About Us

Empowered Flowers was founded by Joelene Jebbia and Adrianna Moreno in 2014. We are a queer, multiracial pair of hardworking first-generation farmers who are passionate about growing the culinary staples you need as well as a colorful array of the heirlooms we all love. Diversity is a key component of our farming mission. We cultivate over 70 varieties of different crops, including vegetables, herbs, and seeds for a well rounded four-season diet.

Joelene was born and raised in Portland. From a young age, her father instilled in her a love of gardening and mushroom foraging. Her energized, athletic nature quickly led her to organic vegetable farming. She has been four-season-farming in the Willamette Valley for 30 years, and her depth of knowledge is the guiding force of our farm. 

I was born in Venezuela and migrated to Miami at the age of 7. Studying Food Resource Economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and reading Michael Pollan during this formative time I felt a strong call to begin farming. In the 10 years since, I have worked on a variety of organic vegetable and seed farms in Massachusetts, New York, Oregon and Washington. My later education in human health and wellbeing informs my intention in farming and medicinal herbalism.

Everything that happens at the farm is born of our minds and hands. From hand built infrastructure to hand harvested herbal preparations, our passion for working with nature runs the gamut of our business. We spend the majority of our time outside in the gardens, or romping around surrounding forests with our sweet Jack Russell. 

Due to our small-scale and high production, our success directly depends on the robust health of our bodies. To that end, we only grow food for our customers that we are proud to feed ourselves.