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Farmer Resources : Farm Information
Sheet
Farm To Chef Express Farm Information Sheet
(Microsoft Word version
of this document)
Contact Information:
Name(s): _____________________________________________________
Farm Business Name: ____________________________________________________
Mailing Address: __________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Business Phone: ___________________Cell Phone:_______________________
Home Phone: ________________________________
Fax Number: ______________________________
Complete if farm address is different from above:
Farm Address: ___________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Email address: ______________________________________
Website address: ______________________________________________
Farm Information:
Please List What Products You Plan to Sell Through Farm to Chef
Express:
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Product
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Approximate Amount
Acreage
Amount per Week
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When Available
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Please describe your farm operation and practices. Think in
terms what you would want a chef to know about you and your
farm in regards to your products and your farming practices.
Please circle the definitions at the end to describe the type
of agricultural production strategies you use.
Key to product descriptors:
(O) Organic=Inspected and certified as complying with National
Organic Standards.
(N) Natural=No artificial flavoring, coloring, chemical preservatives,
artificial or synthetic ingredients, including hormones and
antibiotics.
(G) Grass fed=Finished on grass rather than in feedlots on grain.
(P) Pastured=Grazed and moved to greener pasture frequently.
Grass significant part of diet, may be fed conventional feed
as well.
(H) Heirloom=Open pollinated variety of fruits/vegetables introduced
before 1950.
(IPM) Integrated Pest Management =Sustainable approach to pest
control using crop rotation and other methods, pesticides used
only when crops are seriously threatened.
(L) Low Spray=Grown using significantly fewer pesticides than
conventional agricultural practice.
(CO) Conventional=Grown with pesticides, herbicides and other
chemical inputs. Confinement livestock.
Please share some history and information about you and your
farm.
Year established:____________________ Total acreage:___________
In production:___________________
Include information such as: Has the farm been a family operation
for more than one generation? Who are the members of the farm
family? Employees? Do you have a "story" about how
you came to farm here or raise the specific products you are
offering?
Please return with your $40 membership fee made payable to
CCE of Washington County at 415 Lower Main Street Hudson Falls,
NY 12839.
Please note, a remaining $60 is due after you have sold $500
of product through the program.
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