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Bill's Organic Gardens

798 Allen Road
903-663-2080

About Us:

We began our farming career in 1971 on 300 acres of sandy loam soil in Newellton, La. This acreage was furrow-irrigated  from a well that produced 4,000 gallons of water per minute. Our crops on this land consisted of cotton and soybeans, double-cropped with winter wheat. We also grew 25 acres of sweet corn, peas, tomatoes, squash, orka and peanuts. This produce was sold to Brookshires, Jitney Jungle, Piggly Wiggly and local families in our area. Over the next 15 years our acreage expanded to 10,000 acres of foundation and registered soybean seed which we sold to local farmers to plant in their fields. We also grew 5,000 acres of cotton, 1,000 acres of corn, 3,000 of wheat and small amounts of rice during that time. Our irrigation wells were also used for raising 100 acres of catfish, with sells of fingerlings, broodfish and foodfish grown in these ponds. During the mid '80s we produced stone-ground corn meal and whole wheat flour sold in Brookshire stores. Having this diverse knowledge we can now grow vegetables for hundreds of hungry Texans that want quality organic foods.


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