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STRASBURG — The Virginia Association of Biological Farmers (VABF) announced that it has certified six farms, including Rappahannock County’s Jordan River Farm, as prganic for the 1989 harvest season.
Each of these farms has undergone an extensive inspection and found to be growing food in sound agronomic and environmental way without the use of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides, according to VABF spokesman Patti Nesbitt-Habib. Taken together, these farms represent more than 1,300 acres of production.
Two additional applicants did not pass the inspection and as a result were denied the use of the “VABF Certified Organic” logo.
Following a lengthy on-site inspection of each farm, a seven member Certification Review Committee debated the acceptability of these farms for certification. The committee offers farmers both peer review and professional oversight. It is made up active of organic farmers, a vegetable processor, an entomologist at Virginia Tech and an organic farm consultant.
The farms that were certified include the following:
• Briar Oak Farms, 350 acres in Craig and Botetourt counties, owned by William and Barbara Lemon;
• JB Apple Farm, two acres in the Rixeyville area of Culpeper
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