Scharf Farms – I am Oregon Agriculture
I am Oregon agriculture. My name is Anna Scharf, and I’m part of Scharf Farms. Our farm is located 20 minutes west of Salem, 20 minutes south of McMinnville and 10 minutes north of Dallas in Perrydale, a community based in agriculture. The Scharf family has been farming in the Perrydale area since 1933, and […]
Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm – I am Oregon Agriculture
I am Oregon agriculture. My name is Barb Iverson and I farm with two of my brothers, Ken & Nels Iverson. My parents purchased our original farm in 1950, added a labor force of six kids and have now retired. A third generation has also joined us, my nephew Jon, whose lifelong dream was to come […]
Doerfler Farms – I am Oregon Agriculture
I am Oregon agriculture. My name is Amy Doerfler Phelan and I farm with my twin brothers Kent and Kevin Doerfler. On our farm, we grow grass seed, wheat, and radish seed. The wheat is made into noodles over in Asia, and the radish seed is used as a cover crop in the Midwest. Additionally, […]
Willamette Valley Vineyards – I am Oregon Agriculture
I am Oregon agriculture. My name is Jim Bernau and in 1983 I founded Willamette Valley Vineyards. With encouragement from other winemakers who were making a move from California to Oregon, I started my own vineyard on an old west-to-south facing volcanic flow—a former plum orchard located just south of Salem. Using a small tractor, […]
Madison Ranches – I am Oregon Agriculture
I am Oregon agriculture. My name is Jake Madison and my family is the fourth generation to operate Madison Ranches in Echo, Oregon. We have grown from a 160-acre dryland wheat homestead in 1914 to a diversified and very efficient, deficit-irrigated farm. Our crops include soft white seed wheat, corn, seed corn, alfalfa, canola and […]
Victor Point Farms – I am Oregon Agriculture
I am Oregon agriculture. My name is Jesse Rue and I am a fourth generation farmer. My family owns and operates Victor Point Farms in Silverton, Oregon. In 1910 my great grandfather moved to Oregon and specialized in growing logan berries, hops, hogs, and cattle. Later on my grandfather came back to the farm after […]
Harts Nursery – I am Oregon Agriculture
I am Oregon agriculture. My name is Doug Hart and I’m part of Harts Nursery. Harts Nursery was originally a farm that my family started over three and a half decades ago. Early on during the Great Depression, my grandfather Charles Hart and his new bride Margret started a life of agriculture in Oregon. Over […]
Pearmine Farms – I am Oregon Agriculture
I am Oregon agriculture. My name is Molly McCargar, 4th generation farmer from Pearmine Farms, Inc. in Gervais, Oregon. My brother Ernie Pearmine and I farm around 1,200 acres of vegetables, sweet cherries, wheat and grass grown for seed. Our great-grandfather managed the farm in the 30’s and 40’s before our grandparents purchased the farm […]
Riddell Farms – I am Oregon Agriculture
I am Oregon agriculture. My name is Anissa Branch and our 4th generation family farm grows grass seed, wheat, oats, straw and hazelnuts in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. My great-grandfather started our farm raising sheep and wheat over 80 years ago. I have many memories as a child of my father every February in […]
