{"id":26,"date":"2017-10-04T22:04:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T22:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/concentratesnw.com\/v2\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2017-12-22T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T19:29:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.concentratesnw.com\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pacific Northwest’s oldest family-run, organic farm supply business.<\/h3>\n

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    “Concentrates is one of our favorite suppliers. They seem to have everything we need for our Garden Supply shop in Southern Oregon. Great customer service and great delivery! We’ll always come back for more!”<\/h4>\n

    – Concentrates Customer<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    In 1938, Concentrates began as a buyer\u2019s co-op for local farmers, farm supply stores and feed mills who wanted to take advantage of their combined buying power. The original Concentrates co-op members were primarily buying \u201cFeed Concentrates\u201d, which are the different feed ingredients needed for livestock to provide additional minerals, energy, and salts to their base diet of forage and grains. Pallets of 50 pound bags would arrive via train car, and Concentrates staff – in those days known as “the Ant Boys” – would unload them by hand.\u00a0Fast forward a few decades, and\u00a0Concentrates grew to be the largest wholesale distributor of Organic fertilizers on the West Coast. Many things have changed, but the most important things stayed the same: a staff that provides quality, friendly service, science and experience-based agricultural knowledge, and low prices.<\/p>\n

    In the early 1990\u2019s, as Concentrates\u2019 shareholders aged, they invited Bill Sparks (the Bookkeeper turned Manager) to purchase one of the last shares. Later he would buy the old building and the remainder of the shares. Bill & Kelly Sparks own Concentrates now, and employees are given the option to buy shares in the company, too.<\/p>\n

    In 1997 our General Manager, Heather Havens, joined Concentrates. She expanded and highlighted our organic soil amendments, feed products, and services in the interest of greater animal and soil health. She has a BS in Agriculture from OSU, is an Organic Agriculture educator and consultant, was involved in the creation of the OSU Organic Master\u00a0Gardener Program, and currently sits on the board of the Portland Area CSA Coalition. Heather began helping farmers and gardeners interpret their soil test results to identify effective organic methods to use less external inputs, build soil health and prevent erosion. This lead to the launching of our formal soil test interpretation program in 2016.<\/p>\n

    We moved a block away from our small, old building into the old Darigold Warehouse around 2001. That building sold in September 2011, and we moved into our first modern facility October 2011. We are now operating out of a large industrial warehouse in Milwaukie, Oregon, located right down the street from Bob’s Red Mill – another locally owned and community-oriented business.<\/p>\n

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    The Pacific Northwest’s oldest family-run, organic farm supply business.   \u00a0 “Concentrates is one of our favorite suppliers. They seem to have everything we need for our Garden Supply shop in Southern Oregon. Great customer service and great delivery! We’ll always come back for more!” – Concentrates Customer In 1938, Concentrates began as a buyer\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9jEWD-q","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30,"url":"https:\/\/www.concentratesnw.com\/?page_id=30","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":0},"title":"Services","author":"Concentrates Staff","date":"October 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Concentrates is one of our favorite suppliers. They seem to have everything we need for our Garden Supply shop in Southern Oregon. Great customer service and great delivery! 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Growing organically with such wonderful amendments available and the best thing is the staff - they are all so wonderful and knowledgeable - they answer my questions thoughtfully and intelligently! Can't say enough good about this place!\" - Concentrates Customer Concentrates, Inc.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32,"url":"https:\/\/www.concentratesnw.com\/?page_id=32","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":3},"title":"Showroom","author":"Concentrates Staff","date":"October 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Literally tons of anything and everything you would want for gardening organic or non. This is the place for variety and moderate sized bags to huge bales...Very friendly and helpful service. I would highly recommend anyone who has a moderate to large size garden project to come on by.\" -\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3278,"url":"https:\/\/www.concentratesnw.com\/?page_id=3278","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":4},"title":"Terms & Conditions","author":"Concentrates Staff","date":"January 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use 1. Terms By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. 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