Patent ID: 7533490
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: A01H

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a verified food source, comprising: planting verified seed in accordance with planting protocols to create a crop; growing the crop in accordance with crop protocols; harvesting the crop in accordance with harvest protocols to obtain grain; storing the grain in accordance with storage protocols; inspecting the grain to identify grain that meets standards addressing test weight, moisture content, damage content, foreign material content, and mycotoxin content; verifying the grain that meets the standards addressing test weight, moisture content, damage content, foreign material content, and mycotoxin content; feeding the verified grain to a certified food source; fostering the food source in accordance with fostering protocols; inspecting the food source to identify food source that meets the fostering protocols; verifying the food source that meets the fostering protocols; auditing adherence to the planting protocols; auditing adherence to the crop protocols; auditing adherence to the harvest protocols; and auditing adherence to the storage protocols; wherein the planting protocols include: wherein the crop protocols include: wherein the harvest protocols include contaminant regulations requiring all machinery used in harvesting the crop to be kernel clean; wherein the harvest protocols require grain from the buffer rows to be permanently separated from the grain from the crop; wherein the storage protocols include storage structure regulations and contaminant regulations; wherein the fostering protocols include: wherein the verified food source is bovine; wherein the verified seed causes the resulting verified grain to be higher in omega-3 fatty acids than occurs naturally wherein the abnormally-high level of omega-3 fatty acids is transferred from the verified grain to the food source.