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Sun Gold Farm Forest Grove, Oregon "Naturally Grown For 5 Generations"
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*****We are now accepting 2012 CSA
memberships!*****

Welcome to Sun Gold Farm! We are a small, sustainable
family farm located in the beautiful, fertile Tualatin Valley near Forest Grove, Oregon, USA. We are actually
located nearer to the small Dutch community of Verboort, where four generations before us have farmed and
cared for the land. Our farm lies along West Dairy Creek, probably named because of the many dairies that
used to be in this part of the county. We have two natural wetlands on our farm, and plenty of wildlife.
But mostly, we have vegetables, fruits, plants, and full days of work. We are very lucky to enjoy what we do for
a living!
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Sun Gold Farm is owned and operated by Charlie
and Vicki Hertel, and their children Chris and Stephanie. Commercial crops include timothy and alfalfa hay.
Our primary source of income is through the production of fresh market crops that we sell directly to the
consumer at various farmer's markets and through our "Harvest Box" program, also known as a CSA.
We are careful to grow our produce without pesticides. Crops are rotated for soil health and since our farm
was historically a dairy, there is plenty of organic matter in the soil. Weeds are controlled by mulching,
rototilling, hoeing, and going down on our knees and pulling!
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Winter/Spring Calendar of Events
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January *Hillsdale Farmer's Market,
Jan. 8 & 21 10am-2pm *Intel CSA Promotion at New Cafe Grand Opening Jan.
26, RS5, 10am-2pm *Nike Cafe LA (JBS) CSA Promotion, 1/31, 11am-2pm
February *Nike Cafe 19 (MH) CSA Promotion,
2/1, 11am-2pm *Columbia Sportswear Cafe, CSA Promtion Feb. 2, 11am-1:30pm *Intel
CSA Promotion & Winter Produce Sales RA1 & RA3 cafes, Feb. 7, 11am-2pm JF3 & JF5 cafes, Feb. 8, 11am-2pm HF &
Aloha cafes, Feb. 9, 11am-2pm
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April *Portland Farmers Market, Saturdays
at PSU *Hillsdale Farmers Market, Sundays (4/1, 4/15) *Nike CSA Promotion
Cafe LA (JBS), April 10, 11am-2pm Cafe 19 (MH), April 11, 11am-2pm *Columbia
Sportwear, CSA Promo and Plant Sale April 19, 11am-2pm *Intel CSA Promotion &
Plant Sales RA1 & RA3 cafes, April 24, 11am-2pm JF3
& JF5 cafes, April 25, 11am-2pm HF & Aloha cafes, April
26, 11am-2pm
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March *Columbia Sportswear Cafe, CSA Promotion March 15, 11am-1:30pm *Portland Farmer's Market, Saturdays at PSU (3/17, 24, 31) *Hillsdale Farmer's Market, Sunday (3/18) *Intel CSA Promotion & Plant Sales RA1 & RA3 cafes, March 20, 11am-2pm JF3 &
JF5 cafes, March 21, 11am-2pm HF & Aloha cafes, March 22,
11am-2pm
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May *Portland Farmer's Markets at PSU,
King, and Shemansky Park *Beaverton, Hollywood, and Hillsdale
Markets *Columbia Sportswear Mother's Day Plant Sale May 10, 11am-2pm *Nike
Mothers Day Plant Sales, May 11, 11am-2pm Cafe LA (JBS) and Cafe 19 (MH) Patios *Intel CSA Promotion & Produce Sales RA1 & RA3 cafes,
May 14, 11am-2pm JF3 & JF5 cafes, May 15, 11am-2pm HF
& Aloha cafes, May 17, 11am-2pm
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Ask a pro! Do you have a question about a farmers market, plant problems, what do I do with this vegetable...?
Just email us and we will do our best to answer your questions!
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