Your Farmers

Terra Organics partners with local organic farms to bring our customers the freshest organic produce possible during the local growing season.  While minimizing the impact on the environment that shipping food from great distances causes, we will also be supporting local farms, communities and economies.

Terra Organics owners, Kim and Dan Hulse, moved from their beautiful piece of leased land in Enumclaw this winter to pursue their dream of one day owning land to grow food on.  In the meantime, Kim will be farming part-time with Holly Foster of Zestful Gardens in Tacoma (see below).  Kim and Dan also hope that this interim period of not managing a farm will allow for the time to improve administrative aspects of Terra Organics.  Their passion for good food, ecological agriculture and supporting local economies fuels the drive to provide Terra Organics customers with the best produce possible, while at the same time sustain the growth of the local food movement.

Cliffside Orchards

Jeff and Jeanette Herman started Cliffside Orchards in Kettle Falls , WA in 1982.  They have 7 acres of certified organic cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines, pears and apples.  Every week during the growing season, Jeanette travels from Northeastern Washington to the Seattle area to sell their succulent fruit at the farmer’s markets.  Terra Organics consider themselves lucky to be able to buy from Cliffside.

Dungeness/Nash’s Produce

Nash Huber has farmed the Dungeness Delta for over 25 years using organic growing methods.  Today, Nash and his crew farm nearly 400 acres and provide the region with more than 100 different varieties of healthful and nutritious fruits and vegetables.  As one of Washington ’s “organic pioneers,” Nash has provided leadership, innovation and inspiration to many.  Nash is a tireless advocate for farmland preservation in Clallam County and a collaborating force in the preservation of hundreds of acres of farmland threatened by development.  Nash knows that a healthy, sustainable food source has to be organic.

Full Circle Farm

Full Circle Farm is a large organic farm located in Carnation, WA.  Full Circle grows a variety of cool weather crops appropriate to its Carnation location.  You can find Full Circle produce at most Washington farmer’s markets, in local grocery stores, as a Community Supported Agriculture member and at many Seattle restaurants, as well as in your Terra Organics box.

Red Barn Organic Farm

Red Barn Organic Farm is a certified organic farm in Enumclaw , WA .  Julie Rice began wholesaling vegetables part time in 1998, and moved into full time retail sales in 2002.  She moved her 1 acre organic garden from Auburn 2 years ago, and expanded it onto a 20 acre farm.  Julie grows a wide variety of seasonal, annual vegetable crops for sales at the Puyallup Farmer’s Market and to Terra Organics.  We are excited to keep our Enumclaw produce connection growing, and support Julie in her farm expansion.

Terry’s Berries

Terry’s Berries is a certified organic berry and vegetable farm located in the Puyallup Valley .  Farmers Terry and Dick Carkner have farmed their 20-acres for over 20 years, and have been certified organic for the last 12.  Terry’s Berries is committed to growing healthy food for healthy people and connecting the community to the land.

Zestful Gardens

Zestful Gardens is a 30-acre farm in the heart of the Puyallup Valley . Holly and her mother, Valerie, tend 5 acres in intensive vegetables & herbs, another 15 in rotating cover crops and pasture, and 8 in orchard & woodland.  Holly has farmed since 1996 in Northern Scotland , New South Wales , Australia , Up-state New York , and here in the Puyallup valley.  Zestful Gardens practices organic and biodynamic agriculture with a deep commitment to sustainable farming and a zest for good food.

Washington Organic Growers

Besides the direct relationships we have with these farms, Terra Organics buys produce as often as possible from any certified organic Washington and Northwest farms.