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Salanova For Spring Salads!
Tender tasty spring greens are beginning to sprout up on availability lists, and one variety OGC coworkers are particularly excited to eat this season is organic Salanova.
Watch OGC’s Monique Kirby demo a delightful spring salad showcasing Oak Leaf Salanova!
OGC Applauds Not One, But Two Drivers of the Year
In a year full of challenges, two OGC drivers emerged as Driver of the Year, an annual peer-nominated distinction. Read on to learn about both phenomenal OGC drivers, as well as our Rookie of the Year recipient!
Farewell To A Friend, Amigo Bob Cantisano
The organic produce community lost many beloved pioneers and rebels in 2020. People who we’ll remember for their passion, risk-taking leadership, and dedication to showing the way to farm for the health of people and the planet. The year ended with the loss of Bob Cantisano, aka “Amigo” Bob.
A Heartfelt Farewell to Organic Pioneer Jeff Falen
Oregon’s community of organic farms lost a pioneer in the passing of Jeff Falen. From Jeff’s imagination and grit sprung forth Persephone Farm, a place he constructed from his own sweat and endurance, guided by a set of profound ideas. In this letter to OGC’s long-time friend, founding-grower and revered community member, we celebrate the life of this unparalleled farmer.
Coworker Q+A: Tom Lively Kicks Off California’s Citrus Season
Tom Lively, OGC’s Intergalactic Sales Representative, talks about California’s dynamic citrus growing regions, OGC’s robust specialty citrus program and which varieties he’s looking forward to eating this year!
Trending: Celebratory Eating is Just Around the Corner
Regardless of with whom and how your community celebrates and feasts in the weeks ahead, you can bet they’ll be shopping and cooking up a storm. OGC shares a few trends on what and how this year’s holiday shoppers will be cooking and eating!
OGC’s VP of Supply Chain Management David Amorose to Retire After 30-Year Career
Summarizing the impact that David Amorose has had on OGC and his peers during the span of his impressive 30-year career is nearly impossible. But a lovely tribute penned by OGC’s Quality Assurance Manager, Waylon Spoden, comes close.
Fall Forecast: The Upcoming Season is Looking Delicious
OGC’s Senior Sales Manager, Kristi Yoder, shares her outlook for the season.
Coworker Q&A: Organic Harvest Month with OGC’s Mike Dill
September marks Organic Harvest Month and a time in which we in the Northwest find ourselves engaged in that last big push of the local growing season. It’s a busy and beautiful time of year!
Co-worker Q+A: Local Stone Fruit with Brian Keogh
Of all the glorious bounty that summer provides, local organic stone fruit is widely celebrated as some of the best eating the season offers!
Meet OGC Transportation Support Lead Charles Woodruff
At OGC, like so many companies on a mission, we often refer to our “why”. Bringing Organic Produce to the People is what gets us out of bed in the morning, and sustains us throughout the day. The satisfaction of cultivating a relationship with a grower, reveling in food coaxed from the dirt, and imagining it on a customer’s plate is worth waxing poetic.