Who we are
Camas Swale Farm is a family operated certified organic vegetable farm located in Coburg. Husband and wife team Jonah and Amber along with an experienced crew grow vegetables, herbs, berries and some flowers for our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and wholesale customers. Welcome to Camas Swale Farm.
How we farm
We use organic principles and two decades of experience to guide our production techniques. Organic requires soil and water conservation and prohibits the use of synthetic chemicals. Production occurs on about two-thirds of our land while reserving the rest for cover crop, hedgerows and occasional rotations of row crops. Our methods emphasize nutrient cycling with compost and cover crops, and pest management through prevention including row cover and providing habitat for beneficial insects. We DO NOT use genetically modified seeds, sewage sludge, irradiation, synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Since rooting into our forever farm property here in Coburg in 2014 we’ve worked with the NRCS on several resource conservation projects on the farm including planting over 800 native and fruiting shrubs and trees in hedges and buffers. When it comes to the end product—vegetables, herbs and berries– our goal is to provide our customers with fresh, clean, beautiful produce. This starts with the growing practices and seed choices but extends to how we manage cultivation, harvest and post-harvest handling all of which are done with attention to the quality of the crops.
This is our twelfth season providing Eugene and Coburg area families with CSA Crop Shares—the heart of our farm. Read more about CSA and sign up here. You can also find our produce at Kiva Grocer, Friendly Market, Sundance, OG Market and on the menu at local farm-to-table restaurants including Marche, Wheel A Pizza, Bar Purlieu, Lion and Owl and Party Downtown.
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Our Story
Before founding Camas Swale Farm Jonah and Amber worked for other small to mid size organic operations for about a decade including local Wintergreen Farm, Groundwork Organics, Food For Lane County and Sweetwater Farm. In 2007 we worked side by side with the founding farmer at Tani Creek Farm in their start-up year. At Tani Creek we were involved in all aspects of planning, field labor, processing and distributing. There we grew over 300 varieties of vegetables, herbs and flowers for sale to market and CSA and planted a diverse orchard of rare fruits. The seasons at Tani Creek farm helped us deepen our experience with the philosophy and technical applications of biodynamic farming. In 2009 we returned to the Willamette Valley and for the next five seasons leased sites in Creswell, Junction City and in Dexter. Our primary lease was with the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association, for their 35-acre Junction City, Oregon property. Each season was a success in that our customers were provided weekly deliveries of high quality food without a miss, and each site presented opportunities to learn. Through these experiences we identified what kind of farm we would need for the long haul and more about what kind of farming practices would be fulfilling for us and nourishing for the land.
In 2014 we purchased our current and forever farm location here in Coburg, Oregon. For more about the history and land scape of our farm, here’s an article from the local paper.