05/23/2024
Great guy with a great family!!!
A long overdue introduction!
We're happy to introduce you to Matt Gallant, our newest MCFB Board Director.
Matt comes from a long line of farm families. His great grandparents farmed in Ontario, Canada. His grandparents farmed in northern Minnesota, prior to moving to Oregon in 1948 and purchasing a small farm in outer SE Portland. Matt’s parents purchased their current farm in Boring in 1978.They grew strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, boysenberries, and marionberries. As Matt’s Dad began retiring in the early 2000s, Matt began operating the farm. He transitioned it to beef cattle, grass hay, alfalfa, wheat, oats, and pumpkins. Currently the farm is owned and operated by Matt, his wife Ann, and their youngest four sons Ethan, Cole, Dane, and Matthew. Oldest son, Riley, is presently farming in Central Oregon. Prior to returning to the family farm, Matt received a degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent 13 years as a construction project engineer on numerous power plant and renewable fuel projects across the US and China. Matt started his term as a MCFB Board Director in 2023. He feels that Farm Bureau is an important organization that represents all farmers and strives to preserve and enhance all facets of agriculture.
Check out the rest of our Board Directors at: https://www.multnomahcfb.org/board
