organic lease/agreement

[cjf12]

I have someone else boil my sap for 50/50 and this year he is going certified organic. since my bush is separate from his I have to form some sort of contract with him in order for him to be able to boil it with his. He hasn't got a lot of information on what this contract is to contain but it appears were to write it. Anyone run into this and have any thoughts.

[Maple Man 85]

Do you have enough sap to make it worth while to certify organic yourself? If so do it there is a premium for the sap/syrup. From a business perspective if I were buying sap and my business were certified organic I would require a written agreement and inspection of the woods prior to purchasing the sap to verify it is collected to organic standards. If you do not want to do that then I recommend keeping the sap separate which could be tough based on storage requirements.

Maple Man 85

[cjf12]

I only have about 400 taps. I have no problems meeting the requirements but having a hard time justifying the $800 dollars that this guy has already forked out just for the labeling. If I allow him to register my bush under his setup I can still be certified, just need a contract between him and I. I am more wondering what this contract should say in its context. Anyone have one already that I could use as a model for mine?

[bees1st]

Contact the agency that certifies him . They can tell you exactly

[BnSmaple]

I am certified through nofa NY and they have a tapping agreement form that you just have to fill out. I will take a picture of it when I'm at the bush today

[cjf12]

Thanks. I found the nofa tapping agreement online. Doesn't seem that Pa has one but this will help me draft my own I guess.