What is Lundberg Family Farms? What makes them different?
Lundberg Family Farms® is a family run farming business, which is health and ecologically conscious. The Lundberg’s began farming in Richvale, CA during 1937 and pioneered organic farming in 1969. They practice ecological farming methods on all fields. They do not burn rice straw after harvest, instead it is re-incorporated into the soil. Cover crops, such as Purple Vetch, (a leguminous plant that delivers nitrogen and other vital nutrients to the soil), is used as a winter ground cover. This eliminates or reduces the need for chemical fertilizer, depending upon whether or not the field is strictly organic. Fields are rotated on a regular basis. No chemicals are used on organic crops, and a minimum of chemicals are used for Eco-Farmed rice.
