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History
History
The Klicker Family raised strawberries in the Walla Walla Valley since 1918. It began when brothers Del and Jake Klicker picked too many garden strawberries at their mother's Klicker Springs Hotel located in the Blue Mountains. Needing to dispose of the extras (a strawberry pie does not need 10 flats of strawberries!), the industrious brothers hitched their wagon to their horse and traveled 15 miles to town and immediately sold the strawberry flats for a premium price. They found out they could make more money selling their mom's garden strawberries than the family could earn housing hotel guests.
The Farmer
The Farmer
We were the fourth generation of Klickers to raise June-bearing strawberries that employed primarily youth to harvest the crop. It was a joy for us to have the privilege of giving young people the chance to work and grow as individuals. Many began at age 12 and worked their way into being field bosses and supervisors by the time they graduated from high school.
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