After nearly 40 years of growing organic vegetables along Grange Hall Road, John Eveland is ready to pass the carrot — he just wants to make sure the right hands are there to catch it.
“There’s been some definite sadness and some tears have flowed,” Eveland said Friday. “I mean, it’s something we put ourselves into really completely for decades now.”
Gathering Together Farm, one of the most recognized names in Willamette Valley organic agriculture, has been listed for sale, with Eveland and his wife Sally Brewer, 67, citing retirement. The asking price is $1.5 million for 33.57 acres, which includes a four-bedroom home, a cabin, and the farm’s stand-restaurant building. The business itself — the corporation, equipment, established accounts and all — is a separate transaction…