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WE BELIEVE IN REGIONAL SOURCING. We believe in collaborating and supporting the grain community—mills, farmers, cleaners.


Dry Storage started as a seed trial with six local farms in the San Luis Valley in partnership with a 4th generation family farm. Our farmers employ regenerative and organic practices which restore soil health, sequester carbon, and are better for people and the planet. By buying direct and paying a fair wage, we strengthen rural economies and encourage more farmers to transition away from commodity production. With organizations like Mad Agriculture, we are building a market for the agricultural revolution. Together, we can rebuild the links in the chain of a local grain economy.

OUR FARMING PARTNERS
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THE JONES FAMILY FARM
Rocky Mtn Pumpkin Patch
Hedeger
Golden Prairie
Rocky Mountain Hay Farm

 
 
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JONES FAMILY
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Jones Farms Organics is a 4th generation family owned organic potato farm located in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Colorado. They are committed to nutrient dense soil and pride themselves on the sustainability of their farming practices since 1925.

The Joneses settled in Hooper, CO located in the San Luis Valley starting in 1914 when Great Great Grandpa Dr. Thomas Jefferson Jones decided to establish his medical practice and open up the local town pharmacy. Family lore has it he once pulled Wyatt Earp's tooth.

Dr. Jones's son Cuvier Jones began the Jones Farm in 1925. His son, Jim Jones continued the farming tradition after returning home from WWII. He focused on growing potatoes, alfalfa, and raising sheep. As farming began to gain interest in the San Luis Valley, it would soon become one of the largest potato producing regions in the nation. Today, the San Luis Valley is the 2nd leading producing region in the nation of fresh market potatoes.

Over 30 years later in 1978, Jim's son Rob returned home after college, to take the helm of Jones Farms. After many successful years of farming utilizing conventional farming techniques, he began researching and experimenting with organic methods. His degree in biology gave him the knowledge and drive to learn and implement these rarely utilized techniques.

 
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In 2005, Jones Farms became Jones Farms Organics. The reason for the switch is simple. Producing organic products not only benefits the consumer health wise, but also has a positive effect on our soil conditions, environment, and well-being. Today's farmer struggles to combat the ever-adapting diseases and weeds that attack their crops. Farmers were forced to fight back with the use of chemicals, but in the long run began to deteriorate their soil.

Jones Farms Organics believes that farmers can effectively fend off disease by correctly managing the soil biology and balancing the soil chemistry. Although converting from conventional to organic soil is difficult and time consuming, they have found it to be effective in combating the diseases and weeds once controlled by harmful chemicals.

 
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We got to know the Jones Family Farm through the Nature Conservancy. Michael Jones was seeking a partner to grow heirloom wheat instead of the rye he was growing as part of his crop rotation. Together, we grew the first heirloom grain in the San Luis Valley in the spring of 2019. This was Dry Storage’s first major crop, and on the success of this, we have vastly expanded where we organically and regeneratively heirloom wheat.