Like most other farmers in Northern California I am getting a respite from the field due to some rainy weather.  I used my time away from the field to pay a visit to the Humboldt County Agriculture Department to get the ball rolling on my organic certification.  I had an in formative meeting with the Ag/weights & measures inspector who helped me understand all the paperwork required.     Basically, all inputs need to be accounted for including seeds and amendments.  Also, since I am a new operation the past three years of my leased farmland need to be detailed so far as inputs and activity go.  The last step after all the paperwork will be to have an on site inspection.  It is a lot of work, but the result is that when a customer picks out a tomato at market they are assured that it is truly an organic product.

p.s. I have included a few pictures, in order they are: 1. Downriver half of the property which will be the 2010 garden  2. Upriver half which will be farmed in the future 3. Hoeing garlic 4. Young garlic 5. Coco

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