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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015 Celebrate National Ag Day “Freshest Produce In Town” Columbia Fruit & Produce Y OUR LOCAL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRODUCE MARKET O PEN TO THE PUBLIC Watch for weekly specials! every Wed. in The Daily Astorian and on Facebook 9 AM-5:30 PM T-F 9 AM-5:00 PM SAT 6 TH & B OND | A STORIA | 503-325-4045 WE HAVE BABY CHICKS! grass hay • livestock and Nutrena feeds & much more CARLSON FARMS Nursery & Gift Shop 90461 Hwy 202, Astoria • 503-325-9737 Open Thursday through Monday • 10am-6pm 4 miles past the fairgrounds on Hwy 202 JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Sam Seulean, left, and Kelly Huckestein, right, are in the process of starting Spring Up Farm, a small-scale chicken farm, in Knappa. LOCALLY OWNED CL A TSOP POWER EQUIPMENT , INC. SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS 34912 HWY 1 01 BUS • ASTORIA 503-325-0792 • 1-800-220-0792 Com e see us for a ll your AG N EEDS Tra cto rs | Im p lem en ts | Tillers Zero -turn M o w ers | Atta chm en ts Ex ca va to rs | La w n & G a rd en FORAGE SOLUTIONS W e h ave re ntals Stop by and see us today at 92365 Riekkola Rd. Hwy 101 Bus. | Astoria 503-325-2970 or 503-780-2908 Farmers: Licensing requirements pose a challenge for egg farmers &RQWLQXeG IrRm 3aJe 1A &HUWL¿ HG A challenge for Suelean, Huckestein and any other farmers wanting to sell eggs or dairy commercially are the licensing requirements through the Oregon Depart- ment of Agriculture. That issue might be a business opportunity for Gary Sunderland of Lazy Creek Farms, which less than a month ago became the ¿UVWLQ&ODWVRS&RXQW\WREH FHUWL¿HG WKURXJK 2'$ +LV son, Frank Sunderland, spent about 80 hours building out a closet-sized room in the farm’s barn, covering it in ZDVKDEOH ÀRRUV ZDOOV DQG ceilings, with cupboards and refrigeration. “We can’t do more than 100 dozen (eggs) a week without getting another cer- WL¿FDWLRQ´)UDQN6XQGHUODQG said. They’ve been making egg runs in Astoria, selling to the Blue Scorcher Bakery and have already received interest from other restaurants. Gary Sunderland said the idea is to call his farm — 503-325- 4510 — and negotiate a price that will cover his costs and SURYLGHDSUR¿WPDUJLQ An even bigger hurdle for aspiring meat farmers like Spring Up is the need to use a U.S. Department of Agricul- WXUHFHUWL¿HG VODXJKWHUKRXVH and a USDA inspector to sell commercially. Huckestein said her uncle had tried but JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Chickens walk in the yard at Spring Up Farm in Knappa Friday. postponed his effort to start one because of the build-out and cost of employing a full- time meat inspector. Brian Tallman, co-owner of Meadow Harvest, sells meat directly to consumers, commercially and at mar- kets. The company drives its animals, at $50 to $70 in gas per round trip, more than 100 miles away to USDA certified Mt. Angel Meat Co. “I can’t imaging there’s enough (meat) to make a go of a USDA facility down KHUH´ 7DOOPDQ VDLG DGGLQJ that one of the USDA mobile slaughter units, a truck-trail- HU RXW¿WWHG WR SURFHVV PHDW PLJKWEHDEHWWHU¿W But Huckestein and Seu- lean are content for now with testing the waters through direct-to-consumer egg and poultry sales and hopeful- ly earning enough to allow at least one of them to work full-time at the farm. “If you can’t make it do- LQJWKHGLUHFWVDOHV\RXGH¿ nitely can’t make it with the ORZHU PDUJLQV´ FRPPHUFLDO ly, Seulean said. W E D E L IV E R! C AL L F O R A Q UO TE ! JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Kelly Huckestein holds a basket of eggs. S ERVI NG THE NO RTH O REG O N CO AS T, TE E VI N F I S CH E R QUARRY I S M O RE THAN CRUS HED RO CK! W E A L S O O F F ER : • S a n d • Ba rk • M u lch & S oil A m en d m en ts • Decora tive Rock (in clu d in g River Ro ck & F la gs to n e) 8 5 029 H W Y 101, S E AS I D E • 5 03 -73 8 -73 28 W e a re a ls o a recyclin g cen ter fo r a s pha lt, co n crete, s o il & clea n w o o d d eb ris FIS H H AW K FIS H ER IES 100 4th S treet | As toria 503-325-5252 A S TO R I A , O R EG O N • K EN A I , A L A S K A