Meet Farmer Pete

“Growing food and gathering community to seed health, hope and healing. When we tend the land, we tend the soul.”

Born in the Wasatch Mountains and raised on the Olympic Peninsula, connection with nature has always been Pete’s love language.

At a young age, in his mom’s home garden, a kinship with the Land was seeded. The California coast stole his heart and he found a deep sense of home on the shores of Monterey Bay. Encouraged by mentors at UC Santa Cruz, Pete transitioned from marine biology to ecological agriculture. With his hands back in the soil, tending the earth reignited a dormant, agrarian calling from his childhood. For nearly two decades, Pete explored his passion of farming, food and community by farming with his family in the Wasatch, visiting agrarian communities throughout the Americas and collaborating with food and community-based nonprofits.

Growing a family, Pete has been tested by life’s challenges. He has followed his heart and welcomed guidance from nature; starting Coast Organics feels like his destiny. Growing food, engaging families in stewardship, and honoring the Land are the values that guide Pete, his family and the growing community of collaborators and friends of the farm.

This is Coast Organics – a gathering place for healing, connecting with the Land and Sea, and finding Home, within.