Simplifying the paperwork - Record keeping strategies for organic farmers
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Panelists
Mark Green
Katie and Mark Green started their training in organic farming on the North Fork of Long Island before moving home to Western Washington. They opened Wild Hare Organic Farm in 2015 in the Puyallup River valley while conserving 20 acres as permanent farmland. They are honored to play their part in preserving their slice of the valley from one generation to the next, and they aim to protect the family-farm tradition, promote the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model and produce uncommonly delicious and nutritious food. Wild Hare is open year-round with a CSA membership of 200-350, depending on the season, and those members almost entirely pick up on farm every week. They have been certified organic from the start and are committed to promoting the benefits of organic practices and certification.
Kat Becker
Kat Becker owns and operates Cattail Organics, a diversified and profitable organic vegetable farm with maple syrup production and a young apple orchard. Cattail Organics preserves a diverse set of markets including a 100 member three season CSA, local restaurants and grocery stores, schools, a food hub and small aggregators, and local/statewide food pantries. Kat has been farming on her own operations since 2006 and has maintained organic transitions and organic records since that time. She has also served on the board of a MOSA 2011-2014, and is currently on Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture's Organic Advisory Council giving her a unique perspective on certification. Kat has a strong background in managing complex systems with leaner planning and record keeping systems and using SOPs to simplify and reduce time spent on organic records.
Webinars
Trail of Records Video Series - from the NW Transition to Organic Partnership Program
Record Keeping For Diversified Produce Growers - NW TOPP Mentor Record Keeping Series - Mark Green
Exploring the Value and Process of Organic Certification (NOFA-VT) - around minute 38, the webinar focuses specifically on record keeping
Online Courses
The Farmer Spreadsheet Academy (Dan Brisebois)
Software
Dairy Comp - dairy herd management tool
Field Margin - farm management software
Software Tools for Small Farms - Young Agrarians
Tools & Resources
Transition to Organic Partnership Program Resource Page
Under topic, select ‘Record Keeping for Organic Certification’
