Chanshare Farms

This week in Horticulture Seminar, we heard from Joshua Marble, of Chanshare Farms; a sod production farm in Tremonton, Utah. Joshua's grandparents, Boyd and Cheryl Marble, got into the sod business almost 30 years ago. The family has been in the area over 100 years, since 1907, and used to raise alfalfa and turkeys before switching to sod in 1979. They now have 1,600 acres of sod/turf, which they harvest as grass hay, along with the sod.

Chanshare Farms has won many awards, including the Best of State for Utah, Utah's Most Admired Companies, and ranked 1,901 out of 5,000 Fastest Growing Companies by Inc.

A part of their success is due to following their mission statement, especially the third tenant by Enriching the lives of their employees and shareholders.

Some notable projects that Chanshare Farms has done are:

• ReAL Salt Lake Practice Field and Stadium Exterior
• Franklin Covey In Field
• LDS Temples: Monticello, Vernal, Ogden, Salt Lake and others
• UofU, BYU, USU, WSU and UVU Sports Fields
• Golf Courses: Cedar Hills; Cascade (Orem); TuHaye; Soldier Hollow; Evanston; Davis County; Skyway, etc.
• Kaysville Sportsplex & Heber Valley Sports Complex
• McKay Dee Hospital

Chanshare Farms uses a water-wise seed blend of Kentucky Blue Grass, which means that for every ten seeds in the mixture, six are drought tolerant seeds; this of course means that the sod Chanshare Farms produces needs less water to stay green and healthy. This is especially important for the often-in-drought-state of the Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Nevada customers that Chanshare Farms provides premium sod and services to.

For any additional questions for comments for Joshua Marble, or Chanshare Farms, feel free to contact Joshua at the details above.

This was the last seminar for the semester, so look forward to more updates once the new semester rolls around in January.