OUR COMMITMENT
Organic & Sustainable
to Our Roots
"Beyond Organic"
A REVOLUTIONARY PHILOSOPHY & OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT
The farm our parents started in the 1970s was part of an early movement of people who wanted to see food grown in a different way. They cared about improving more natural farming methods, providing a healthy work environment, promoting biodiversity and growing varieties of crops that tasted better while operating an environmentally and economically sustainable farming system.
Today, at our second-generation family farm, Capay Organic, we keep with our parents’ vision by practicing healthy crop rotation, encouraging a diverse ecosystem around the fields, caring for our family of employees, efficiently using local water sources and carefully selecting produce varieties that grow well and taste great.
Today's organic standard does not certify for all these items, but we are steadfast in keeping our farming practices true to our parents' vision for a better food system. It's what we call "beyond organic."
Certified Organic by CCOF
WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE THE CLIENT CODE OF YO02 (YOLO 2).
THE SECOND ORGANIC FARM EVER CERTIFIED
IN YOLO COUNTY BY CCOF.
ABOUT OUR FOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS
Our Capay Organic food safety program is a fully integrated system that directly controls every aspect of our farming operation — from seed to shipping — from office to marketing. As food safety is our utmost priority, we have both in-house and third-party experts working regularly to monitor, analyze and calibrate our procedures and train all departments and team members.
SIX CORE COMPONENTS THAT
Define Sustainable Farming
The best and most sustainable farms and food systems are the ones that focus on both economic and environmental sustainability. By going “beyond organic” and committing to sustainability, these are the food systems that will nurture the unborn generations from whom we are borrowing these resources.
Note: many of the following components are not required for organic certification.
Cover crops are the most sustainable fertilizer— period. They are the cornerstone of our fertilization program. After a healthy cover crop, the most local, organic fertilizers should be considered next, which depend
Local
Fertilizers
The most sustainable form of preventing plant disease is to rotate different types of crops through the same field. Soil that receives the same crops year-after-year can breed diseases that harm that crop by
Crop
Rotation
In order to maximize the use of fertilizers, land, and equipment use, a plant must have as much water as it wants. This is most sustainably done by using irrigation systems that have excellent distribution uniformity
Irrigation & Water
Management
Farms manage land and resources that used to be the home to an untold variety and amount of wildlife. As stewards of both the land and the natural resources that go along with the land, we believe that sustainability
Biodiversity
Farm employees are an essential and often overlooked component of a sustainable food system. These men and women are the backbone of the farming industry who work extremely hard and earn surprisingly small
Year-Round
Employees
Perhaps the most critical factor in a farm's sustainability is the ability for a farm to sell its product. After over 40 years of selling organic produce, we're proud of our high level of customer satisfaction and continued
Customer
Satisfaction
