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The spirit of Multnomah Farms is paradoxically both quite old and rather new. It was the summer of 2014 when Multnomah farm’s founder, Tobin Dane, visited an old friend in northern Italy at Brunnenburg Castle in South Tyrol. Tobin’s good friend had lived at the castle a decade ago as it is home to the Ezra Pound Centre for Literature and a robust farm-to-table community model. Brunnenburg has long attracted a steady stream of scholars and inquisitive minds impassioned by poetry and sustainable agriculture. Tobin sat down to Sunday tea with Mary de Rachewiltz (Ezra Pound’s daughter), and Mary poised an important question, what happened to the spirit of America, the spirit of ‘76?
For Tobin, it was the perfect culmination of his Portland years, which he had spent exploring the Pacific Northwest James Beard Award Winners, and the food as medicine movement.
At Brunnenburg surrounded by artists, scholars, thinkers, and farmers, collectively nourished by local and organic food, exchanging ideas across the table, he was struck with an overwhelming sense of place. It was there that Tobin resolved to recreate that same feeling through a space of his own making, and embody the spirit of ‘76.
On July 4th, two years later, , an uncultivated piece of land on the southwestern side of idyllic Sauvie Island in Portland, Oregon appeared in Tobin’s inbox. As he walked the land he recalled memories of Brunnenburg and visions of what we now know as Multnomah Farms. Tobin purchased the property and began developing the farm and its vital support system within the year.
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STEVE JOHNSON
Steve is an avid outdoorsman and nature lover who brings 17 years of experience as an entrepreneur and small business owner to Multnomah Farms. He has been fascinated with self-sufficiency since his childhood, where he first learned to hunt and fish. After moving to Portland in 2013, Steve’s repertoire of outdoor skills quickly grew to encompass foraging for wild edibles, a rabbit hole that started with berries and eventually collided with mushrooms. What with all his fishing experience, it’s no surprise that his favorite fungus du jour is lobster mushroom, which he likes to sauté with butter, garlic, and a touch of rosemary. A people person with a mind for logistics, Steve is enthusiastic about sharing the beauty and bounty of Multnomah Farms with his wife and three kids, along with other families across the country.
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SaRAH KARAS
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BRAD KUHNS
Brad is an electrical engineer turned fungi geek. He and his wife, Angela, started growing their own shiitake logs in 1999, producing many years’ supply of mushrooms. Their curiosity led them to forage for wild mushrooms, try growing diverse species from kits. Together, they now own and operate Top Shelf Mushrooms in Ontario, Canada, growing commercially for restaurants, producing grow blocks for other farms and grow-at-home mushroom kits that are easy to grow, nutritious and delicious. On top of being a small business owner, Brad also advises Multnomah Farms on all things mushroom cultivation. His expertise informs our standards for cultivator partnerships as well as the design and operation of our own on-site cultivation efforts
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seattle, washington
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Beaverton, Oregon
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