Featherweight Foods

Behind Featherweight Foods is Steve, a long time grower of vegetables, avid backpacker, and lover of good food.

In the early 80's, he settled on an old homestead with rich soil and a log cabin. The farm sits between the Klamath River and the Marble Mountain Wilderness, a land of clean air and pure water.

Steve builds his organic soil with hand tools only. Particularly, a large deepfork, shovels, and sweat. This labor of love produces highly nutritious and delicious produce.

The gardens now produce more food than he and his helpers can eat. To preserve this food, Steve and friends built a solar dehydrator for drying food during the summer. During winter, he dries food above his old wood cookstove.

In preparation for a 3-week backpacking trip in the High Sierras, Steve started making his own meals from the dehydrated produce. Fellow hikers were quick to see the quality of the meals and asked to buy some. Featherweight Foods was born.