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Our Farms
We pride ourselves in ordering produce from the best organic farms we can find, and every single piece of produce we have is 100% USDA Certified Organic.
When the growing season is on, we strive to bring you as much local produce as we can.
During the colder parts of the year when the leaves have fallen and the air is chilly, we are still able to bring you organic produce that comes mostly from our friends in California. We have searched
high and low, but it's pretty hard to find tropical fruit like Bananas and Pineapples growing anywhere around here, so for some of our more exotic produce, we use farms out of the country that meet the our same rigourous
standards and are USDA Organic Certified.
It is very important to know where our food comes, so we invite you to meet some of our farmers:
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Cinacia Farm
(Center, CO)
www.cinacia.com
Cinacia is a hybrid of the names Cindy and Alicia the daughters of farmers Robert and Catherine Adkins. When the girls joined the farming operation with the same vision toward producing wholesome and healthy foods, the Cinacia brand was born.
Cinacia fingerlings are grown at 7,000 feet in the San Luis valley of south central Colorado, the flavor, texture and eye appeal can't be beat. Maybe it's the thin air or the rich, fertile soil that makes them grow so well, naturally. Or, perhaps it's the attention we pay to the varieties we select and how we grow each potato. We like to think it's all those things. Because, if there's one thing we know how to do, it's grow potatoes. After all, we've been part of a family farming tradition for nearly half a century.
What do they grow?
Fingerling Potatoes
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Full Circle Farms
(Longmont, CO)
Everything can come full circle on the farm. That's what Dave Asbury believes. While tending his organic vegetable crops, he does everything possible to conserve resources and complete the 'input-output cycle' right there on the farm.
To him that means using runoff water from nearby mountains and using drip irrigation techniques, keeping the soil fertile by rotating crops, and sourcing supplies locally to minimize fuel use. These efforts yield truly homegrown squash, cucumbers, bell peppers, zucchini and other veggies that are bright, crisp and delicious.
What do they grow?
Over 100 different varieties of certified organic vegetables from asparagus to zucchini!
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Lippis Farm
(Brewster, CO)
www.hunsgarden.com
The Lippis Farm recently won the prestigious award for Colorado Conservationist Farmers of the Year and is a 100% certified organic farm.
What do they grow?
Green onions, Spinach, Radishes, Curly and Italian Parsley, Cilantro, Collards, Kale, Beets, Turnips, Rutabagas, All Summer Squash and four kinds of Winter Squash
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First Fruits Organic Farms, Inc.
(Paonia, CO)
The First Fruit Organic Farms are owned and operated by brothers Kris and Kevin Kropp. The Kropps decided to try organic farming with the inherent belief that the environment would be healthier for their children. Weeds were a major problem because they were using no chemical herbicides, but the fruits they produce are still some of the best around.
What do they grow?
Apples- Gala, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, Jonathan, Golden, Suncrisp, Empire, Rome, Fuji, Winesap, Goldrush & Granny Smith; Peaches- Red Globe, Red Haven, Elberta, Suncrest, Summer Lady and more; Sweet cherries; Apricots; and Pears- Bartlett, Red Bartlett, Anjou & Bosc.
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Grant Family Farms
(Wellington, CO)
www.grantfarms.com
Grant Family Farms lies in the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. We have a deep belief that we should grow product that is best for your health in a way that makes us a responsible steward of planet Earth. For this reason, for the past twenty-five years, we have been growing organic vegetables. Our farm was the first to be certified organic by the State of Colorado. We started in a very small way as Lewis Grant, a Professor at Colorado State University, and his young son, Andy, began to grow vegetables in the 60's. This start proved to be the spark that created a passion in Andy for vegetable production that blossomed to the 3,000 acres we farm today. In 1975, Andy committed to transform our farm to the organic growing method. His commitment at that time was revolutionary. Now, twenty-five years later, we have become a leader in the production of high quality Certified Organic Vegetables and Grains.
What do they grow?
Collards, Cabbage, Chard, Onions, Squash, Lettuce, Kale, Spinach, Parsley, Cilantro, Pumpkins, Basil, and Beets
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John Givens Farms
(Goleta, CA)
www.johngivensfarm.com
John Givens Farm has been growing delicious Organic vegetables and fruit in the Goleta Valley in Santa Barbara for over twenty years. We grow leafy greens during fall and winter, Strawberries, leafy greens, beans, onions in spring. That gives way to summer squash, tomato products, melons, heirloom tomatoes, winter squash and a little less leafy greens and strawberries during summer. Then on to fall, where due to the magical climate of the Santa Barbara coast we can continue to grow summer squash and tomatoes late into fall.
What do they grow?
Carrots, Cabbage, Cilantro, Cucumber, Fennel, Kale, Lettuce, Peppers, Squash, Tomatoes, and Endive
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Blue Range Ranch Grassfed Beef
(San Luis Valley, CO)
www.bluerangeranch.com
Welcome to the high, mountain-rimmed San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado. We are a certified organic family owned ranch that has been in operation since 1897. We are deeply committed to sustainable ranching and farming based on our values: increasing the biodiversity of our land, providing wholesome food at an affordable price, and raising our animals in a humane and loving manner. Eating only native grasses, native grass hay and alfalfa grown organically on our farm, our animals are never confined, never fed grain or animal by-products, and never given hormones or antibiotics. Our cattle spend their entire lives as cows were meant to: together in a herd in fields and on the range.
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Why Organic?
We can give you reasons until apples grow out of our ears. But why don't you hear it from our customers.
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Site of the Week
Earth Hour - March 27th, 8:30pm
www.myearthhour.org
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