Herbert Family Organic Farm
"Growing Healthy with Compost!"
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Welcome to our website—your virtual source for nutrient-rich compost!
The Benefits of Using Properly Made Compost:
  • LESS COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER DEMAND - Our compost covers the nutrient demands of your crops. The nitrogen in the compost is directly available to the plants without any losses. Bottom line—high yields without expensive commercial fertilizers.
  • THE SELF-HEALING ABILITY OF THE SOIL IS RE-ESTABLISHED
    Due to the optimum crumb structure of our compost, the filter and absorption capacity of the soil is increased. The microorganisms applied with the compost re-establish the self-healing ability of the soil, thus increasing the disease resistance of the plants. In other words, no need for herbicides or pesticides!
  • HIGHER YIELDS WITH ORGANICALLY GROWN PRODUCE - Produce fertilized with our compost does not contain any harmful residue. Valuable healthy, organically grown produce brings you better yields with less input!
  • REDUCTION OF WASTE VOLUME - Landfill dumping fees are skyrocketing! The recycling of organic wastes from households reduces the waste volume drastically, which helps save municipal money and slows down the need for new landfills.
  • PRODUCTION OF GROUND WATER - The optimum nutrient content of controlled microbial compost never allows for leaching nutrients, as often happens with commercial fertilizers, therefore keeping the drinking water clean.
  • NO ODOR PROBLEMS - When there is an odor problem with a composting site, something has gone wrong. Through controlled aerobic composting processing there is no chance for putrefaction.
  • NO PESTS - After the soil has been treated and maintained with compost there is no need for pesticides or bug vacs. Here at Herbert Family Organic Farm we used to use our bug vac every day. Last year we only had to use it 2 days, and this year it is collecting dust in our shed.
  • Ecological recycling of yard waste - Your green waste and organic waste is recycled, nothing gets lost, and cash crops as well as any plant profit from the valuable organic matter.

Compost Prices
30 lb. Bag Compost: Ideal for gardening projects, $3
By Pickup Load:For larger gardening projects, $40-$50
By Truck Load:For Grower Use, $26.50/Ton

Call Pat direct at (831) 637-9571 to purchase loads of compost. 30 lb. Bags can be purchased anytime at the farm. Please call ahead of time.

2008 CSA Info: www.eatwiththeseasons.com
Our History
The Herbert Family has been farming in Hollister since 1868 when James Hudner purchased land from Colonel Hollister at the beginning of the town’s development. The land as well as the farming business has been passed down from generation to generation to the present owners, Pat & Patti Herbert. In 1968 after the death of their father, brothers Phil and Pat took over running the family farm. In 1985, Pat and his wife Patti bought out Phil’s share of the business. Since then they have been the sole managers of the farm.
After many years of conventional farming, Pat decided to steer his efforts towards becoming completely organic in 1989. A couple of years later, he attended a soil management and composting seminar in Pennsylvania given by the Lubke family of Austria. Their method combines a proper aerobic composting process along with proper soil management. The Lubkes taught that building your soil with the proper compost recipe – consisting of dairy manure, yard clippings, cannery waste, and clay soil – was key in growing healthy, nutritious produce. Supplying people with nutritious produce, would, in effect, make healthier people.
Listening to their beliefs and practices enforced the importance of sustainable agriculture to the health of humans and the environment even more so for Pat and forever changed his outlook on farming . He remains a believer of Lubke research and strives to improve the quality of his soil to provide the highest quality organic produce. Herbert Family Organic Farm has since hosted three Lubke seminars at the farm in 1995, 1996 and 1997.
Proper composting continues to be the major foundation of the Herbert Family Organic Farm operation. Compost along with proper soil management is responsible for the high quality produce supplied by the farm. Since the implementation of the Lubke method dramatic changes in the soil quality as well as the quality of the produce have occurred. The farm became fully CCOF certified in 1997.
CONTACT INFO:
1941 Fallon Road, Hollister, CA 95023
Phone 831-637-9571 Fax 831-637-9584
Email: patti@herbertfamilyorganicfarm.com