Where do all the vegetables come from?

Recently I wrote a blog about a nursery, with great flowers, here in Bellingham. This time, I am switching to vegetables. Clear back when I was a child, my mother would talk about getting produce from Joe's Garden, over on the south side. It was operated by an immigrant from Italy, Joe Bertero. He came to Bellingham by way of San Francisco and he and his wife Ann began the small farm about 1927. Joe's sells fresh peas, tomatoes, corn, carrots and lots of other northwest produce. Somewhere along the way, Joe's also began supplying produce and plant starts to local supermarkets and garden stores. Joe changed hands in the 1980's but the new owner are keeping the tradition alive and running it pretty much the same as it has always been run, as a Bellingham institution. 

Thanks for looking.

Steven L. Smith

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