Producer

The Olsons use IPM (integrated pest management), as well as techniques such as hedges and cover crops. The farm uses oak trees to help create habitat and windbreaks. It takes a lot more effort to farm this way, but as Olaf’s father Wayne Olson says, “The pleasure of seeing a dove nesting among the blossoms; the quail and rabbits in the cover crops of clover; and the freshness of each new day are rewards in themselves.” We might add that it makes for the best-tasting fruit as well.