USA COMPANIES - Key Persons


Jake "Kraken" Bernstein

Job Titles:
  • Regional Sales Manager
I grow a very diverse garden on a 1/5th acre city lot of Eugene, Oregon. Over the last 20 years, my yard has transformed from a rental house lot landscaped with gravel and grass to an amazing food forest. Numerous methods and organic inputs have been used to build, nurture and tend my gardens throughout the years. My yard is teeming with a vast diversity of life! Plants, insects, animals, birds, reptiles, microbes, fungi, fish, humans and more. I am humbled by the attention my garden gets from people all over Eugene. People come to see my garden transition during seasonal changes, and to see what new plants I have managed to squeeze into my yard each year. Ornamentals to edibles, my garden nourishes my family, friends and neighbors physically, mentally & spiritually. A favorite garden icon is a weeping mulberry that has a "cave" inside for kids. Even adults find it an irresistable experience. My garden is a beautiful representation of diversity and abundance. What peaks your interest? Jujube were a fruit before they were a candy. Get your Goumi here. How about an Aronia? Perehaps you'll have a Santa Teresa Lemon, a Changsha Mandarin, a Fuyu Persimmon and a Joey Avocado. Yes please! Add a Pineapple Guava and some Olives to enrich your harvest. I have also become well known for my expertise in growing cannabis. After 20+ years of cultivation and consulting experience, I have learned how to simply nurture the plant's inherent growth properties to help it reach its full potential, and my recent harvests are some of my finest harvests to date.

Stephen Thoemmes

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations and Sales
Work is a means to an end. We work to produce the resources necessary to fuel our lives. Ideally, the nature of our work helps us thrive as individuals, contributes to the strength of our family, and enriches the community. Working with USA Companies LLC affords me the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, exciting, solution-oriented environment where creativity and ingenuity are valued while personal health, family wellness, and community well-being are not compromised. The rich entrepreneurial environment of USA Companies LLC is what separates us from common. We are entrepreneurs, collaborating with fellow entrepreneurs, to bring forth ingenious products designed to positively impact the lives of our customers while indirectly improving the quality of life for everyone. It is an honor to showcase the strength of American ingenuity in business. It is humbling to regularly work with people who powerfully combine generosity, kindness and compassion with wisdom, determination, and an unshakable work ethic. It is not the number of hours you work, but the quality of work in those hours, that makes the difference. I am grateful to share my life with my incredible wife, best friend, and partner in all things. We are fortunate to be a central part of a large, multi-generational family from a diverse background familiar with turning struggle into triumph. Our day-to-day life is deeply enriched by two chocolate labs and one tough cat. What more may one ask for from this life? Please contact me with your questions when you are interested in doing business with USA Companies LLC and/or one of our collaborating companies.