Watsonville, CA – Lakeside Organic Gardens is pleased to announce the selection of Mrs. Katie Bassmann as the Marketing Coordinator for Lakeside Organic Gardens.
“This year we have given ourselves the challenge to grow our customer base and we need to be staffed appropriately to make this happen,” says owner Dick Peixoto. “Katie has an extensive background in marketing and public relations that goes beyond the basics and we are pleased to have her as part of our team”.
In the eight years since graduating college, Katie was in positions with the Monterey County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitor’s Council working in Media and Public Relations. Katie is no stranger to Lakeside Organic Gardens, as she worked briefly in the Sales Office in 2010. Following that, she left the non-profit sector and did contract work in Public Relations in order to devote time to starting her family.
Katie has experience in media planning, public relations, writing and event planning where she gained valuable knowledge in strategic marketing and the importance of building strong and lasting business relationships.
Katie was born and raised in Oklahoma, and has a Journalism degree with an emphasis in Public Relations from Oklahoma State University. She resides with her husband and two children in Watsonville. Katie can be contacted at Lakeside Organics at katie@lakesideorganic.com; 831.706.1154.
About Lakeside Organic Gardens:
Lakeside Organic Gardens was started in 1996 by Dick Peixoto and his extended family. The Peixoto family began farming in the Pajaro Valley of California in the late 1800’s and perfected conventional growing throughout the 1900’s. As their passions for harvesting the riches of the soil grew and evolved, the family made a committed decision to convert all their farms to 100% organic.
Lakeside Organic Gardens has now become the largest family-owned and operated solely organic vegetable grower/shipper in the USA. Producing over 45 commodities, they are 100% committed to being organically grown in California.
Source: Lakeside Organic Gardens
