09/22/2010 Redmond
From the farm to the kitchen, 28 year old farmer Sarahlee Lawrence is growing about 100 varieties of vegetables at her farm Rainshadow Organics. "This is my first year growing, and first year on this ground here and it's definitley very abundant, it's very exciting," said Lawrence.
For the past three months she's been supplying her produce to St. Charles in Redmond, now she's about to expand to St. Charles in Bend as well. "I'm excited to help people that are ailing and I think that food is so important," said Lawrence.
The hospital gets a load every week. "Whatever's fresh that's coming off of her farm is what we serve for lunch," said Benjamin Brown, Food Service Supervisor at St. Charles Redmond.
On the menu Wednesday, an organic buttercup squash and purple peruvian potato medly and mixed greens with steamed carrots all from rainshadow organics 16 miles away in terrebonne. " you know it's like chef's dream come true to be able to deal with vegetables that are that fresh," said Brown.
It's a dream come true for Lawrence as well. She plans to start expanding her two acres to 25 and start harvesting more vegetables by next year.
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