Gold Dust and Walker Farms
FarmingOregon, United States11-50 Employees
Gold Dust Potatoes and Walker Farms are family-owned farming businesses that supply potatoes, grain, and hay to customers across the United States and the Pacific Rim. Based in the Klamath Basin, they operate on land extending from their home farm in Merrill to properties around Malin and Tulelake, totaling more than 9,000 acres. The operations include Gold Dust Potato Processors, Inc., a packing and processing facility on a campus outside Malin, Oregon, shipping chipping potatoes to the West Coast and Pacific Rim. The Walker family—William (Bill) Walker, John Walker, Weston Walker, and Tricia (Walker) Hill—own and run the businesses today. In addition to producing potatoes, hay, and grain, they emphasize involvement in the Klamath Basin community and sustaining the business for future generations.