         Ask Farmer Mark Got a question about organic farming? Ask our “Farmer Mark” Marino — with more than 30 years of organic farming experience, he’s always happy to share his farming knowledge and love of the land. 
At our beautiful 30-acre research and development farm in Carmel Valley, California, Mark explores state-of-the-art organic farming techniques and develops new varieties of salad greens and vegetables to add to our extensive line of wholesale organic produce. He leads farm tours and speaks to groups of all ages about organic agriculture. Mark helped create our signature Harvest Walks and Chef Walks as fun ways to help visitors learn about growing, harvesting, and cooking fresh organic produce. Mark’s hands are firmly planted in the soil. After studying Alan Chadwick’s French Intensive Biodynamic gardening method at Red Horizons Farm in Santa Barbara, California, he began developing and refining techniques of growing specialty organic produce, flowers, herbs, and experimental crops. At his Pogonip Farm in Santa Cruz, California, Mark grew specialty organic vegetables for such renowned chefs as Alice Waters and Jeremiah Tower. He ran his own 200-acre organic specialty produce farm in Missouri before joining Earthbound Farm in 1997. Mark’s green thumb even works in unusual growing situations: as part of our 25th Anniversary celebration this year, he reused a plastic Earthbound Farm clamshell salad container to grow organic heirloom lettuces from seed. Check out our Grow Something Green pages to see how it all worked. (Hint: It was delicious!) Farmer Mark responds to farming-related questions only. For product questions, please use our Product Feedback Form or call us at at 1-800-690-3200. For other requests, please see the options on our Contact Us page. Here are some other questions that Farmer Mark has answered. |