Whitehorse Meadows Farm | Certified Organic Blueberries

38302 SR 530 NE
Arlington, WA 98223
(360) 436-1951

We are located 23 miles east of Arlington, Washington on SR 530.

Owners: Tom & Valerie Wall

Farm Manager: Manager

Webpage Manager: Webmaster

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Welcome to Whitehorse Meadows Farm

Our farm began in 1997 when we purchased the property and first thought of converting it from an idle dairy farm field into a blueberry field. The "we" in this idea are Tom, Val, Jessica and Tom Wall. Val's bright idea grew out of a family farming background in California – although her family grew oranges (a far cry from blueberries) – and Tom's fond memories of spending wonderful childhood days with grandparents in Darrington. Tom and Jessica, the younger Walls have enthusiastically come along for the ride. Since its inception the concept of fields of berries has grown to 5 acres of blueberries in particular.

We look forward to having you visit our farm. We grow 3 varieties of highbush blueberries – Spartans, Rubels and Jerseys. We earned organic certification from the Washington State Department of Agriculture in October 2005. This means that we use only organic materials approved by the WSDA, and maintain a farm plan that works to further the health and natural cleanliness of the environment. Organic farming means that "management practices are designed to restore, maintain, and enhance ecological harmony." Organic farms must be re-certified each year and are regularly inspected to insure that organic procedures and ecological protections are being followed. Our goal is provide you with superior grade fruit while enhancing the natural health and well-being of the soils, plants and animals in our environment.

In keeping with our commitment to sustainable growing practices, our farm was evaluated through Stewardship Partners and received Salmon Safe certification in Spring 2007. This is an emerging Northwest eco-label that recognizes farmers who protect water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, and on-farm biodiversity. We are a just a half mile from the north fork of the Stillaguamish River and understand that we are living in a watershed and the way we treat the land has downstream impacts. Salmon-Safe certification recognizes our efforts to protect our wetlands and waterways, prevent soil erosion, use natural weed and pest control methods in lieu of harmful chemicals, practice water conservation, and encourage a diversity of plant and wildlife habitat. Our farm landscape plays a role as a wildlife refuge in our increasingly urbanizing region.

The result of sustainable, bio-diverse, organic farming is a peaceful place in which the plants and animals enhance one another. Wildflowers and mixed clover beds that provide habitat to our ladybugs and bees surround our fields. In return these little critters care for the plants. We spend a lot of time hand weeding and roto-tilling to insure that soil nutrients are kept primarily available to the blueberries.

The older plants in these fields have lived here since 2000 with only organic nutrients. Second and third plantings were completed in May and September 2005 from a virus free nursery in Oregon. Their fruit comes only from canes grown while in our fields with production beginning in 2011. We have approximately 5 acres of high bush blueberries containing 6000 plants.