We get our organic certification from the Massachusettes (Bay State) Organic Farmers Association.
We pledge to follow sustainable agriculture and farming techniques to provide the freshest and cleanest
food we can. Rarely, do we use treatments to keep our crops from infestations, but if we do, we use only
approved products so that we maintain our certification.
Because of our unwillingness to use any pesticides, herbicides or fungicides, we occasionally end up
with an occasional worm. Just remember that this worm represents symbiotic relationship in nature
within a clean environment. If, however, the worms are too great, we end up turning under our crops
and replanting later.
A little history….
George Hall has been farming organically since 1967, and he comes from a long line of farmers.
When the chemical companies came on the
scene to make crop protection easier and more sure, George’s father took to chemical usage. At that
time, the risks were unknown. Eventually, many members of George’s family ended up with some form
of cancer.
George believes
that the cancer that afflicted much of his family, including himself, could be prevented and ameliorated by growing produce
organically instead of using synthetic chemicals that kill plants, insects, animals and are now impacting things like butterfly
migration, for example. He realized that these chemicals are not only on the produce but in it. The chemicals are made to last, cling to
the plants and endure the elements, so he figures, they probably hang around for a long while in the soil.
If these chemicals were harmful to the plants, animals and insects that ate them, then what could they do to people?
That is when George Hall made his own commitment to keeping his farming practices sustainable, and to this end,
he traveled around the Northeast to learn about organic farming techniques and implemented them in 1967. Today, George
Hall, Jr. his son, and several of his nieces and nephews, work with George and his staff to continue organic
farming practices and certification, and farming practices that are as natural as possible.
Together, they are dedicated to organic farming and use
minerals, crop rotation, and hoeing as the main forms of crop protection. George and Daren really
want everyone to reap the benefits of organic produce and produce that is grown as naturally as possible.
It’s good for your body, the Earth and the future.