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Earthbound Farm was founded in 1984 by Drew and Myra Goodman, on a 2.5 acres (10,000 m 2) farm in California’s Carmel Valley. [1] [3] Just over two decades later, the company employed over 150 growers on 30,000 acres. [4] By 2015, nearly 50,000 acres were in production. [5]
Lundberg Family Farms is uncommonly large among organic farms. It is also vertically integrated (meaning that the systems for producing, handling, and distributing their products is also owned by Lundberg Family Farms), as many corporate agribusinesses are. It owns about 5,000 acres (20 km 2) and contracts for another 9,000 acres (36 km 2 ...
California has more certified organic farms than any other state. In 2016, more than a million acres in the state were certified organic. [188] CA grows 90% or more of the U.S. production of Organic almonds, artichokes, avocados, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, dates, figs, grapes, strawberries, lemons, lettuce, plums, and walnuts. [189]
Raw Farm, formerly named Organic Pastures, was founded by Mark McAfee in 1998. The company's sales have grown in recent years, as more people have started consuming raw food or drink products for various reasons.
Boskovich Farms is a historic vegetable producer based in Oxnard, California, U.S. It has operations in California, ... Since 2012, it has grown organic vegetables. [3]
Grimmway Farms was established in the mid-1960s when brothers Rodney Grimm and Robert Grimm started farming five acres of sweet corn on their grandfather's chicken farm in Anaheim, California. [4] Through the years, they added other crops, which they sold alongside the corn in small family-run roadside produce stands.
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In 1996, Strawberry Farms Golf Club bought 70 acres (28 ha), and the other 30 acres (12 ha) was leased to the City of Irvine, meaning that Tanaka Farms does not own the land they farm on. Land development caused the Tanakas to move their farm entirely, relocating it from Irvine Center Dr. to Strawberry Farms Rd in 1998.