The Vegetable Man Produce

More than happy with our Christmas tree this year. We will be back every year! This was literally the first tree we looked at.
Jan 5th, 2024

Always great veggies and fruits.
Nov 28th, 2023

We just had our Christmas Tree delivered today, I was not expecting same day delivery but it arrived an hour after I ordered it! The employee was very sweet, asked us if we wanted to keep the extra tree clippings, and he even cleaned up our driveway with a leaf blower when he was all finished. Highly recommend getting your tree here!
Nov 27th, 2023

I just witnessed a very, very disappointing, discouraging & somewhat disgusting sight. After purchasing my strawberries at The Vegetable Man Produce stand at the corner of Highway 97 South & Meyer Rd, (next to the Dollar Tree mall across the highway from Fred Meyer), I was sitting in my friend's van waiting for him to back out. We were facing Meyer Rd looking directly at the dumpster. I watched who I am assuming is a manager or owner, (based on how he barked orders across the stand at his employee while I was at the counter), opened the dumpster & dumped nearly a full flat of citrus fruit that was still viable into the dumpster. If that wasn't bad enough, he jumped up into the dumpster & stomped up & down to turn edible fruit into mush. For the devil's advocate, I would say this "poor" business owner is trying to deter those who might be seeking to raid his dumpster & that he's just protecting his business. Well, I'd like to suggest to this business owner that he might consider donating the produce he's discarding that could feed someone who really needs fresh produce they rarely get because it's too expensive. To purposely destroy food for the sole purpose of keeping it out of the hands of the needy is selfish, self centered, greedy & lacking in human compassion. I find it interesting that this company makes money off of every piece of produce whether fresh or overly ripe & bruised, but will destroy viable fruit. What? If they can't make money off it then they throw it away & decimate it so no one can benefit from it??? By one government tally, about 60 million tons of produce worth about $160 billion dollars is wasted by retailers and consumers every year. I've been so poor that I had to rely on food banks. In the old days, produce was not usually a part of a food box so I would rely on canned fruits & vegetables & rarely enjoyed fresh produce. Today, most food pantries are a part of the Oregon Food Bank program that now provides the less fortunate with what should be a staple that everyone should have access to. I love my fruit stand strawberries. They're just like candy. I will not, however, be bringing my business & my precious dollars to The Vegetable Man Produce stands any more in the future. Please consider this post the next time you set out to buy produce from an independent stand & take your business to a company that doesn't blatantly contribute to the food waste crisis in America. Be about your community. ALL of your community.
Jul 13th, 2023

The La Pine vegetable man takes good care of cyclists. Always picks out a melon I can eat the same day and always delicious. Great guy too.
May 31st, 2023