Meet Glen & Charlotte Johnson

Welcome to Mother Flight Farms

Located adjacent to the South Fork of the Skagit River, Mother Flight Farm rests on incredibly rich soil. Glen and Charlotte Johnson have stewarded this land for nearly 20 years, nuturing a diverse crop of over 50 varieties of fruits and vegetables, from burdock to bamboo, and raspberries to rhubarb.

Products Available

Over 50 varieties of vegetables and fruits including a full line of leafy greens, beets, burdock root, garlic, green beans, radishes, summer & winter squashes, potatoes, apples, pears, berries, and more.

Growing Philosophy

"One of our foundational principles is to focus on local markets. We chose our farm's location to be not more than 20 miles from our most prominate markets. This allows us to supply our customers with the freshest product they can get while minizing transportation, thus enhancing fuel conservation, air quality, and human time."

Holistic Approach

Mother Flight Farm is Washington State certified as an organic farm, but Glen and Charlotte's care of the soil, water, and wildlife goes beyond their organic certification. They operate their farm with a passion and care for the multiple communities they serve, including the plant and animail life that inhabits their farm, and the people that benefit from the healthy food they provide.

The Quality of the Soil

Glen has spent years studying, thinking, and experimenting, with the end result of improving what was already great soil. He applies only stable nutrient-rich compost and slow release nutriets such as feather meal, bone meal, and dolomite lime. Cover crops such as fava beans, silage corn, and hay also help. "Our top soil is 3 1/2 % organic matter and our plants really respond"

Pest Management

Glen and Charlotte believe that crop diversity and constant rotation are their greatest assets in preventing damaging outbreaks of pests. The variety of vegetables and fruits also lengthens their growing and selling season. Cover cropping and inter-cropping along with maintaining healthy soils and predator -friendly habitat balances their systems of pest management.

Fish and Wildlife

The wind breaks and planted buffers along Kikialus Slough provide excellent habitat for a variety of bird and animal life. "Our pond is attracting nesting pairs of migratory waterfowl as well as frogs, dragonfiles and other pond-dwelling critters." It is Glen's hope that he and other farmers along Kikialus and Dry Sloughs can work together to return them to their historic state as fish-bearing habitat for salmon and trout.