We finally got approval! Peacefield Farm is now MAEAP Certified!
What is MAEAP?
The Michigan Dept. of Agriculture has a program in which farmers can voluntarily sign up to be certified as environmentally safe operation. There are several criteria to meet and educational courses to take, plus each farm is inspected by State workers. The aim is to ensure that farm chemicals, etc are not polluting the ground water or the air we breath. Well, Peacefield Farm does not use polluting chemicals, of course. So, that part was easy to pass. However, we do have machinery that uses oil, gasoline and diesel fuel, so we must comply with requirements to ensure that we are not polluting the environment with those substances. As well, we had to comply with other MDA requirements to get our certificate.
After all, it's the right thing to do. Just another way to assure our customers that they are getting the very best produce delivered to them.
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