
Schreiber & Sons Farm is located 16 miles north of Pasco, 0.25 miles east of the intersection of Taylor Flats and Ringold roads. Alan Schreiber grew up on a farm in Missouri with three crops: corn, soybeans and alfalfa. He received his PhD in entomology and after working for EPA in Washington DC, came west to work as a researcher and professor for Washington State University. Alan still wonders at the diversity of crops grown in this area and cultivates his interest on a personal as well as professional level. In 1998, Schreiber and his wife, Tanya Wojtowych, founded Agriculture Development Group, Inc., an agriculture research and consulting company. ADG has been conducting research on about 30 commodities each year on a 100-acre farm near Eltopia. In 2004, Schreiber & Sons was established to grow and market commercial crops—eggplant and okra. In 2006 the local CSA was formed. Sons Drew (11) and Julian (5) spend as much time as they can working with their dad on the farm and have even set up their own vegetable stand on occasion.
Schreiber & Sons Farm is an extension of Agriculture Development Group, Inc., a private independent agricultural research company in Eltopia (16 miles north of Pasco). The production end of the business was established to address an unmet demand for locally grown specialty produce in the Pacific Northwest. In 2004, we grew okra and over 30 varieties of eggplant for Northwest distribution. A large portion of our crop went to upscale restaurants and retailers in Western Washington and Oregon. In 2006 a group of local consumers asked us to grow a wider array of produce directly for them. We were pleased to meet this demand and added about 40 crops to our production repertoire. Most items did surprisingly well in this area. Based on the reception our produce received in 2006 and 2007 we are expanding our service.
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