Farm and Producer Connections
White Mountain Farm | White Buffalo Farm | Osage Gardens | Domenico Farm | Joe Lippis Farm | Full Circle Farms & Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch | Grant Family Farms | Green Earth Farms | Hazel Dell
At Mile High Organics, we seek to have long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with our entire community. Our farmers and producers are vital members of this community. While we hold our farmers and producers to very high standards of quality and ethical responsibility, we do so to influence change in our community and to ensure a long lasting relationship. Of course, transparency between all parties is a prerequisite in the Mile High Organics community. Over time, we hope to grow this page into a place where our farmers and producers can communicate directly with the rest of the Mile High Organics community. Check back to see how we grow!
White Mountain Farm
Paul New’s farm has been in his family since the 1930’s. In 1987, White Mountain Farm was incorporated and started growing certified organically grown quinoa and potatoes. Paul’s potatoes have a special flavor, which comes from a combination of choosing the best tasting varieties, fertile organic production, and the unique climate that combines intense sun with cool mountain nights. Paul is one of Grower’s Organic's owners and supplies us with the majority of our potatoes, including; russet, red, yellow and purple potatoes, and four varieties of fingerling potatoes.
White Buffalo Farm
Located in beautiful Paonia, Colorado, White Buffalo Farm has been owned by Wayne Talmadge for over twenty years. White Buffalo Farm is the oldest certified organic farm in the state and supplies Grower’s Organic with amazing crops including heirloom and Italian prune/plum tomatoes, Asian pears and a variety of delectable apples and peaches.
Osage Gardens
Osage Gardens owns 26 acres of certified organic land and currently farms more than two acres under greenhouse cover in Newcastle, Colorado. Owners Sarah and Tom Rumery’s mission statement is to grow the healthiest (nutrient dense) most flavorful herbs in Colorado, while being kind to the earth, their employees and their customers. Osage Gardens provides Grower’s Organic with over 22 product lines of culinary herbs including arugula, basil, lemon basil, purple basil, Thai basil, bay leaf, chervil, chives, dill, edible flowers, flat leaf parsley, kaffir lime, lemon grass, marjoram, mint, oregano, poultry blend, rosemary, sage, sorrel, tarragon, and thyme.
Domenico Farm
Second generation, Ray Domenico is continuing the legacy of his father. In 1962, Ray took over caring for the land and built Domenico Farms, known for its quality produce throughout Denver and the Front Range. The Domenico Farms are solid in their local Front Range row crops, including several varieties of leaf lettuce, parsley, cilantro, chards, kales, collards, winter and summer squash, turnips, beets, eggplant, cucumbers, zucchini and bell peppers from his fields—wholesome and nutritious food right outside the Denver Metro Area. The Domenico Farm is both a legacy in the organic produce world and a Denver treasure.
Joe Lippis Farm
Located in the Arkansas River Valley, a true Colorado gem, Joe Lippis specializes in row crops. Lippis Farm was recently honored as Colorado Conservationist Farmers of the Year. The farm provides Grower’s Organic with their stand-out green onions and zucchini. With a short growing season between April to July, the farm makes the best of the hot temperatures in the area.
Full Circle Farms & Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch
Owner David Asbury of Full Circle Farms & the Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch has been running, farming, and marketing farm fresh produce since 1993, featuring his annual Fall Festival in Longmont, Colorado. Don’t miss the festival if you are in the Front Range come autumn! Full Circle Farms provides Grower’s Organic with lettuce, cucumbers, green bell peppers, and zucchini that are bright, crisp and delicious!
Grant Family Farms
Grant Family Farms is Colorado’s largest organic vegetable farm, harvesting their main crops of cabbage, lettuce, spinach, summer greens and herbs, broccoli, and summer and winter squash. This bountiful property lies in the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, north of Fort Collins. Marty and Andy have a deep belief that they should grow product that is best for your health in a way that makes them a responsible steward of planet Earth. Their farm was the first to be certified organic by the State of Colorado!
Green Earth Farms
Tom McCracken, farmer and steward of Green Earth Farms, supplying GO with much of their potatoes as well as organic brussel sprouts, romanesco, kale, spinach, braising greens and salad mixes. Farming from his San Luis Valley Farm where he lives and works with his wife Lillian. The farm is surrounded by wilderness, between an ancient seabed and one of the world's oldest and largest calderas. The rich soils, pure water and air, and intense climate produces potent herbs, sweet tender vegetables and nutritious grains. Tom McCracken was instrumental in implementing the Organic Certification Program in Colorado. Organics is Tom’s religion!
Isabelle Farm
Isabelle Farm is a family-run, Certified Organic farm that grows more than 100 varieties of produce on 50-plus acres in Boulder County. Isabelle Farm is owned and operated by Jason and Natalie Condon.
Hazel Dell
Jim Hammond owns Hazel Dell Mushrooms, a company specializing in certified organic mushrooms, the only exotic mushroom farm in the state, growing varieties such as oyster, king oyster, beech, shiitake, lion’s mane, portabella and maitake mushrooms. On any given day, Hammond and his six employees watch over about 9,000 plastic bags full of developing mushrooms. The Hazel Dell operation sits on a 10-acre farm near the edge of Fort Collins, close to Interstate 25 and County Road 32. These people are dedicated to the highest quality mushroom around – you can’t beat the flavor or variety!
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