People who like to keep their pantries stocked with fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables should consider themselves blessed if they live in the Bay Area: There are farmers’ markets just about every day of the week. There are weekly community-supported agriculture (CSA) boxes you can pick up or have delivered to your home. Even many of the regular supermarkets — from Berkeley Bowl on down — have produce sections impressive enough to make out-of-staters fly into a jealous rage.
So it wasn’t as a response to a shortage of options that Corey Tufts and Wayne Pierson tossed their hat in the ring. The two Coast Guard veterans founded Golden Gate Organics, an Alameda-based organic produce delivery service, almost exactly one year ago. Although the business is still developing its customer base, Tufts and Pierson feel confident that convenience- and budget-minded shoppers will find value in their weekly organic fruit and vegetable box.
Corey Tufts, co-founder of Golden Gate Organics The contents of a small box of organic produce. Credits: Luke Tsai Screen shot from the Golden Gate Organics website Corey Tufts, co-founder of Golden Gate Organics The contents of a small box of organic produce. Credits: Luke Tsai
