Harry's Berries
Small family farm; acreage not published.
Oxnard, Ventura County, California, USA
Quality assessment
A small certified-organic single family farm in Oxnard, founded 1967 by Harry Iwamoto and now run by his daughter and son-in-law, Molly and Rick Gean. Its whole reason for existing is the opposite of commodity strawberry farming: it grows low-yield, fragile FLAVOUR varieties — Gaviota, Seascape, Mara des Bois, Chandler — instead of the shipping-optimised cultivars that dominate the category. Named family, named farm, named cultivars, certified organic, and a variety choice that materially exceeds category norms at real economic cost. That is exemplary.
- Scale
- Small family farm; acreage not published.
- Feed & inputs
- Certified organic growing.
- Animal welfare
- N/A.
- Environmental
- Organic certification; no additional certification located.
- Transparency
- High on identity and cultivars; the organic CERTIFIER is not named in located sources.
Caveats
PENDING REGISTRY CHECK — organic certification is widely reported but no certifier or USDA Organic INTEGRITY entry was located; verify before publishing 'certified organic'. SUCCESSION RISK: 2024 reporting says the farmers behind these strawberries were retiring — confirm the farm is still operating and still theirs before crediting a current venue claim. Associated with LAVO in the CEO purveyor list; not yet linked to a venue row.
Certified-organic strawberry farm in Oxnard, California, founded 1967 by Japanese immigrant Harry Iwamoto and now run by his daughter and son-in-law, Molly and Rick Gean (Gean Farm Inc.), and their children. Grows specialty varieties -- Seascape, Chandler, and Mara des Bois strawberries -- sold mainly through farmers markets to chefs nationally.
Products
Gaviota strawberriesSeascape strawberriesMara des Bois strawberriesChandler strawberries
Certifications
USDA Organic (CROPS + HANDLING) — certifier CCOF, cert 5561002901, registrant "Gean Farm Inc. dba Harry's Berries", Oxnard CA; certified since 2013-04-04, INTEGRITY record updated 2026-06-01No Real Organic Project listing (checked against 891 ROP operations, 2026-08-19)
Registry match
Matched to a public certification registry — a separate record, not a Terroir-verified supplier relationship.
Served at
LAVO Italian Restaurant & Lounge
berries (compote)
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La Strega
strawberries
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Bar Boheme
berries
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CUT by Wolfgang Puck
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Mon Ami Gabi
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Carversteak
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Middle Child Kitchen
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Pisces
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Quality Bistro
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Harvest Grill Station
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Sources
What the quality assessment above is built on.
- farmtopeople.com ↗
Certified organic family farm in Oxnard CA; established 1967 by Harry Iwamoto; now run by Molly and Rick Gean
- goodeggs.com ↗
Specialty low-yield varieties: Seascape, Chandler, Mara des Bois
- timeout.com ↗
2024 reporting that the farmers behind Harry's Berries were retiring — succession risk