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Meet our network of growers... If the modern industrial food system has done much to remove the faces behind the foods we eat, the seed industry represents the extreme of that trend. Information regarding who grew the seeds, where they were grown, and under what conditions they were grown is almost never available to the public. Yet, as many of the traits involving how plants respond to their environment are hereditable, this information is very relevant to how the given seeds will respond in your environment. So, at the bottom of each listing, you'll find a two letter reference corresponding to a grower listed below who grew it for us. We consider it a privilege to work with such a great and experienced group of growers. All are Certified Organic through the USDA. UO: Uprising Organics, Acme, WA This is our Home Farm where we grow the majority of the seed varieties we sell. We've leased for 5 years now, three acres of river bottom clay-loam soil from our friend the Martins in the South Fork Valley of the Nooksack River in eastern Whatcom County. While we grow much of our seed at this site, we are also still very much fresh market, mixed vegetable production growers and sell vegetables and cut flowers both to local coops and restaurants and at market. We also run a small low income, food stamp based CSA. Growing conditions are northern, low elevation, west of the Cascades cool dry summers (highs rarely in the 90's) and cool wet winters (lows in the teens most years). Frost free 5/15-9/15 GT: Gathering Together Farm, Philomath, OR Frank and Karen Morten have been real pioneers in the grassroots organic seed industry. Overseeing an extensive breeding program, they are responsible for a number of new original variety releases, some of which can be found in this catalogue. They have done an impressive ammount of work, mostly with salad greens, of classical breeding for disease resistance. They grow about 8 acres of seed within the context of the much larger fresh market Gathering Together operation. Growing conditions are classic Willamette Valley hot dry summers and cool wet winters. MB: Mt Baker Seeds, Skagit Valley, WA Our good friend and fellow seedsman Woody Deryx of Concrete, WA has been part of the organic food movement as long as anyone we know. With his collaborating growers in the Skagit Valley he is working to revive a wealth of classic varieties that have been cast off by the industrial seed industry, improve them, and make them relevant again to the growing community. His knowledge and spirit has inspired us since we first met. Growing conditions are similar to UO. DT: Seven Seeds Farm, Williams, OR Don and Kimberly Tipping have created a model of a permaculture system approach to growing within the context of a market farm down in southern Oregon's Applegate Valley. A long history of seed production co-mingles in mutually beneficial relationships with animals, market crops, orchard fruit, and cover crops. Educators as well they teach permaculture, Biodynamic ag and are founding members of a local CSA and seed producers coop. SS: Sowing Seeds Farm, Twisp, WA Anaka Mines and Kelleigh McMillan of Sowing Seeds Farm grow on a small plot in the eastern slope's beautiful Methow Valley. They grow fresh produce for market and CSA, seeds and run an educational nonprofit. They are grow our beautiful seed garlic as well as a number of vegetable and flower crops. AH: Ancestree Herbals, Twisp, WA Chris and Lexi of Ancestree Herbals cultivate medicinal herbs on the dry eastern slope of the North Cascades. Their high elevation environment, minimal use of mechanized equipment, and natural approach to working with their plants allows them to produce a pure and high quality product. HH: Horizon Herbs, Williams, OR Horizon Herbs in sunny Southern Oregon is likely the most comprehensive source of medicinal herb seeds around. They grow quite a bit of their own seed and work with local growers as well. We recomend checking out their catalogue sometime. They are the source of several of our herb seeds. WG: Wolf Gulch Farm, Applegate, OR Tom and Maud Powell run a small acreage mountain farm and homestead in Southern Oregon's Applegate Valley. Their farm is beautifully integrated into the dry landscape with hillside swales and catchment ponds to maximize their water availability. They have been active in organic seed production for several years growing a wide variety of crops, are members and organizers of the Siskiyou Sustainable Coop CSA, and run an organic nursery business. CB: Canyon Bounty Farm, Nampa, ID Cutting her teeth on a CSA farm outside of Portland, OR for 6 years, Beth Rasgorsheck now farms back on her family farm just west of Boise in Nampa, ID where she grew up. Growing on small acreage in a sea of larger more industrial scale farms, she produces about 7 acres of seed crops, nursery starts, and wheat. She does nearly all her seed cleaning on farm. EO: Ernie's Organics, Shoshone ID Fred and Judy Brossy have been farming outside of Shoshone, ID for over 20 years, organically since 1996. Cultivating about 300 irrigated acres of primarily wheat, beans, potatoes, and hay, they rotate their production with grazing and soil building cover crops. They have worked with several seed crops and specialize in bean seed production. MM: M&M Heath Farms, ID Mike and Marie Heath farm about 450 acres in Buhl, ID transitioning some of their land to organic production as early as the 80's. Believers in a diversified farm economy and marketing both locally and for wholesale, they grow vegetables, seed, run a small dairy herd, chickens, and have produced for CSA. Their farm location is ideally suited to growing quality bean seed. OH: Oakhill Organics, McMinnville, OR Casey and Katie Kulla are heading into their 5th season growing primarily for their 45 week (!) CSA. Working about 4 acres of Willamette Valley bottomland they are just beginning to establish themselves as commercial seed growers, working with a few selected varieties. Welcome baby Rusty! PF: Phoebe Farm, Olympia, WA Aaron Vardi of Phoebe Farm is another new grower for us this year. Having studied with John Navazio and spent a season with the Tippings in S. Oregon, Aaron and partner Kenari launched Phoebe Farm this past year. They grow vegetables and seed on a small scale in the south Puget Sound. SB: Silver Bough Farm, Williams, OR Another Applegate grower, Barbara Hughey is just getting started on Silver Boughs small acreage in the Valley. She grew their first commercial seed crop for us this year and we look forward to more in the future. IE: Irish Eyes, Ellensburg, WA Wholesale seed producers, dealers, and retailers growing in eastern WA, their seed production specializes in the warmer weather crops of the PNW (peppers, squashes, melons...) |
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