Benzler Family Early Pioneers in California’s Organic Farming Community
The Benzler Farm was established in Fresno, California in 1952 when Bertha Benzler lured her husband Fred away from “city life” and the family gas station, convincing him to switch to farming.
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!
Northwest Melon Season is Here!
Many of us grew up melon-avoidant. Those cold, crunchy cubes, a mainstay of fruit platters and salad bars, too short on flavor to warrant real estate on our plates.
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.
Hayton Farms: 5th Generation Leads Organic Future
Fir Island, located in Washington’s Skagit Valley, is well known to wildlife enthusiasts for its tidelands and intertidal marshes that host up to 180 bird species annually.
D.E. Boldt & An Old Story That Speaks To Today
In searching for a grower to introduce to you this week, we knew that showcasing David and Dorothy of D.E. Boldt, their gorgeous historical property in Parlier, CA., and the stunning stone fruit this multi-generational grower produces, is aptly timed. The best of their season is currently being plucked from their orchards.
Partnership Feeds Rogue Valley Families in Need
Not a day goes by that we don’t feel a sense of awe and appreciation for what our grower partners do to put food on the collective community table.
Meet Haley Olsen-Wailand & Zach Wailand of Dharma Ridge Farm
Haley and Zach came from different worlds, but a love of plants and each other brought them together and back to Washington to farm and raise a family.
