What We Grow . . .

The main crops we grow are Cabbage, Lettuce, Spinach, Summer Greens and Herbs, Broccoli, Summer and Winter Squash and Wheat.  We grow these products not only for the fresh market, but also for the frozen and processed industries.  However, we also do other wonderfully creative things such as make garlic and pepper garlands and very decorative Christmas wreaths for the festive season.  We are flexible, creative and have the ability to tackle just about any special project or idea... with flair!

Summer Vegetables and Onions

The cool summer nights at almost 6,000 feet produce the highest quality organic summer green vegetables.  The lower evening temperatures (diurnal effect) ensure that the flavor of our vegetables is sweet and the texture full and scrumptious. Your customers will notice the difference.

We are able to provide you with your main line of summer greens from the end of April through October, with the peak shipping months being August and September. Further, we can provide these items in sufficient quantity that you will be able to plan a promotion using only organic product! In addition, we are able to ship you the items that will make the difference on your summer wet track.  These include red and green chards, collards, kale, cilantro parsley and bunch beets. We ship yellow, red and white onions from July through December. Leeks and Italian red sweets are available from July through the end of October.

Winter Squash

This is the other line for which we are truly renowned.  The Colorado fall, with it's warm days and cool nights, helps us in producing an outstanding line of organic winter squash.  Frequently our favorite variety, Kabocha, has a brix level reaching 18!

We have the main varieties such as Pumpkin, Acorn, White Acorn, Gold Acorn, Carnival Acorn Banana, Buttercup, Butternut, Delicata, Kabocha, Orangetti and Stripetti.   However, we can also add interest to your fall squash display with other more exotic varieties such as Rouge D'Etampes, Sweet Dumpling, Turban, Baby Blue and Gold Hubbard, Gold Nugget and many more from around the world.

Our specialty is a festive bin display, "Tutti Fruitti," of fall squash that you may place directly on your retail floor to add instant color and eye appeal to your produce department and provide added excitement for your customers.  We have the merchandising (recipes, nutritional information, posters) to go along with it to entice your customers to look beyond just the Acorn Squash.

Our Commitment to Quality

Our commitment is to provide you with the highest quality vegetables from April through October.  This commitment begins with our growing only organic vegetables and extends through to the quality of the vegetable your customer takes home:

• We plant using only the highest quality varieties and seeds.
  
  
• We harvest only when the vegetables are in peak condition.
  
  
• We take care of our vegetables after harvest to ensure they maintain their peak condition.  A hydrovac instantly removes the field heat and the product reaches you with excellent shelf life.  We also employ the use of a hydrocooler and a liquid ice system for the proper products.
  
  
• We carefully place pack our vegetables so that when you open the box they are in the same condition as when they left our cold storage.  Should your customer happen to be there as you place the vegetables on the rack, they too will be impressed by the care with which we pack and ship our product.  Like your Mom used to say, "a place for everything and everything in its place"... an organized pack goes a long way toward the reduction of shrinkage in your store!
  
  
• We attach point of sale to our vegetables so your customer will be able to identify the item and know how to prepare it when they arrive home.  We have and continue to be a leader in UPC and PLU innovation!

Food Safety

Being an organic grower, producing food that is both safe and good for your health is the philosophy by which we live. We have in place both Good Agricultural Practices for our fields and Good Management Practices for our packing sheds and cold storage.  We conduct Independent Third Party Audits during our season.

Organic Certification

We were the first in the state to be certified with the Colorado Department of Agriculture.  In the past we have been certified by CCOF, Oregon Tilth and OGBA for special projects.

Squash

The cool summer nights at almost 6,000 feet in Colorado produce some of the sweetest most flavorful squash in the country.

The Japanese are famous for the quality of their Kabocha.  But as may be seen from our test results, Grant Farms Kabocha was much sweeter and drier (fluffier!) than even the standards demanded by the Japanese government.

Spinach

The Colorado high plateau produces some of the highest quality organic summer green vegetables.  The lower evening temperatures (diurnal effect) ensure that the flavor of our spinach is sweet and the texture full and scrumptious.  Your customers will notice the difference.

When tested by Colorado State University in 1996, Grant Farms Savoy Spinach was sweeter than flat leaf spinach:

Contact Us for additional information about Grant Family Farms Organic Vegetable Products.