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2 CapitalPress.com March 13, 2015 Farmstand puts special emphasis on ‘fresh’ By SARAH KICKLER KELBER For the Capital Press Sarah Kickler Kelber, for the Capital Press Nancy Hendricks points out some of her favorite seeds in a display at Fresh to You Produce. berry business, she and her hus- band, Carl, a third-generation farmer, sold that 6 acres and bought their current 15 acres just down the road in 1999. “In 2000, we put up an ‘on your honor’ box, where peo- ple could just pay for what doerfler tractor sales company 12333 Silver Falls Highway SE Aumsville, OR 97325 Phone: (503) 769-2205 ` Fax: (503) 769-9450 LANDOLL • WIL-RICH • SUMMERS • SUNFLOWER • AGCO 2 - 29’ Demo, 26” blades ...................... $50,000 1 - 26’ New 24” blades... ...................... $45,000 vice nursery, “this will be our first year with only edible plants and no landscaping.” Hence the new tagline: “All things edible.” It’s a strategy that seems to be working. In addition to their sales at the shop, they sell pro- duce to their local Roth’s Fresh Market grocery store. “Katie the produce manager tells us what she needs, and we go harvest it,” Hendricks says. They also have a partnership with Bon Appetit Management Co., which connects restaurants and schools with local growers. Carl Hendricks walks in with a couple of bags of just-picked salad greens that are bound for Oregon Episcopal School via Bon Appetit. A few minutes later, he men- tions that a local chef has put in a request for mixed berries, and he and Nancy discuss how they’ll fulfill that order with their fro- zen stock. Even with the need to con- stantly be harvesting their crops, one of the dominating issues in the winter is planning. “This time of year, we’re talking with our chefs and Roth’s to plan our crops and order seeds and starts,” Nancy Hendricks says. She and Carl are particularly Fresh to You Produce Owners: Nancy and Carl Hendricks Where: 41639 Stayton-Scio Road, Stayton, Oregon Contact: (503) 769-9682 Online: www.ftyp.com, www. pinterest.com/freshtoyou Crops: strawberries, carrots, chard, corn, kale, green beans, snap peas, tomatoes, peppers, fennel and more Farming since: 1980 Acres: 15 Available: At farm store year- round and at the Salem Public Market excited about their new piece of equipment. “We just got a new planter that plants seeds more accu- rately and makes the harvest so much easier,” she says. “We’ll save on seeds, too,” he adds. “It’s especially good for car- rots and beets because if they’re too close, it’s harder to harvest them,” says Nancy. She notes that they share reci- pes on their Pinterest page, sorted by crop, as well as plenty of infor- mation about preserving foods. JTI Supply is your source for trusted makers of sprayer equipment & parts. 1 - 9 Shank Disc Ripper, new..............$72,500 $72,500 2410 Disk Ripper Call for Information Check out our storage tanks. S15-5/#7 541-928-2937 * 1-800-982-1099 • WE DELIVER ANYWHERE See our full inventory at www.jtisupply.com 34020 Holiday St., Albany, OR • West of I-5, off Hwy 34. S15-2/#5 Nancy Hendricks’ phone buzzes, and she pauses to look at the message. “I got an order from a chef just now,” the owner and op- erator of Fresh to You Produce says. “I need to look and see if we need to go harvest some- thing.” If you were wondering whether the “Fresh” in the farm name is a marketing gimmick, the answer is a resounding no. In 1980, Hendricks got her degree in horticulture from Oregon State University and promptly bought a 6-acre blue- berry farm. After several years in the they took,” she says. They expanded to a larger stand, then another, and then in 2005, they purchased their current building. Originally a log-truck repair shop, their farmstand building now houses their just-picked produce, seeds, locally made products that com- plement the fruits and vegeta- bles, a line of jams and syrups and more. “Everything we sell in here is related to food,” Hendricks says. Besides the produce and the other products, there are seeds, starts, fruit trees, potting soil and compost on offer. Fresh to You recently refo- cused its mission, she adds. Af- ter about 10 years as a full-ser-
