Frozen Blueberries Available (2014 Season) - Orders 360.920.3789

Thank you for another successful blueberry year.  We are closed for the 2014 season but we do have several hundred pounds of frozen 2014 berries still available.  First come first serve.....call 360.920.3789

Bode Farms Since 1902

Welcome to:
Bode Farms

Farming For You Since 1902

Located in Ferndale, Washington 
Whatcom County

Safe Food From Our Family To Yours

Bode Farms - 6th generation Family Farm operating since 1902.  We currently produced Certified Spray and Chemical Fertilizer Free Hay and Blueberries. Historically the farm produced up to 350,000 lbs. of Willamette Red Raspberries and 30,000 lbs.of Blueberries, annually.  Our products are shipped worldwide. Our soil contains the rich mix of peat, sand and Tromp Loam - the richest combination of nutrients in the world.  The farm has produced an average of 10% more production per acre than the published Washington State averages for more than two decades and our Hay crops rate at the top of Relative Feed Value charts.

We developed customer loyalty with major world corporations and we have custoemrs who have visited the farm for more than 45 years.  We built this reputation through quality control and dedication to providing a safe food supply for a world market. Our Raspberries, packed in 28 lb. containers, regularly tested as an "A grade" pack, usually only achieved in small 16 oz. containers. Our small family farms gave us the ability to rapidly process high quality raspberries earning us a great reputation among our Japanese buyers: Mitsui, Kewpie and Blue Flag Corporations.  Mitsui informed us, "Everyone on the Island is fighting for your product" .  We also provide berries for US buyers: Northwest Cold Pack, General Mills, General Foods, Kerr Concentrates, Chiquita Brands, Whole Foods, PCC, Cascadian Farms and Sakuma Brothers.

We feel fortunate to be have worked closely with Mitsui, Blue Flag and Kewpie corporations as well as Northwest Cold Pack, Brian Quigley, Brian Sakuma, Cascadian Farms and thousands of local families.

Donna Bode also works as a consultant with both farms and major corporations in the US and Canada, completing project work for: Microsoft, Sound Transit, Law Firms in Seattle, the BC Film Industry Vendors, Authors, Actors, Construction Companies, Hospitals and Agricultural Heroes (Farmers). "I am proud to bring my degrees in International Business and my Farm experience to clients providing a common sense approach to business in many fields".

In the Bode family we strive to teach the next generation how to stand together, support each other, build trust, and step up to help our Community when needed. We work hard to teach our grandchildren these traits. The barn was built in 1931 by a group of neighbors working with our Great Grandparents, Great Uncles and Father, Ernie Anderson. The neighbors could not build a barn individually but together they could build barns all over the community, and build they did. The barn fell down in a wind storm a few years ago but the basic family/neighbor/community lessons remain strong in our family.

On Mother's Day  my sons showed up to surprise me and repair the driveway. The driveway had been paved one week earlier but their thoughtfulness and pride remains a sweet gift. Farm life built character for generations in our family and continues today with the 6th generation.

We strive to teach cooperation, work ethic, and support for our community. We have had as many as 330 employees who returned each year for more than 30 years. We had the sincere honor of working with hundreds of migrant farm families and treasure those friendships. Those families taught our sons how to work while helping them become fluent in Spanish.  My children and grandchildren  continue to benefit from the ethics, values and work skills that the families and "Dolores", our manager, taught them.

We feel fortunate to work and play in the Pacific Northwest and continue to educate ourselves on cultures around the world. It has been a great honor to work with families from Mexico, Central America and buyers from across the US, Japan, Germany and Australia. We are very proud to have President Obama represent us on this world stage and are proud American Farmers. 

Thank you for the many years of support. We look forward to expanding to meet your needs in the future. Watch for Announcements and Notices when crops are ready for harvest. In 2014 we'll expand our production adding Raspberries, Strawberries and Vegetables.  Taste tests on the blueberries have proven that flavor is also lost with conventional farming and we look forward to showing you produce grown on chemical free land.  Watch this site, Facebook and Twitter for updates


Thank you,

The Bode Family
2424 Zell Road, Ferndale, WA 98248
bodefarms@gmail.com
(360) 920-3789