March 2022

Tomato, fresh market

Pure Line Seeds, Inc.

Pure Line Seeds, founded in 1948, originated as a regional supplier of garden pea seed. As demand grew, the small company in Moscow, Idaho extended its sales from Northern Idaho into the surrounding Pacific Northwest and Canada. Pure Line Seeds expanded, moving its production, milling, warehousing and research operations to Warden, Washington, one of the world’s premier seed producing environments.

From the heart of the Columbia Basin, the company has continued to grow with the demands of the global market.
Since their purchase of Pure Line Seeds in 2004, Susan and William Pfeil have directed the company’s global expansion. The Pfeils, now including C.O.O. Scott Pfeil, took a regional U.S. seed company focused mainly on the processing industry and helped it blossom into a multi-national seed production and distribution company for both the processing and fresh market industries. Their understanding of the seed business and reputation as a reliable seed supplier has allowed the company to form strategic alliances with public and private organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad. These alliances benefit the market through improved genetics, expanded product lines, improved distribution systems and lower production costs.