Doreva Produce

Location:

Livingston, CA

Certification(s):

SCS

Joe S. Silva was born in Livingston CA in 1916. He was raised on his family's farm where he started a small dairy in his teen years in an effort to lend his financial help to his parents. In 1933, he converted his land to yam and sweet potato production. Joe passed in 2002, and Doreva Produce is currently run by Ben and Aaron Silva, his grandsons. They are committed to constantly improving the health of their produce, working with UC Davis plant breeders and the USDA to ensure high quality. Today, they grow garnet, red, and Japanese yams and several varieties of sweet potatoes.

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PDF:

Doreva Grower Info Card.pdf

Crops:

Sweet Potatoes, Yams

Our Growers Are Our Heroes

We got into this business because we wanted to help small scale organic farmers here at home gain access to the larger commercial marketplace, and to ensure their families and communities thrive. Over the past decade or so, we have endeavored to do this, step by step, with over ninety B.C. farms.

Our hearts still belong to the small scale growers. We have visited dozens of farms in B.C., working with growers to see them move to larger and more financially sustainable operations.

We feel encouraged by the impressive increase in consumer demand for organics and local. We also acknowledge that we might not be able to grow all our own food year round. Even more so now, as our climate changes, no harvest is a safe bet.

So over the years, we have extended our relationships with small scale farmers to include farms down the Pacific Coast, through Washington, Oregon and California, then on to Mexico and South America. Together, this network of growers keep us all fed year round. And for this we are grateful.