Our top quality produce deserves first-class facilities and growing practices, and that's what we've established. Our modern potato shed supports two lines where our produce is cleaned, inspected, graded and packaged. This system allows us to provide our customers with a variety of customizeable options for packing.
At the end of the potato season, our cold storage facility is completely emptied and cleaned out, ready for a fresh start come the beginning of July for broccoli.
Completed in August 2003 by Fisher & Sons Construction, this 4,800 sq ft office space is the home base to our entire team.
This 16,800 sq ft. warehouse space was built in 2003 by Fisher & Sons Construction. At the end of each potato season, our entire warehouse facility is completely emptied and cleaned out, ready for a fresh start come the beginning of July for broccoli.
A single acre of ground is gone over 22 times with different implements before planting the potato seed.
Another implement includes rotatilling the ground an average of 8 times before planting potato seed.
Here tractors are being loaded with potato seed. One filled planter of potato seed can plant up to 4 rows of potatoes (1.5 miles).
13225 Farm to Market Road, Mt. Vernon WA, 98273
Phone (360) 428 - 4070 / / Fax (360) 428 - 4766
(c) Washington Lettuce & Vegetable Co. / / Hughes Farms
Our original potato line featured above, has been in the warehouse since 1988.