About

A little about Us...

Bloom to Box Crop Care, Inc.  BTB is a custom farm management company with many in-house services (such as:  farm consulting, custom tractor work, Food Safety Global GAP, entomologist, labor contract, human resources, irrigation labor, weed control, pest control, frost control, land development, harvest management, water management, and custom farming).  Mark has had the opportunity to grow multiple types of crops, such as:  various varieties of Citrus, Medjool and Deglet Dates, Alfalfa, Bermuda grass, Sudan grass, peaches, onions, melons, carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, leafy greens and artichokes. Currently Bloom to Box is farming close to 2,000 acres of citrus, conventional and organic. Along with 4,500 acres of custom farmed forage crops in the Imperial Valley.

Mark has served on a number of committees here and for the state.  The boards/committees he is currently involved with are:

•           Imperial County Farm Bureau (Past President) and currently on Board of Directors

•           CDFA Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Committee (Chairman)

•           Imperial Irrigation District Agricultural Water Advisory Committee (Chairman)

•           Citrus Research Board (Vice Chairman)

•           Ag West Farm Credit (Local Advisory Committee)

The boards/committees he has previously been involved with are:

•           United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC)

•           California Farm Bureau, District 1 Director

•           Calipatria Community Church Elder

A little more about mark…

Mark attended Cal Poly SLO with a major in Crop Science but left after a couple years to return to Imperial Valley to help his father, David, who is was in the hay business.  After working for his dad, he continued to work for many local farmers as a general laborer; working in hay production, cutting, raking, baling, and eventually becoming a foreman for local growers.  From there, he moved on to become an irrigation foreman in the early 1980’s.  Mark has grown various crops:  lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cotton, alfalfa, and various other crops.  In 1990 he began working for Allyn Scheu where he found his love of growing citrus that is still strong today.