Twin Springs Organic Farm

The perfect peach…

There’s a recipe for growing the perfect peach, and at Twin Springs Farm we know it by heart.  It’s about hitting the right combination of soil, sun and water to obtain the finest flavor.

At Twin Springs Farm the organic peaches are grown in dry, arid conditions along Lake Roosevelt near Kettle Falls, WA.  The climate and fertile soil allows the sugar content and flavor to become concentrated in our fruit, but it is our patience that sets us apart. Each piece of fruit is hand picked at ideal tree-ripeness, we go back to a tree four to five times over many days to ensure each peach reaches its peak flavor. When they arrive at your local store or farmers market they are juicy, sweet and ready to eat.

Non-organic growers often pump up their fruit with lots of nitrogen fertilizer and water. They get more size and weight to their fruit but they won’t get the flavor. For nearly 30 years we have been bringing the highest quality fruit to consumers throughout the Pacific Northwest, with a focus on sustainable farming on our 14 acre certified organic farm.  With our unique focus on producing the most flavorful peaches and organic fruit, you’ll just have to taste one to see..

Find us here July through September:

PCC Natural Markets in the Seattle Area

Saturdays from 9am – 1pm at the Liberty Lake Farmer’s Market

Wednesdays from 12pm – 5pm at the Colville Farmers Market

Thursdays from 3 – 7 pm at the South Perry Street Farmers Market in Spokane.

“Bob and Shelly Berryman of Twin Springs Farm have been growing the peaches of your dreams for several decades. Their Certified Organic farm is off the beaten path. But you don’t have to travel quite that far for the fruit from the trees in their orchard. They bring it to the Liberty Lake Famers Market every Saturday when the fruit is ripe. Peaches won’t be in season forever so why wait to indulge in every foodie’s dream. Eating raw peaches seems to be the easiest, but if you take the time to make peach sorbet or peach pie you won’t be disappointed.” – Karen Hood

That plump, perfect peach you cradle in your hands in late summer was plucked just hours ago from an orchard on the banks of the mighty Columbia River, heady with sweetness from hours of basking in the Eastern Washington sun.

For nearly 30 years, Bob and Shelly Berryman have devoted their summers to growing organic peaches, a cavalcade of varieties from mid-July to early September with names that  conjure starry nights and martial arts movies: Flaming Fury, Early Redhaven, Redhaven, Blazing Star, Suncrest and Red Globe.

It’s a family operation: Bob runs the tractor and multi-tasks; Shelly manages the picking and packing crew and wanders the orchards just 30 miles south of the Canadian border in Kettle Falls, Wash. True to their name, the Berrymans once grew strawberries between their then newly planted peach trees back in 1981. Their three children, Shanti, Cy and Laurel, grew up on the farm.

Patience is what sets Twin Springs Farm apart from many other organic peach growers. They pick each piece of fruit at ideal tree-ripeness, going back to a tree four to five times over many days as each peach reaches its peak.

Their operation is small enough that they still pack the fragile, luscious fruit by hand. The dry, hot summer days and cool nights promote a more concentrated flavor in each peach.

“We don’t just go out and pick the whole tree,” Bob says. “What we really have is not only a peach that’s certified organic, but a peach that’s grown, harvested and packed with special care, so you’re getting the best you can get without actually visiting the farm.”

Enjoy them fresh, slice and freeze them just as they are, or make jam and pies. Twin Spring Farm’s peaches are all organic and local — with all the flavor of summer from a farmer we admire.

- PCC Sound Consumer, August 2010