land
If the farm is on conservation land, what organization is the conservateur?
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