Port Susan Center For Food & Farming
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1. Information About the Port Susan Food & Farming Center Survey

 
This survey is to help determine the needs of the farming and food entrepreneurial community in the vicinity of the proposed Port Susan Food & Farming Center (Stanwood, WA), envisioned as a non-profit multi-use processing facility. Please tell us about your farming or food production business and anticipated business support needs by answering the following questions:

1. What is/ are your primary crop(s)/ livestock?

2. What is/are your primary product(s)?

3. What size is your farm?

4. What are your annual gross sales?

5. What best describes your ownership? (select all that apply)

6. What are your current growing practices? (select all that apply)

7. Are there other certifications you use with your farm products? (select all that apply)

8. If there were a Certified Local Program for the Stanwood/Camano, would you join?

9. Where / how do you sell your product?

10. Is all or a portion of your farm product processed (i.e. “value-added”)?

11. If “Yes”, where is it processed?

12. If on-farm, are you HACCP certified? (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point/Plan) certified?

13. If off-farm, please identify the name, address, and contact information of the processing facility:

14. Do you know of a local processing center (including dairy) that is presently under utilized or that could be expanded?

15. If you are not presently processing your farm products, would a centrally located incubator/processing center encourage you to grow other crops or start farm enterprises?

16. How would you characterize your interest in having access to a shared processing facility within reasonable distance from your farm?

17. For what product(s) do you currently need a value-added processing facility?

18. What processing equipment do you need?

19. Do you need storage space? If yes, please specify cubic feet needed:

20. Would you use a central multi-use processing facility?

21. Do you need help distributing your product?

22. Could you use assistance with marketing your product?

23. Could you use help with branding/labeling?

24. Would you be interested in using a retail food co-op?

25. Would you participate in a wholesale market

26. If there is a Permanent Farmers’ Market in Stanwood/Camano, would you sell at:

 YesNoPossibly
Spring/Summer/Fall Saturday farmers’ market?
Spring/Summer/Fall mid-week market?
Winter market (on Saturdays)?

27. Are there other services or facilities that you feel are needed in a food and farming center?

28. Would you be willing to volunteer time and talents to help develop this facility or to serve on a Food & Farming Center committee?

29. Would you be interested in participating in a Farm-to-School project?

30. Would you be willing to grow food under contract at a guaranteed institutional market rate?

31. What are the primary obstacles to making your farming operation more profitable (please be as specific as possible)?

32. Do you need more farm labor help?

33. Do you need help creating business plans or other assistance aimed at securing bank loans?

34. What would most help you make your operation more profitable?

35. What would you produce as a business if you could do anything you want?

36. We encourage you to provide your contact information in order for us to be able to provide direct communication and assistance to you. If you would rather remain anonymous for this survey, you may sign up for future communications at the following internet address: www.SlowFoodPortSusan.org

37. To help us with our future communications, can you tell us how you heard about this survey?

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