Shindler Farm

78001 Walnut Hill Rd
Amity, OR 97101
503-868-7397
*2010 Farmers Market Board Member
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Shoppers who drop by the Schindler Farms Riverside Inc. booth at the Newport market this summer will be witnessing a changing of the guard. Some weeks they’ll see a familiar face: farmer Ron Schindler, who has been bringing fresh produce to the coast for nearly 30 years. But they’ll also meet Ron’s son Jeff, who has taken charge of the retail operation.
Schindler Farms has been a family business for nearly a century, and Ron has been working his family’s land all his life. Jeff spent the last13 years selling cars, but decided it was time to give his dad a hand.
“He’s not really retiring, he just has too many irons in the fire. He wants to slow down and do some things like go fishing,” Jeff said. “Basically, Dad and I started talking and he needed some help. He said ‘I need you to come,’ and I came.”
Starting in late May, the Schindler will be bringing cherries, strawberries and early vegetables like peas and lettuce. Later, they’ll have berries, melons, onions, cucumbers, potatoes, garlic, sweet corn and tomatoes – the works. “Everything a farmers’ market should have, and all grown by me,” Ron likes to say.

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