transparency: our version of organic certificaton

We grow organically here at Good Growers. On our half-acre farm we don't use any synthetic fertilisers or non-organic herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides. One day we may go to the hassle of getting certified as Organic (capital O), but for now we are an open book to you, our customers. 

I try to keep really good records of everything I do on the farm, and below have included some of my records for you to see with some specificity what is going into the soil and into your food.

Fertilising records

Click here to look at my records for every bit of fertiliser that has gone onto the soil. This spreadsheet shows a visual view of every bed on the farm, and the dates fertiliser or minerals were added. Click through to other tabs to see my foliar spraying records, fertigation records, a list of all the products I use, and my seed raising mix recipe!

Power and water usage records

Click here to see the farm's power and water usage. I try to record this at the end of every month just so I have on-going data, but my water meter is always there and I have an app that connects to a power meter that keeps records of power usage stored.

Labour records

Click here to see a record of how much labour it takes to run our farm. I've been diligently tracking my hours for a few months and it has been really interesting to see the flux and flow. I hope this will help me budget my time and determine how much staffing I need through the year.

Financial projection for 2025

Click here for a simplified version of my financial projection for 2025. Based on past records and aspirational growth! We're on track so far (as of April) but there is a lot of year ahead for things to go awry... 

Records to add:

  1. More detailed watering records - useful for you to see how much water it takes to grow veggies, and the cost of it. Got to find a way to have my irrigation controller talk to a spreadsheet.
  2. Crop plan - useful for you see how much planting I do all year. I use software called Tend for this and just need to find a way to present it to you.
  3. Seed lists and suppliers.