Our farmers are our partners. We seek to create long-term, generational relationships with them and their families so we can continue to grow and innovate together.
Farmer - Bryan Bula Farms
Bryan Bula
Bryan Bula started farming straight out of high school. He started with beef cows, corn, and soybeans, and started working with The Little Potato Company in 2016.
Mike Helbach's father was born and raised on a farm, and started growing potatoes back in the '80s. Mike and his brothers joined as partners in the early 2000s and have kept the family tradition of growing potatoes ever since.
Coloma Farms in Wisconsin has been around since 1961 and Steve joined on with his family when he graduated from college. He's been growing potatoes for The Little Potato Company since 2016.
Intention, partnership, and longevity are at the root of how we build relationships with our families in the field.
Generational Relationships
We’re not just interested in what farms can do for us this year, or in a two-to-three-year contract, we’re interested in what that farm can do with us for the next generations to come.
Hands-On Approach
Our farmers work closely with our agronomy team to create a complete recipe for how to grow our unique Little Potato varieties, to ensure we’re growing the highest quality, most nutritious potatoes for you.
Intentional Partnerships
We have longstanding relationships with farmers across Canada and the U.S. They invest for us and with us to make our business possible, and we do not take that lightly.
How We Work With Our Farmers
Leaving Things Better Than We Found Them
Our family farmers support the protection, restoration, and maintenance of natural habitats for biodiversity, pollinator health, and erosion control by dedicating over 3% of planted acres to grasslands, waterways, natural shrubs, and wooded areas. Together we are constantly learning and innovating to find more sustainable ways to grow our potatoes.
Our agronomists work closely with each farmer to grow each variety of our unique little potatoes on that field and on that farm. Contained within the agronomy plan they create are all the little things to make the crops thrive—everything from what kind of soil it needs, when to plant it, and how often to water it.
We choose family farms that share similar values with us. Family bonds are at the root of how we started, what we do today, and how we work together with our farmers to feed the world, better.