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We had our annual Organic Certification Inspection today. \u00a0\u00a0We take pride in raising quality crops, and enjoy the working relationships that we have with our buyers. \u00a0\u00a0The certification process helps our buyers know that what we are selling them has been raised according to the standards that have been set.<\/p>\n

In May, we mailed in our 100+ page application and documentation forms.\u00a0 It contained field history maps, cropping plans for the next 3-5 years for each field, lot numbers for each variety of seed, and our bin numbers along with what crop will be in each bin this fall.\u00a0\u00a0 Then we send in a check which basically pays them to come and inspect us.\u00a0 We have about twice as much paperwork at home, compared to what we mail in.\u00a0 Some of the paperwork comes naturally after farming organically since 1998.\u00a0 Some things still have to be located before the inspection, which is where it can get a little nerve wracking. \u00a0Even though the annual inspection is once a summer, we usually get dropped in on 2 or 3 other times during the cropping season.<\/p>\n

The inspector comes to the farm, and goes through all of our paperwork. Some of the things he checks are:<\/p>\n