Their Mission

Clarion River Organics’ mission is to apply the most holistic and natural farming techniques to maintain soil life and plant health, to provide the most nutritious, best tasting products, and to share the vibrant farm life by facilitating direct personal experiences of connection between customer, farmer, and land.

Their Story

Five Amish vegetable farmers settled on the banks of the Clarion River in 2001 and worked together to market their certified organic produce to Pittsburgh grocery stores and farms. In 2008 they hired Zeb Baccelli and Nathan Holmes to do their deliveries. This partnership worked out so well for the farmers that they offered to build a warehouse for shared use and turn over all sales and marketing to the two men. Clarion River Organics (CRO) was born in 2009 and has since grown to a 12-farm cooperative. Nathan, Clarion River Organics owner, also founded Three Rivers Grown (TRG).

Their Farms

All of their farms are family owned and operated. Most of the families are Amish and all of them practice organic farming principals. All of Clarion River Organics' farmers share a philosophy of caring for the soil to keep it "living," and they want to keep their sales local. For both of these reasons their farmers are doing their part to care for the Earth while making a living doing what they love.