Certified standards • documented practices • clear claims
Organic at 11 Kettle Farm
For our family, organic is not a decorative word. It is a system of standards, approved inputs, records, inspections, traceability, and accountability.
Our Current Certification
NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC certifies 11 Kettle Farm LLC to the USDA organic regulations, 7 CFR Part 205, for the category of Crops. The certificate became effective July 29, 2026. Certificate / NOP Operation ID: 3252026009.
We put those details here because trust is stronger when a customer can verify the claim independently instead of simply taking our word for it.
Why We Chose Certification
Long before certification became part of the farm, we were already asking the questions behind it: What was used on the land? Where did the seed come from? Can we document the input? Can we trace what was planted and harvested? Would we be comfortable feeding the result to our own children?
We pursued USDA Organic certification through NOFA-NY because we wanted an independent standard behind the crop practices we were building. Certification adds something important that self-description cannot: outside review.
What Certification Means in Practice
Inputs Matter
Within our certified crop operation, seeds, soil amendments, crop inputs, and other materials must fit the applicable organic rules and our approved organic system plan.
Records Matter
Organic integrity depends on traceability. Records help connect what came onto the farm, where and how it was used, what was planted, what was harvested, and what was sold.
Inspection Matters
Certification includes review and inspection. That outside accountability matters to us because customers should not have to rely only on our own description of our practices.
Record once. Prove everywhere.
Why We Built ProvenFarm
Organic certification runs on records. Every seed, soil amendment, feed bag, planting and harvest has to be written down and traced, and every year our certifier asks to see it. On a small family farm, those records were scattered across notebooks, receipts, spreadsheets and phone photos.
So we built ProvenFarm, the farm-record app this website now runs on. We log each input, field, crop, flock and batch once, when it happens, and the app keeps it all connected, from what came onto the farm to what goes onto your table.
We built it for our own farm first. Now other small farms can use it too.
What That Means for You
Answers, Not Guesses
When you ask what feed a flock got or which field a crop came from, we look it up in our records instead of relying on memory.
Claims We Can Back Up
Our product descriptions and labels come from the same records we keep for our certifier, so what we tell you matches what we document.
Inspection-Ready Every Day
Our organic records stay organized all year, not pulled together the week before an inspection. Less paperwork for us means more time with the animals and the crops.
Honest Availability
The farm stand, this website and online pickup orders share one inventory, so what you see online is what is actually here.
Organic Does Not Mean “Everything We Sell”
This distinction matters. Our current certificate covers the Crops category. It does not automatically make every product on our website, every animal, or every baked item a certified organic product.
A baked good can be made with carefully selected organic ingredients without being marketed as a certified organic finished product. Likewise, the feed used for an animal and the certification status of that animal or meat product are separate questions. We describe each product according to its actual status.
We believe careful wording builds more trust than broad claims.
Our Standard Goes Beyond a Seal
Certification is an important part of 11 Kettle Farm, but it is not the entire mission. We also care about animal welfare, pasture access, clean housing, water quality, soil health, responsible manure management, ingredient quality, local sourcing, small-batch production, and honest communication with customers.
The seal provides a standard. The daily work is what gives that standard meaning.
Ask Us. Verify Us.
If you want to know whether a specific product is certified organic, what ingredients are in a baked item, what feed is used for a particular animal, or how a crop is managed, please ask. We would rather give you a specific answer than rely on a vague marketing claim.