What were you doing before starting
South Cascade Organics?
AWAKENING
Nature’s Potential
South Cascade Organics is a family business
dedicated to bringing quality organic products
that not only enhance gardens and farms but
also enhance our environment. Newton Hayes
explains the business’s humble beginnings,
managing growth, and the joys of working
with his wife and children.
Po Box 1557, Grants Pass, OR 97528
1-541-244-1802 • 7 years in business
socascade.com
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We were farmers and gardeners. We managed
an organic vegetable farm in the Applegate
Valley here in Oregon. We grew seed for various
companies and provided a diverse market
stand of heirloom fruits and veggies at our local
Saturday Grower’s Market. It was an amazing
opportunity to meet amazing people and to
give back to the community. We still have that
passion for growing and continue to have a
rather large garden every year at our homestead.
What prompted you to get into this industry?
We saw a gaping hole in the industry for a
product that could effectively and safely break
down salts and allow them to be utilized. All the
products we saw that dealt with salts helped
to flush salts out of a system by immobilizing
the nutrients, rendering them useless. So, the
previous answer was the same company that
sells me salt-based nutrients sells a product
that binds up the original product to flush it
all out of my system? That seemed backwards.
Why not utilize those salts? SLF-100 has many
other useful side effects but breaking down salts
effectively and safely is where it shines and that
was our intro into the industry.
It was a simple operation to start, wasn’t it?
In January of 2012 my wife and I started SCO in
our rented ’65 mobile home on 2.5 acres, with our
four kids. We all bottled in an extended porch
area off our house. Our kids were young at the
time, so our back stock would get an occasional
run by coloring.