Ocean Mist Farms & Lakeside Organic Gardens Form Alliance

CASTROVILLE, Calif. – Ocean Mist Farms and Lakeside Organic Gardens formed a strategic alliance to grow for one another and offer their customers wider organic product lines.

The strategic alliance will add organic artichokes to the Lakeside Organic Gardens product line.  For Ocean Mist, the company’s organic product line will expand to include beets, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, cilantro, fennel, iceberg lettuce, kale, leeks, parsley, red leaf, green leaf, romaine and spinach.  Ocean Mist will market the items under the Ocean Mist Organic label.

Ocean Mist Farms and Lakeside Organic Gardens are both family-owned and operated.  In business more than 90 years, Ocean Mist Farms is the largest grower/shipper of artichokes in North America.

Lakeside Organic Gardens, based in Watsonville, Calif., is the largest family-owned and operated organic vegetable grower/shipper in the country; the company grows and sells more than 45 organic vegetables year-round.

“The purpose of the strategic alliance between the two companies is to meet the increasing shopper demand for organic produce,” said Ocean Mist Farms CEO Ed Boutonnet. “It’s important to the future of our business that we respond to the changes in the marketplace and meet the needs of our end consumer; adding organic produce to our product list is part of meeting that need.”

Lakeside Organic Gardens grower owner, Dick Peixoto, said, “At Lakeside Organic Gardens, we’re excited to offer our customers organic artichokes year-round. We appreciate the commitment Ocean Mist has made to grow the best quality organic artichokes. This is a win for both companies because both of our customers will have immediate access to wider organic product lines.”

The first products will ship in July from the Ocean Mist Farms cooler in Castroville, Calif. and the Lakeside Organic Gardens cooler in Watsonville, Calif.

For more information about Ocean Mist Farms, visit www.oceanmist.com. For more information about Lakeside Organic Gardens, visit www.lakesideorganic.com.

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About Ocean Mist

Ocean Mist Farmss' growers are focused on meeting the needs of its customers and consumers. That means it is committed to the highest standards in the industry for food safety, quality, service, innovation and sustainable responsibility. Ocean Mist Farms is four generations of family farmers who lead the artichoke category and grow a full line of fresh vegetables year round.

About Lakeside Organic Gardens

At Lakeside Organic Gardens, we take pride in growing a wide offering of organic vegetables on our family-owned & operated farms in California. The Peixoto’s began farming in the Pajaro Valley in the late 1800’s and in 1996 made a committed decision to convert all their farms to 100% organic.   Our grower owner, Dick Peixoto, walks his fields daily to guarantee our organic vegetables are held to the highest quality standards. 

Source: Ocean Mist Farms