The Source - December 19, 2025
Nonprofit provides access to fresh produce and hands-on farming education for Central Oregonians
Little did 10-year-old Audrey Tehan know, as she furiously shielded her fledgling beet plants from a pounding hail storm on her family’s farm in Sisters, that one day, she’d be helping to grow more than 100,000 pounds of fresh produce in that same spot and helming a nonprofit that distributes the bounty to Central Oregon residents.
“I just loved the process and the challenge of seeing if I could get something to grow here. And then, just like the sheer joy of harvesting what I’d grown, like salad. One of our favorite meals growing up was canned chili, and I’d harvest my fresh lettuce and have it with our canned chili. I just loved that and being able to experience that joy of bringing people together at the table,” she said…