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Sep 2 2021

Seely Mints inks deal with Whole Foods to sell patties nationwide

You may not know the name now, but Seely Mints is on the verge of becoming a household name. Earlier this month, Mike and Candy Seely reached an agreement with Whole Foods Market to stock Seely Mints peppermint patties in all of its 360 stores nationwide. A select number of stores in the Pacific Northwest …

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Sep 2 2021

Seely Mint strikes new deal with Burgerville

Clatskanie residents who have ever bought Seely’s Dark Chocolate Mint Patties may not have known they were purchasing a locally-made product. The item comes from Seely Farm in Clatskanie, which devotes 450 of its 650 acres to growing heirloom Black Mitcham Peppermint and Native Spearmint, which is then broken down to form tea leaf and …

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Sep 2 2021

Seely Mint Receives Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Award

Mike and Candy Seely, third generation mint farmers in northwestern Oregon, saw their revenue begin to dry up when gum, toothpaste, candy, and breath mint manufacturers turned to synthetic flavoring. As this small family operation searched for new markets, they discovered the popularity of the confections made from their essential mint oils. They began selling …

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Sep 2 2021

Oregon family mint farm’s peppermint patties featured in Oprah, Real Simple magazines gift guide

Three years ago, Candy Seely whipped up some peppermint patties to sell at the Portland Farmers Market to demonstrate how to use the peppermint oil she and her husband Mike were selling. The Seely mint farm, the last in Columbia County, was struggling as gum, toothpaste, candy and breath mint manufacturers turned to synthetic flavoring. …

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Sep 2 2021

Mint farmโ€™s candy gains a sweet presence in Oprahโ€™s magazine

An Oregon mint farm’s line of candy, started as a side business a few years ago, is featured in celebrity Oprah Winfrey’s magazine this holiday season. It’s too soon to know whether the spotlight in “O” magazine will result in increased sales of chocolate covered mint patties, but Seely Farms is enjoying the ride. The …

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Sep 2 2021

Mike Seely โ€™84, โ€™09โ€”A passion for peppermint

During the August harvest, the smell of peppermint freshens the air over Clatskanie, Oregon, where third-generation farmer Mike Seely ’84, ’09 MBA is finding sweet success in a crop that once nearly bankrupted him. “We’ve been raising mint forever,” says Seely, who paid his WSU tuition farming the fast-growing perennial. He first farmed near Vancouver …

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Sep 2 2021

Growing Mint and Making History: Seely Mint Farm

You can tell when you’re getting close to Seely Family Farms, a 4th Generation mint farm near Clatskanie, Oregon. It smells like mint, as in, the being, purpose and soul of mint. It is mintiness to the nth power, its’ very essence. That’s hardly surprising, given the 600 acres of heirloom Black Mitcham Peppermint and …

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Sep 2 2021

Local mint farm offers scrumptious stocking stuffers

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – From peppermint mochas to peppermint bark, mint has become synonymous with the holiday season. Oregon is home to one of the last remaining mint farms in the country: Seely Mint, in Clatskanie. Fourth generation owner Mike Seely joined AM Extra with some sweet and minty holiday stocking stuffer ideas.
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Sep 2 2021

Family mint farm is the last on the lower Columbia River

The mint oil is held in the leaf and once its cut, the weather has to be perfect. “You’ve gotta have dry weather. Because if you mow your mint and it’s wet, when the sun comes out you’re gonna steam all the oil out of your leaves. And you would have just lost the crop,” …

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