Thank you for your interest in the Gorge Farmer Collective - a farmer-owned cooperative!
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Our 2024 Producer Application is now live. Click the buttons below to download our Application & Producer Guide.
We aim to streamline our regional food chain in a way that “lets farmers farm.” We operate robust, year-round, direct-to-consumer and wholesale online marketplaces, serving as a one-stop-shop for individuals, families, restaurants, schools, hospitals, and grocery retailers to easily access our products. For our producers, that means the ability to consolidate dozens of accounts into one delivery and one payment - GFC will take care of distribution, invoicing, accounting, marketing, and customer relations.
If you’re a farmer, rancher, fisher, or value-added food business in any of the Gorge’s five counties or surrounding areas, you’re eligible to apply for Cooperative Membership: this means you own a share in the business, have voting rights, and will receive dividends in years with excess profits.
We look forward to bringing more of our producer friends aboard this year, to further our Cooperative movement and realize the full potential of what we can achieve when working together.
Board & Staff
Our Board of Directors consists of five Cooperative member-owners. We employ one full-time and one part-time staff to make sure everything runs smoothly day to day.
Meet our leadership team:
Merrit Monnat
Chair
M+P Ranches
Goldendale, WA
Daphne Gill
Co-Chair
Pine Shade Farm
Odell, OR
Paul Hansen
Treasurer
Total Eclipse Farm
Mount Hood, OR
Zoe Mitchell
Secretary
Bran & Ash Bakehouse
Hood River, OR
Tom Garofalo
Board Member at Large
Tamiyasu Orchard
Hood River, OR