We would like to tell you about one of our delicious products, Northwest Strawberries. We grow and process our own strawberries. Berries are hand harvested in the field and then brought to our processing line where they are sorted, washed, sliced, and then packed into 15 and 30 pound pails. These strawberries serve as a delicious dessert topping and are perfect for making pies, jams, and other baked goods.

Our great-tasting strawberries are available between the 25th of June and the 8th of July. They can be purchased directly through our office or through your local Rotary club. During the strawberry season pails will be available to be picked up at our processing facilities on Jungquist Road. After that time they will be available at Americold Storage Facilities in Burlington. Frozen strawberries are available throughout the year. They can be purchased sliced or whole, with or without sugar, or to specifications.

We encourage you to try our outstanding Northwest Strawberries. We are confident that you will find them to be of the highest quality.

Fresh raspberries are available in July. They can be purchased in straight pack. Containers are 14 lb. pails and 28 lb. pails.

Frozen raspberries are available throughout the year. They can be purchased in straight pack, or IQF. Container sizes are 14 lb. pails and 28 lb. pails.

Our Cascade Snow Cauliflower is available July 15 through October 15 in quantities sufficient to supply any loyal Northwest Customer, which will be you. You may purchase our product directly or through your favorite wholesaler. We are convinced that by supplying a Northwest product of superior flavor and quality and by focusing on an environmental friendliness and social responsibility, we and our distributors will be able to offer locally grown products favored by our Northwest customers. We invite you to join us by supplying Northwest customers with outstanding Northwest grown produce, Cascade Snow Cauliflower.

Cascade Snow Cauliflower, a product of Skagit Growers, is treated with the utmost care during its journey from field harvest to your store shelves. Our cauliflower is field harvested and each worker involved in the harvest operation has a specific job. The cutters cut and trim the cauliflower leaves to that pleasing taper that the consumer expects. The cutters are also responsible for covering any exposed heads that will be harvested in the future. This prevents the sun from reaching the heads, causing sunburn or yellowing. From the cutters, the cauliflower is handed to the wrappers who wrap and tape the cauliflower. These workers also dispose of any less than perfect heads that may have been cut. The wrappers pass the cauliflower on to the sizers who sort the cauliflower by size and place it in boxes. These sizers sort the cauliflower into groups of 9's, 12's and 16's. After being boxed, the cauliflower is placed on pallets in a covered trailer, which minimizes sun exposure.

When pallets have been filled, the trailer is complete. This process usually takes around three hours. At the time of completion the trailer is hauled directly to the cooler where the cauliflower is unloaded immediately and placed directly onto cooling fans. Once the cauliflower is on the fans it takes approximately six hours to bring the core temp of cauliflower to a temperature below forty degrees. After being cooled, the cauliflower is moved to a thirty-four degree storage room where the temperature of the cauliflower is brought down further to a level below 35 degrees after a period of twenty-four hours.

We have storage capacity for approximately seven thousand cases of cauliflower, which makes it is necessary for us to move our product to customers in a quick and timely manner. We feel that by minimizing the amount of time from harvest to cooler and moving our product to you, the buyer, as quickly as possible, we are able to ensure a good shelf life for our cauliflower. With the help of a consistent, loyal Puget Sound customer base for our Cascade Snow Cauliflower we feel optimistic about expanding our cooling and storage facilities in the future.