Since we had our organic farm in Santa Barbara County, California, and there seemed to be opportunities to expand our store concept there, we sold our three Utah stores to Wild Oats in May of 1996 It is our belief that growing and supporting organics is one of the best things we can do for ourselves, for our children, and for our earth The Farm) was shipping our own organic produce to our stores in Arizona and Utah This, in turn, created a feeling of “caring,” not only for our business and Team Members, but especially for our customers