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Organic Certification for a Family Farm

We are the current generation of a family farm looking to become sustainable and eventually orgainically certified. We've renamed ourselves M.R.S. Farms because we are Mandy, Rick & Shirley (but the chicks rule the roost around here). We figured it was time to rename the farm to reflect our commitment to sustainable practices and a No GMO policy. At this time we are raising meat chickens, laying hens, and heritage breed turkeys and in the process of becoming Certified Organic.

The Organic certification process is going to cost around $1000 with fees and inspection. Before we can be certified, however, we have to get netting up over the outdoor chicken and turkey yards. Thankfully, a wonderful lady in our town had some old netting she had no use for and allowed us to bring it home. Now all we like is the structure to hold up the netting. We also need to run new water lines in the bird area as the pipes froze when Alabama actually got and stayed cold (as in 14 degrees!) this past winter. We currently carry water over 3 times a day in buckets and pitchers to make sure no birds go thirsty!


(Some of the girls and a boy)

Our chickens and turkeys are fed organic feeds and locally raised crickets as weekly treats. Beginning soon we will begin using soy-free feed to have even healthier meat and eggs.


(Newly hatched turkey baby)


(Gertie the guard goat. All she guards is her food dish though.)


(A buzzard hoping we let the birds out to play)

We want to be able to raise chickens and turkeys for meat and eggs that the people in our area can know are not full of chemicals. We hope the birds will be a stepping stone to becoming a fully organic organization that can provide people the opprotunity to see where their food came from (and not just the grocery store). We have a good start but need a little help to make it the rest of the way!

Organizer

Amanda Skinner
Organizer
Scranton, AL

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