Our Mission

Here at Oregon Brineworks we strive to create top quality, organic,  lacto-fermented vegetables that contribute to the health and well being of our customers as well as bolstering and contributing to the vitality of our regional food shed. Our main ingredients are sourced from organic farms within our region to make sure our business is contributing to the growth of our regional food system

We aim to create absolutely delicious side-dishes, snacks, and condiments that knocks the socks off your taste buds, but just so happen to be ridiculously healthy for you.

Our Philosophy

A pickle a day keeps the doctor away! Can you believe it?  A core belief of integrative nutrition recognizes that digestive dysfunction is at the root of most illnesses. America’s industrialized food culture creates foods that wreak havoc on our bodies and are void of whole nutrition.

Through the method of traditional fermentation, we provide a delicious, food based alternative that benefits the digestive health of all people, young to old and healthy to ill.

By utilizing the annual production of local organic farmers we can preserve the year’s harvest in a healthy way and allow you to eat that local food throughout the year.

Our Story

Brian and Connie Shaw met while running an organic farm.  Their passion for produce, farming and the big outdoors quickly united the duo.  Together they continue to hone their life skills, learning what it takes to truely contribute to a community, while also becoming more self-reliant and leaving less of a footprint on the land from which we thrive. Our pursuit of healthy living defines our choices and has led us down this path of creating a natural fermentation business. We are passionate about our quest for creating delicious, healthy foods from produce grown within our region. We created Oregon Brineworks to directly contribute to our regional food system and to provide a reliable outlet for local organic farmers. We want to bolster our food economy and make local foods healthier and more accessible on a year round basis.

We live on an organic farm in Hood River Oregon where we grow a plethora of perennial fruit and annual walking gardens.  Come visit us at our farm where we offer a u-pick in the summer months or come check out our fermentation operation up in the Hood River Valley.  We look forward to sharing our healthy, fermented foods with you all.

Our Farm Team

WB Ranch | Glory B Farms | Markham Farm | Siri and Son

Hail to the Hardworking Farmer!

Here at Oregon Brineworks we source all of our produce from family owned organic farms in Oregon and Washington whenever it is available.  We are able to source over 90% of all of our ingredients within a 100 mile radius.  We couldn’t be doing what we are doing without the cooperation, hard work and dedication of our hard-working farmers.  Hats off and hooray for healthy, delicious, amazing local produce!

WB Ranch

A seven acre working farm located in sunny, warm Lyle, WA, WB Ranch supplies Oregon Brineworks with the bulk of the tomatoes and hot peppers necessary to produce the ketchup and hot sauce.  Charlie Deach, a former Alaskan tomato growing extraordinaire, owns and operates WB.  He is now working into his Washington farm into its fifth year, and continues to expand his produce repertoire which now includes melons, sweet potatoes, romanesco, sweet potatoes, leeks and cabbages.

Glory B Farms

“Glory B Farms is nestled in the Grays River Valley just 2 miles from the historic Grays River Covered Bridge. Tom, April and their four daughters live on the Zimmerman Family Farm in Grays River. Tom has been farming since his family moved to the valley in 1976. He started with a small patch behind the house and now plants 10 plus acres in Grays River. Last year we added another 5 acre site in Skamokawa, Washington. Each year we strive to improve our operation. Our hope is to continue to bring you the best organic produce we possibly can.”

We thank Tom Zimmerman at Glory B Farm for growing and providing us with our cucumbers, cabbages, turnips, carrots and beets.

Markham Farm

This is our home farm in Hood River. We have a U pick for our cherries and nectarines and we also grow heirloom apples, plums, blueberries and an assortment of the herbs and vegetables that we ferment each season.

Siri and Son

Siri and Son is a fourth generation family farm based in Oregon’s beautiful Willamette Valley just outside of lively Portland, Oregon. All produce is grown with great care to guarantee that each crop is of premium flavor and quality. All products are grown using sustainable farming practices which not only benefits your health but also your environment.

Farming has been the Siri way of life for many years. Siri and Son feels that maintaining the connection between consumer and farmer and supporting organic, local, sustainable farms is our best defense for food security. Joe Siri provides us with carrots, beets, green beans, cabbage and tunrips.