For more than 100 years, Bauman’s Farm & Garden has been part of the Willamette Valley landscape. What started as a small vegetable stand has grown into a 500-acre family operation—still run by fifth-generation farmers, still rooted in community, and still producing some of Oregon’s most sought-after fruit.
At Oregon Fruit, we’re proud to call Bauman’s both a supplier and a customer. Together, we share a commitment to preserving local agriculture, supporting family farms, and making rare and exceptional fruit available to brewers, cidermakers, and foodmakers nationwide.
Diversifying to Keep Family Farms Thriving
Family farms don’t survive for a century without evolving. Today, smaller growers have to do more than sell fruit by the pound—they need to create new revenue streams to weather labor shortages, volatile markets, and rising costs.
Bauman’s has done exactly that. Beyond farming, they’ve built a thriving garden center, host more than 100,000 visitors each year for their harvest festival, and launched Bauman’s Cider, which has become one of Oregon’s leading cider producers.
Oregon Fruit is part of this diversification too. By purchasing Bauman’s peaches, caneberries, and specialty varietals like loganberry, we provide something brokers can’t: stable, consistent pricing and a true partnership. That predictability helps family farms like Bauman’s invest in the future—and keeps Oregon agriculture strong.
Preserving Rare and Hard-to-Find Fruit
Bauman’s stands out because they cultivate heritage varietals and unique fruits that many large commercial growers have abandoned. These crops are harder to produce, but they’re worth it, for both flavor and innovation. It’s Bauman’s role to keep these fruits alive in the field, and Oregon Fruit’s role to bring them to the crafters who value heirloom varietals.
- Loganberries – A raspberry/blackberry cross that can only be hand-picked, loganberries are nearly extinct in commercial farming. Oregon Fruit works with Bauman’s to process them into aseptic puree, which powers their award-winning Loganberry Cider.
- Golden Raspberries – With a brilliant golden hue and a tart-sweet profile, these raspberries stand out in puree, lending vibrant color and flavor to craft beverages.
- Tayberries – Another rare raspberry/blackberry cross, originally from Scotland, with a rich sweet-tart flavor that’s both bold and complex.
Together, we ensure these rare fruits don’t disappear — and instead find new life in the hands of brewers, cidermakers, and foodmakers who know the value of heirloom fruit.
Bauman’s Cider: From Farm to Taproom
Ten years ago, Bauman’s cousin, Christine Walter, started pressing apples the same way the family had for generations—but with a vision for something bigger. Today, Bauman’s Cider is one of the largest cider producers in Oregon, with a downtown Portland taproom, Bauman's on Oak, distribution through the West Coast, and sales available nationwide.
Their top seller? Loganberry Cider, made possible through Bauman’s fruit and Oregon Fruit’s processing. What started as a tiny tank experiment has grown into an award-winning flagship product, proving how partnerships between growers and processors can spark innovation and create lasting consumer favorites.
This year, Oregon Fruit is proud to be able to offer Bauman’s Loganberry and Golden Raspberry puree to all of our aseptic customers. These Limited Releases become available for purchase on September 15th, 2025.
A Partnership That Works Both Ways
What makes our relationship with Bauman’s unique is that it runs in both directions.
- As a supplier, Bauman’s delivers the high-quality peaches, caneberries, and rare varietals we need to produce aseptic purees that brewers and makers trust.
- As a customer, Bauman’s Cider Company relies on Oregon Fruit’s aseptic purees to expand their portfolio and keep pace with demand.
This is what true community partnership looks like: local farms and local processors supporting each other to grow stronger together.
Oregon Fruit + Family Farms
For nearly 90 years, Oregon Fruit has invested in long-term grower relationships here in the Willamette Valley and beyond. Working with farms like Bauman’s ensures makers everywhere have access to consistent, high-quality fruit—including rare varietals that might otherwise disappear.
At the same time, our steady buying power helps family farms diversify, thrive, and keep contributing to the communities they’ve called home for generations.
Because when growers, makers, and processors succeed together, everybody gets a taste of Oregon—and beyond.
