We are updating all of our labels on all of our products. You will find new block bottom packaging on our 2 lb. flour products. We are diligently upgrading our sticker systems for all of our products from 2 lb to 50 lb.. Thankfully we have very patient employees and a wonderful graphic designer to help… Continued
In 1975, a small grocery store in the Methow Valley was poised to fold. Located on the current site of the Confluence Gallery, the tiny affiliate of United Retail Merchants (URM) was just not making it in the underpopulated rural area. But Hank Konrad, then working at another URM store in Orfino, Idaho, had… Continued
No one living here in the Methow is going to escape this past summer unscathed. Assessment based on: “to what degree of destruction?”. Some homes that escaped fire didn’t elude mudslides which came late in August as violent thunderstorms continued to roll through our little valley. All the moisture we never saw in the spring… Continued
Wildfires have been the focus this month. After a “firestorm” ripped through the valley on July 18, we lost power and all phone services for 8 days, taking us back to basic means. The devastation of our valley is mind boggling. Our home, farm and fields were not threatened like so many other places.… Continued
Trout Unlimited will be hosting a farm to table dinner on August 2nd at Pipestone Canyon Ranch. Please contact Jeri Tim at 509-881-7690 or go to: troutunlimited.bpt.me for more information. Proceeds go toward supporting Trout Unlimited in Okanogan County. I just returned from a trip to the Bay area. I delivered our oldest daughter to a theater camp.… Continued
Photo Credit: Katie Bristol – Treebeard and Raina standing in their dry land wheat field. It was on the way to the Skeena River that Tonasket, WA laid its claim to Treebeard, back in the 1970s. Tree and some other friends had left their commune in Northern California and aimed to move a part of their community to… Continued
We have added and released two new videos to our series titled “From Plow to Plate.” Learn why cultivation is so important and get intimate with the cultipacker! We hope these videos give you some insight into our farming steps and practices. You can watch the entire series on our YouTube channel. I had the pleasure of traveling to Point Defiance… Continued
Welcome readers to our new newsletter format! This year has been full of changes. First came our new grain products, then our new packaging line and now we are rolling out our monthly newsletter… well it looks like a newsletter, but it is really a blog. We will be updating our ” blog” on a… Continued
Bluebird customer June Fraser Thistle is no stranger to grains. Born and raised in Gibbons—a small rural community in central Alberta, Canada—June was raised on a grain farm. The tenth child in a family of eleven offspring, June used to take turns with her siblings accompanying their father, a grain buyer for United Grain Growers,… Continued
February has been a big month for us. Projects that we have been working on over the past few years have finally come together. Both our new packaging and new products are now out – phew! Our dinner line has hit grocery shelves and now has a better, more accessible price point. Einka, Einka Flour,… Continued