what up y'all just in case he does ends
do how to get into farmers markets or
what kind of certification does it take
to get into a farmers market I was all
here get ready to harvest these things
up and I was like shoot man I cannot
kind of answer that question and while
I'm out here doing this kinda I say hold
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markets this video bring this closer saw
a place to rest more on this video is
gonna be more so I guess kind of
region-specific
I live in Southern California and so
therefore the rules that I know or
pertaining to Southern California so if
you live outside of California I think
the best thing that you can actually do
when it comes to getting into a farmers
market is pretty much even if you do
live in California is to go down to your
local farmers market they don't know
what it is that you want to do and more
than likely the person that is managing
that market will let you guys know
straight up what it is what it takes
the certification if there is any
whatever it is that you need for your
state that this kind of goes down and
the prices of all these things I'm about
to tell you kinda are County specific
I've now grown in two different counties
and kind of had and had different prices
bit different rules stuff like that so
you want to keep that in mind school's
out or lunch time but I guess we can
also throw in restaurants as well we'll
start with the restaurant themed
restaurants as of right now at least all
the ones I service they don't need any
kind of certification
pretty much make an agreement with the
restaurant owner the chef if they're not
the same person and start giving them
your your produce when farmers markets
are concerned there is one certification
that you do need and that is a
certification that is basically saying
that you pretty much are selling what is
that you're growing some caveats to that
could actually sell what other people
are growing as well like other farms
underneath your tins I think you have to
claim that farm as well on your service
yeah that's pretty cool Manny there's a
lot of things I could really work out
man just have to take the time and get
this stuff done this is not an organic
cert at all this cert is basically
telling your customer that you were
certified to sell what it is that you
are growing now fortunately obtaining
this certification can be a job record
for some people because there is a bit
of a cost that's associated with it so
basically the first thing that you need
to do is call your County weights and
measures they will assign an agent that
is in your area or a tour agent that's
kind of already assigned to your area
that agent will come to your house and
basically verify what it is that you
have on the plot keep this in mind you
are paying for that agent to get to your
plot forever that agents at you're also
paying for them at the weights and
measures to actually type up your
certification you're also paying for the
amount of time that that agent is on
your plot these are very important
things to remember now two of those you
have absolutely no control over you
don't know where this cats coming from
and hopefully there are fast typewriters
the one thing that you do have control
over to a certain extent is the amount
of time that that agents gonna be on
your plot like I say before obtaining
this cert can actually be a deal breaker
for some people because of the amount of
time that that agent is actually on
their plot if you know where things are
on your plot the better it's going to be
for you now I've heard people say oh we
run a diverse farm and we can't you know
organize the way that look at it man the
more diverse you are the more organized
kind of need to be right especially if
you're going to get into a farmers
market the way it normally works for me
is this I call it the agent he comes
hopefully one of these days they'll be
cool to get an interview with the agent
man so that you can kind of fill you
guys in with some things basically that
agent comes and we just walk the plot so
like when the agent comes out is really
easy for them to see what it is I have
growing there's a format you have to
fill out fill out the application just
go to your County sometime this could be
hidden but rather than under the
Consumer Protection Division you have to
call final exactly where it's at as well
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it's pretty self-explanatory address a
is city but these are just your
different sites so we used to have
multiple sites I don't have one right
here uh playing Rancho walnut actually
yeah it just kind of pertaining to the
county that they're in some walnut would
it be in Nick it's one of Los Angeles I
see some stories about so site one site
to site 3
site war and you list it right here as
well and this is your commodity for the
produce grown right to fill this stuff
all out guys
you want to know pretty much right here
harvest season I plan on being able to
grow this crop season altering device
like if you have any kind of extension
greenhouse tunnels needed go down there
mounted storage so this is basically
just cool making sure you know what it
is you say that you are you Kinsella is
that you say that your bro
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it's kind of the area that I was talking
about this is if I'm not mistaken where
you can actually so basically you can
sell other people's another form this
right here is where you put I guess all
those certificate information if I'm not
mistaken pretty sure that's a lot of
times to as opposed to the shoes in this
because it's not a lot I will often use
Excel spreadsheet and I'll send that
Express Excel spreadsheet info you fill
that out and then you sing that back to
the counter and you send that back to
the county that agent now has a list of
what is that you're growing the way that
I like to go about it is actually have
that list listed out in the order of
which my plot is kind of laid out at
that time that way we can actually just
walk through the plot and I could just
point out what it is and I'm saying that
I'm growing just kind of zip through it
real fast did we get to the backyard and
I do it again right so like I was saying
before I'm pretty small so it's pretty
easy for me to go about doing this with
the agents it doesn't take a month it
doesn't take a lot now when it comes to
the microgreens it's kind of the same
thing I'll let you keep our microgreens
all racks of for the most part of
variety you know what I mean so I can
show that I'm growing P I can now show
them that I'm going radish there's more
radish are you showing that we're going
broccoli even though you don't have to
have a lot you know what I mean at the
time agent comes out at least want to be
able to estimate the amount that you're
going to be able to sell throughout the
course
year
because that's another question that's
gonna be on the little floor that you
have to fill out anyway and that's just
for them just to verify and be like oh
dude you're only on your you're on less
than a quarter of an acre how in the
hell are you growing you know thousands
of pounds of lettuce greens you know
what I mean
curds make sure that you're being honest
with what it is that's all that weight
really is about pretty much just that
guys don't don't make this any harder
than when it has to be guys it can be go
really really fast as long as you're
organized it's a pretty simple process
also find the cooler you are with the
agents of course the cooler they're
going to be with you I haven't really
had anybody giving me a hard time at all
in fact a lot of the agents they give me
a call and they're like hey Justin it's
time to renew I mean and then they just
come out you know they actually make it
a lot easier for me when it is time for
them to come out and I believe because
we've kind of built a relationship over
the course of the years that's another
thing too you'll actually have for the
most part the same agent that's going to
be in your area for some time until that
person moves on to you know another job
or whatever the case may be you kind of
want to keep a cool relationship with
them and most of time they're cool
people another reason to man they
actually have the skinny on what's going
on around you you know what I mean so
they let you know a so as well as going
this over there this is what they're
doing this formers market is cranking
maybe you should think about getting to
this farmers market because they're not
doing any microgreens there so anyway
guys it's pretty much gonna do it for me
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