The Farmers
The hands that grow and share our food.
Meet the farms and families that help make Yubakami possible.
Featured grower
Yoon Chao’s Farm
After arriving in the U.S., the Chao family built a thriving farm rooted in hard work, hope, and fresh produce. What began with a few acres now feeds neighbors across the foothills.
Wherever you find a farmers market in the area, you’re likely to spot them — and when you do, you’re not just buying fruit. You’re supporting a story of resilience and generations of care.
“Strong roots grow strong futures.”
Our commitment
Quality you can trace back to the soil
Yubakami is committed to ensuring the quality of the produce it sources for the local food system.
We achieve this by understanding the practices and ethics of each farmer we collaborate with, spending time on each farm, and encouraging farmers — including providing resources where possible — to continually enhance their regenerative practices.
Our farmers
Farmers we work with
Yubakami is responsible for the quality of the produce it pulls into the local food system. It does this by knowing the practices and ethics of each farmer it works with, by actually spending time on each farm, and by encouraging farmers — including, where possible, with resources — to constantly deepen their regenerative practices.
Local means close enough for everyone to feel responsible: the farmer won’t pollute the stream that runs behind her neighbor’s house; the retailer won’t beat the grower up the hill down on the price of his beets and then mark that price up to the customer; the customer feels a stake in keeping his local growers and markets viable.
Harvest day
James Thao and family
Two generations
Tom Lor and family
Peak ripeness
Nalee Xiong and family
Pioneering methods
Growing what’s next
Some of our farmers are experimenting with vermiculture, biochar, permaculture, and one-straw farming. These pioneering efforts are expanding our collective understanding of cultivating crops that are not only abundant but also deeply nutritious — supporting both human health and the long-term vitality of the land.
Permaculture
Whole-system growers
Designing gardens that work with the land, not against it.
Living soil
Biochar & vermiculture
Building richer soil for crops that are abundant and nutrient-dense.
To market
Straight from the stall
The harvest at its freshest, sold face-to-face with neighbors.
Are you a farmer?
We’d love to share your harvest. Let’s talk.