About Greg Malinowski
Read about Greg's farm on "Friends of Family Farmers" website
Greg and his brothers manage 60 acres of beautiful farmland over the ridge from the St. John’s bridge, growing organic hay and beef. On the west side of the West Hills, as Greg describes it, with part of the land in Washington County and the rest in Multnomah County. Because of this proximity to Portland, Greg has been active in land use policy work for years now, fighting Metro’s urban growth boundary’s encroachment on to his land…link
Biography
Occupation
Co-owner and manager of my Organic Farm; warehouse work for a furniture company.
Occupational Background
30 years in Manufacturing, Quality and Inventory Control at Tektronix and Merix. 40 years in farming.
Educational Background
AAS from Portland Community College
Certification as a Quality Engineer (ASQC)
Prior Governmental Experience
President, Forest Park Neighborhood Association.
Chair, Citizen Participation Organization #7.
Community involvement
Participated in Bethany Community Plan, North Bethany Planning
Member: Washington County Farm Bureau, 1000 Friends of Oregon.
Volunteer at cold-weather Warming Center; Personnel and Budget Committee of First Baptist Church, Beaverton.
Malinowski Farm
Malinowski Farm is a 60-acre Certified Organic Farm located between Bethany and Forest Park. It has been in our family since the 1940s.It was founded by our father Andrew, a farm boy from Minnesota, and our mother Fern, who grew up on a truck farm near Eugene. Dad used horses until about 1960. We began to convert to organic methods in the late 1970s, and the land has been certified organic by Oregon Tilth since 1986.
Currently the farm is managed by the three sons of Andrew and Fern, Greg, Richard, and Jon, and their families. We rent small parcels of land to market gardeners and produce our own eggs and grass-fed Organic beef. Almost all feed used on the farm (hay in the winter, pasture in the summer) is grown here. We are expanding our production of vegetable starts this year.
Rather than relying on antibiotics, and hormones, we rely on healthy animals, fresh air and sunshine.We share our farm with deer, hawks, elk, coyotes, ducks, geese, great blue heron and lots of song birds. Raccoons, skunks, and squirrels are tolerated as long as they are not in the hen house. In our wild areas, we try to encourage native plants and animals.
We have been able to triple our rate of return on beef by selling grass-fed Organic beef direct to both retail and wholesale customers.
Our goal is that eating our food will never put someone at risk. We are proud to be stewards of this wonderful place.
Malinowski Farms in the community:
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New American Agriculture Project with Mercy Corps Northwest
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West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District 2008 Outstanding Partner of the Year
- Free tractor work for Terra Nova Alternative High School CSA
More about Greg
from a colleague at his church
“I recently read the article in the Beaverton City Newsletter about the church's warming shelter. I've been wanting to tell you what a great job you've done of getting that off the ground. I know that the first year or so that you suggested it to the church, they weren't ready to try it. But I have a lot of respect for you bringing it up in the first place and then being patient but continuing to bring it up.
“Sounds like this year the shelter was a huge success! You've made a real contribution to the kingdom. I'm reading through the gospels right now, and I recently read Matthew 25:31-40 where Jesus said, "I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me--you did it to me." (v. 40) You're an inspiration.”