Sakuma Bros. Farms, Market Stand & SBF Processing
Market Stand Address: 17790 Cook Rd., Burlington, WA 98233
Processing Plant Address: 17400 Cook Rd., Burlington, WA 98233
Miles from I-5: 1
Market Stand Phone: 360-757-8004
Owners: Sakuma Family
Website: www.sakumabros.com
Farm type: Large scale small fruit production (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries), nursery plants, processing plant and apple farming over 1,100 acres.
Directions: From I-5, exit 232 (Cook Road/Sedro-Woolley). Go west one mile: Market Stand is on left, Processing Plant is .4 miles west on Cook Road (cross Chuckanut Dr., plant is on left).
Farm premises: 1,500 acres; Market Stand on 40 acres with berries, fruit trees, vegetables and seven varieties of tea plants.
Market Stand festival activities (17790 Cook Rd.):
- Hayrides every ½ hour about the Farm
- Children’s “berry” wagon rides
- Kid’s Mini Tractor Pull
- Pumpkin Bowling
- Greenhouse Tent
- View bugs through microscope
- Plant strawberries
- View commercial picking machines
- See fruit harvesting (weather permitting)
Processing Plant festival activities (17400 Cook Rd.):
- Tour commercial processing plant (Saturday only 2PM and 3PM)
- Wet Plant & IQF Plant
Learn while touring these premises: Tractor-pulled wagon hayride farm tours, learn about fruit and vegetable crops, history of Sakuma Farms. See raspberry machines, other large farm equipment.
Food ($): Homemade strawberry shortcake, berry sundaes, pies slices and milkshakes.
Free Samples: Fresh berries, apples, chips and salsa made with locally grown produce.
Retail ($): Market Stand features berries, plants, home baked goods, waffle ice cream cones, shakes and smoothies, apples, jams.
Farm history: The Sakuma Family has grown strawberries in the Pacific Northwest since 1915. They moved to the Skagit Valley where the 3rd and 4th generations are currently running the family business.
AgFARMation: Sakuma Bros. Farms is a vertically integrated small fruit company that includes plant propagation and small fruit research, commercial nursery operations and sales, commercial small fruit production, small fruit processing and sales of all processed and fresh market small fruit product. Sakuma Bors. Farm is a contributing farm to the Skagit Fresh bottled juice and has a domestic tea operation.
