{"status":"success","farmers":[{"uid":"410","farm_name":"John Mallonee","city":"Curtis","state":"WA","zip":"98538","membership_year":"2004","sustain_programs":[],"profile_url":"http:\/\/www.organicvalley.coop\/who-is-your-farmer\/index\/farmer\/410\/","distance":0,"full_profile_url":"http:\/\/www.organicvalley.coop\/who-is-your-farmer\/northwest\/mallonee-wa\/","profile":{"name":"WA - Mallonee","description":"In 2006, an employee from the Washington Department of Natural Resources discovered a large population of endangered Kincaid's lupine growing on the Mallonee farm. The family works to maintain a safe and sustainable habitat for the endangered flower and its equally endangered inhabitant, the Fender's Blue butterfly, which undergoes its larval stage in the lupine's root system and emerges as a caterpillar to feed on the flower's leaves. Maynard Mallonee credits the lupine's success to the family's organic practices. \"The same approach that allows our dairy cattle to thrive has made our pastures an ideal home for the lupine and the Fender's Blue.\"","photos":[{"photo":"fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/nw\/Mallonee1.jpg","caption":"The Mallonee family"},{"photo":"fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/nw\/Mallonee5.jpg","caption":"Pasture builds the cows' health from the ground up"},{"photo":"fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/nw\/Mallonee2.jpg","caption":"Maynard and daughter on the farm"},{"photo":"fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/nw\/Mallonee3.jpg","caption":"Good organic management creates wildlife habitat."},{"photo":"fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/nw\/Mallonee4.jpg","caption":"A little bike ride on the farm."},{"photo":"fileadmin\/img\/wyf\/nw\/mallonee0684.jpg","caption":"Kids at the annual Lupine Pasture Walk"}]},"pools":["Dairy"]}]}
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