Gene and Patrick Thiel

541-432-2361

potatoman@eoni.com.

We currently rent our land from Bill and Dan Dagget about a mile east of Joseph, OR. The Dagget farm has been sustainably run since the family started farming in the 1940's. It is now certified organic by Oregon Tilth. We raise mostly root crops. Mainly Potatoes, Carrots, Parsnips, Beets. We also have a small amount of asparagus, garlic, zucchini, beans, tomatoes, radishes, raspberries, apples. We concentrate on raising several varieties of the root crops for color and flavor.

The majority of our crops are available during the fall, winter, and spring of the year. We hope to fill in the summer with some beans, zucchini radishes etc.

Our product is sold at the Portland Saturday Farmers market, and in over 40 high end restaurants in Portland and Hood River. We also sell to the Wild Flour Bakery, and Old Town Cafe. Anyone wishing our product, if a business, can ask for delivery. We are hoping to have a central point in the county with other growers for individual purchases. Our problem is that we can barely keep our Portland customers in the food they want. But we really try to supply the people of Wallowa County when we can. Sometimes they come out to the packing shed when they want to purchase something. We are happy to sell potato seed for gardens in the spring.