In all honesty Dale's the largest reason for our success. He is the father of our children (can you say “farm labor”?) and the visionary farmer in the family.

It was his idea to start planting heirlooms and he was right on!

Dale was raised on a farm. In college he received his BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He went on to earn his MS in Biological and Irrigation Engineering. His career brought him to a providential point when the company he was working for pulled it's operations out of Mexico and Dale decided to stay. He stepped right into one of the biggest developments in agricultural history.

Up to that point Mexican farmers were using old, outdated technologies to irrigate their farms. It limited their ability to produce the quantity and quality of food that they ship to US markets today. Dale introduced a new technology to them: line source drip irrigation. This type of drip irrigation is a means of delivering water to plants via “drip tape” laid along on or below the ground next to the crop. This system of irrigation revolutionized the agricultural business in Mexico to where they are now the largest producer of fresh vegetables for the United States.

He saw the natural production cycle changed into that which is against nature. He witnessed each year how the soil was perishing into a sterile meaningless mass. More and more chemicals were required to produce the same amount of food. Instead of building the soil, it was depleted and wasted.

He became disillusioned as it became apparent that modern agriculture was unsustainable. Soils are naturally alive, balanced, and healthy. This balance and vitality provides nutrition for the plant and protection from disease. Once chemicals are used, the path becomes a slippery slope. The soil is altered from its natural balanced state. Its incredibly complex ability to interact and provide nourishment and protection for plants begins to diminish.

What's wrong with feeding plants with chemicals via water? The problem is that the plant is nourished only by those 18 elements that are contained in the water. Which, supposedly, are all that the plant needs. And it's true. You can get tomatoes – sort of – with no soil and just those 18 elements. In fact many of the tomatoes available to us in the US are hydroponic. They have a certain flavor and consistency (I think you know what I mean). But we know that they don't provide the flavor and vitality found in plants connected to mother earth.

Also, the focus was on how the food looked and how well it shipped. Food had to be picked green to withstand the rigors of travel. It takes a minimum of 5 days, often longer, to reach store shelves. Flavor, vitality and nourishment are not considered.

Dale has traveled from international agri-business executive to be your personal organic farmer. This gives him unique perspectives and abilities that a typical farmer or horticulture major just doesn't have.

He has designed a unique passive solar greenhouse which will allow us to grow year round with minimal auxiliary heating. We use drip irrigation in a unique way to maximize foil nutrition. We are continually looking for new technologies that improve the farm while honoring the natural process of food production.

Dale pioneered one agricultural revolution and he's here to pioneer another in local, high-quality, delicious, nutrient dense food for your family.