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Tiny's Organics

The pluots in your box hail from our friends at Tiny’s Organics who since 2003 have supplied us with a amazing fruit from their 50 acres of orchards in East Wenatchee including apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, pluots and apriums (an apricot plum hybrid).

We had a chance to chat recently with John McPherson who, along with his parents Greg and Rose and siblings Jay and Erin, owns Tiny’s. He told us, “The farm has always been part of our legacy growing up. My grandfather started in 1964 and my parents got involved in the 70’s (turning organic in the early 80’s, becoming certified organic in 1988) and we grew up working there every summer.”

It’s also been a family affair when it comes to education. Following in their parents footsteps, all of the McPherson siblings received degrees from the University of Washington. Armed with a BA in psychology, John was the first to return to the farm full time in 2002, eventually followed by Jay and Erin. Excited by the path organic agriculture was taking and inspired he says “by conversations with his parents”, he decided that organic farming was the life for him.

It’s a life of passion, says John, and one intensely focused on growing and delivering only the best. "Over the past decade we’ve researched trees at different nurseries around the area and visit them regularly to find the sweetest, best tasting fruit we can find – it’s all about the sugar, and once we all taste it, we plant it."

It’s also a sweet connection with Full Circle Farm says John. "Full Circle grows some really unique stuff and so do we. We both want to have sustainable farms and keep everything local and organic and quality of produce and customer satisfaction is so high on both of our levels of priorities."

Over the past year, a new passion for the McPherson siblings seems to take place in the kitchen, says John. "We’ve really been getting in to cooking because we’re growing more vegetables at the farm, so we’re always trying new recipes, but I’m the best cook out of all of them." His specialty? Spaghetti aglio olio. When they’re able to take a rare break from work, skiing and camping are at the top of the list says John.

While the McPherson parents continue running daily life on the farm, John, Jay and Erin reside in Seattle and handle the business end which includes selling their delectable fruit at farmers markets throughout Puget Sound where you can count on being handed any number of delicious, sweet-tasting samples along with a super friendly smile, another Tiny’s trait says John.

"Not only are we fun-loving about what we grow, we’re fun-loving about what we sell. It has to be this way, because we want people to be excited about what they get from us."

Read more about Tiny's Organics by visiting their Web site.