Gayle Goschie is the heart and soul of the family's hop growing operations that hold more than one hundred years of hop farming experience. She has continued to advance the accumulation of knowledge through hands-on research in areas such as low-trellis hop growing and organic hop farming. Gayle's commitment to sustainable farming has led Goschie Farms to become the first "Certified Sustainable/Salmon Safe" hop farm in the USA. Four years ago she embarked upon a mission to grow hops organically when prevailing wisdom said it could not be done in Oregon. "The fact that people told me it couldn't be done was motivation enough", was Gayle's first response when we asked her why she pushed forward with organic hop farming completely at her own risk. Then she continued, "And no matter what the final result with organic techniques, taking on the challenge will make me a better hop grower".