Wild Harvest® Organic

What do they make?

Wild Harvest Organic Salads

Where does it come from?

Salinas Valley, California

Nobel-Prize winning author John Steinbeck referred to his birthplace, the Salinas Valley, as “the valley of the world” when describing the story of the people and the land that would later become his novel East of Eden.

The valley is indeed rich in history, settled by immigrants who farmed the land to make a living. Among those was Swiss immigrant Sebastian Braga who settled in the heart of the Salinas Valley in the mid 1920's and started what became a flourishing dairy farm, then converted to farming to vegetable row crops in the 1950's.

Today, the third generation of Braga Ranch, four of Sebastian's grandsons, are drawing from their grandfather's knowledge and tradition to lead the company into the 21st century, organic farming.

Carson Braga has always wanted to be a farmer and fondly remembers days as a young boy riding on the tractor with his grandfather and father, tilling the soil and planting vegetables. After graduating from college with a degree in Agriculture and Crop Sciences, Carson returned to the land that raised him, immediately leading the conversion from conventional farm acres to organic land.

Today, he oversees harvesting operations of covering over 1000 organic land acres in the Salinas Valley as well as 1000 organic land acres in the Imperial Valley where our Wild Harvest Organic Spring Mix Salads, Celery and Spinach are grown utilizing strict organic practices in harmony with the earth.

Carson's belief in sustainable farming practices doesn't stop with the crops. He's retrofitted tractors on the ranch, reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions. He has partnered with the State of California to retrofit irrigation pumps decreasing the ranch's water consumption.