--- title: "Farmer Feature: Chad Bowman" description: Chad Bowman farms Black Butte Chickpeas on his organic farm that has been a part of the family for around 100 years when his great-grandfather started it. image: https://info.timelessfood.com/hubfs/Farmer%20Feature/chad.png --- [![](https://info.timelessfood.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Timeless_March2020/images/BANNER_AT_TOP_Short.png?width=953&name=BANNER_AT_TOP_Short.png)](https://www.timelessfood.com/) - [Shop](https://shop.timelessfood.com) - [Lentil Information Sheets](https://www.timelessfood.com/new-lentil-information-sheets/) - [Organic Lentils](https://www.timelessfood.com/product-category/organic-lentils/) - [Organic Black Beluga Lentils®](https://www.timelessfood.com/product/organic-black-beluga-lentils/) - [Organic French Green Lentils](https://www.timelessfood.com/product/organic-french-style-lentils/) - [Organic Green Lentils](https://www.timelessfood.com/product/organic-green-lentils/) - [Organic Harvest Gold Lentils](https://www.timelessfood.com/product/organic-harvest-gold-lentils/) - [Organic Spanish Brown Lentils](https://www.timelessfood.com/product/organic-pardina-lentils/) - [Organic Petite Crimson Lentils](https://www.timelessfood.com/product/organic-petite-crimson-lentils/) - [Looking for Pardina Lentils?](https://www.timelessfood.com/product/organic-pardina-lentils/) - [Organic Heirloom Grains](https://www.timelessfood.com/product-category/organic-heirloom-grains/) - [Organic Farro, Semi-Pearled](https://www.timelessfood.com/product/organic-farro-semi-pearled/) - [Organic Semi-Pearled Purple Prairie Barley®](https://www.timelessfood.com/product/organic-purple-prairie-barley/) - [Organic Chickpeas](https://www.timelessfood.com/product-category/organic-peas-and-chickpeas/) - [Organic Black Butte Chickpeas™](https://www.timelessfood.com/product/organic-black-butte-chickpeas/) - [Recipes](https://www.timelessfood.com/recipes/) - [Distributors](https://www.timelessfood.com/distributors/) - [About Us](https://www.timelessfood.com/our-history/) - [Our History](https://www.timelessfood.com/our-history/) - [Our Farmers](https://www.timelessfood.com/farmers/) - [Our Staff](https://www.timelessfood.com/our-history/our-staff/) - [Contact Us](https://www.timelessfood.com/contact/) - [SQF Level 2 Certificate](https://www.timelessfood.com/sqf-level-2-certificate/) - [Organic Certificate](https://www.timelessfood.com/our-history/organic-certificate/) - [Kosher Certificate](https://www.timelessfood.com/kosher-certificate/) - [Lentil Information Sheets](https://www.timelessfood.com/new-lentil-information-sheets/) - [Purple Prairie Barley® Information Sheet](https://www.timelessfood.com/purple-prairie-barley-information-sheet/) - [Mission Statement](https://www.timelessfood.com/our-history/mission-statement/) - [Carbon Footprint of Common Food Products](https://www.timelessfood.com/carbon-footprint-of-common-food-products/) - [Sustainability Strategy](https://www.timelessfood.com/our-history/sustainability-strategy/) - [Resources](https://www.timelessfood.com/links/) - [Blog](https://info.timelessfood.com/blog) - [Press](https://www.timelessfood.com/press/) - [Contact Us](https://www.timelessfood.com/contact/) - [Jobs](https://www.timelessfood.com/jobs/) ## Insights # Farmer Feature: Chad Bowman [Brei Larmoyeux](https://info.timelessfood.com/blog/author/brei-larmoyeux) Jun 4, 2020 10:40:00 PM If you have ever had some of our Black Butte Chickpeas®️ there is a chance that they were grown on Chad's farm. Chad knew he wanted to farm since he was a child in 4-H. He currently resides on the same land that his great grandfather started his farm on in 1914. That is 100 years of farming legacy. Six years ago, however, he transitioned to organic. ![chad](https://info.timelessfood.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Farmer%20Feature/chad.png?width=544&name=chad.png)"When you don't pour chemicals on the ground, you don't foul up the chemistry of the soil," he explains. Tired of the carousel of chemical agriculture treatments that created chemical agriculture problems that could "only” be treated with chemicals, he decided there must be a better way. Working with his already organic neighbor, Matt Johnson, he began to build back the soil on the ground he had been treating for years with synthetic fungicides and pesticides. And guess what -- it's never looked better. "If you are humble enough to ask questions then you will learn a lot,” he said. "What the end user would benefit from knowing is that there is a lot of extra work, thought and previous failures that have gone into growing their product sustainably." Well, we know something is working because the plants look beautiful! Thank you, Chad and family, for sharing a bit of our journey with Timeless!  [Insider](https://info.timelessfood.com/blog/tag/insider) ## Read On ### [Farmer Feature: Glen Benjamin "My wife made me sign a prenup before we moved back to the farm 5 years ago," Glen laughed. 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