Our Story Mato Tomato Girls began as a way for Selah Mae to fundraise for her 4-H camp she wanted to attend. Selah began making mini sweet bread loaves to sell at Farmers’ Markets and other such venues. Momma, Heather, then began to teach Selah and Micah how to can and began to sell the canned goods operating under the Texas Cottage Food Law. The business began to grow and expand from there. Our business name wasn’t always Mato Tomato Girls. We started out as Sunflower Fields due to Heather’s large sunflower garden at our previous home in San Antonio. The name Mato Tomato Girls came from Selah Mae’s nickname. As a young girl, Selah would eat every ripe tomato straight off her mom’s plants…large or small, it was hers. Heather began planting 10x as many tomato plants due to her little tomato lover. Selah Mae quickly became known as Mato Tomato and many years later the business was named after her. In May of 2022, our world was rocked to its core. We lost Steven, our main provider and husband/father. His loss brought our family closer together and strengthened us beyond belief. We have grown our business even further after his loss in order for Heather to support the family financially. Almost five years ago, we moved to Devine, TX, to just over 10 acres of land. We then had the room to grow our business, literally. The first spring in Devine, we planted a large 50’x100′ garden. The plants were in virgin soil and loved where they were growing! The garden thrived and our business grew to include farm-fresh vegetables. We have expanded our vegetable selection to offer additional items by growing in-ground and in hot houses. Our vegetables come from Devine, Pearsall, Poteet, and northern Bexar County. We have also expanded our business to include even more canned goods: all types of pickles and pickled veggies like asparagus, okra, green beans, tomatoes, carrots; salsas – mild to spicy; Cowboy’s Candy; jams – with a favorite of Strawberry Habanero; jellies; preserves; and fruit butters; baked goods: cookies, Selah’s mini bread loaves, yeast bread, pies, and occasional sourdough; hand-fashioned soap; homegrown loofah sponges grown on farm; crocheted Plushies, hats, clothing, and more; jewelry; and sewn items: to include recycled and reused Fabric Lined Feed Bag Totes, stuffed Critters, and more items on the way. Mato Tomato Girls’ home market, the Red Barn Market, is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 11 am – 6 pm at 918 County Road 5710, Devine. Just outside the city limits of Devine makes us very accessible to our loyal customers to come and shop during the week. We also offer farm tours to visit the animals while you are here. Our products can also be found in a local retail establishment Country Gals Market, as well. Several local restaurants rely on our fresh vegetables to complete their menus. Selah Mae is offering baked goods at the newly opened Black Creek Coffee. Stop by for a visit and to pick up a slice of pie, muffin, keto friendly, gluten/dairy free Glazed Blueberry Cake Doughnuts and much more soon to come. It is a blessing to be able to provide the needed items to these businesses and help reach even more of our community with our naturally grown, quality produce. Mato Tomato Girls is a family run, grass-roots homestead, where natural living is our lifestyle. Heather, Selah Mae (16), and Micah (12) work together to create a variety of handmade and homegrown goods. MTG also employees 9 full-time and 7 part-time contractors at our multiple locations, the Red Barn Market. Together we strive to bring the best food and products to our community and beyond. Business has not always been smooth. With every challenge, we strive to make our way through or around the problem. We have struggled with water well issues which can lead to us not being able to water our plants during drought months. Due to these issues, we now use our wet weather stock tanks to water our garden in Devine. During the February 2021 freeze, we lost almost all of our crop in Devine. This led us to begin searching for more land to plant on, where the weather would not always be so rough on the plants. We have also struggled with the supply chain issues. Canning jars are hard to come by at times. We have begun to purchase canning jars in bulk quantities, whenever possible. We also ask our customers to return their jars for credit so we may recycle and reuse as much as possible. We also have had issues with the supply of the specialty flours and sugars, as well as other ingredients, we use in our baked goods. This issue is one we have yet to solve completely, but we do order bulk quantities when we are able to do so. We are not just a produce farm…we are a homestead that is wholly production based. We host many farm animals and use all we can from what they provide to us. At Mato Tomato Girls, we produce all the beef, pork, and chicken meat we consume. We grow each source from a young age and then process right here on the homestead. Our 8.5′ dining room table has seen many animals as we process and procure all useable items from the animal. We eat and sell eggs from our 300+ laying chickens, ducks, and turkeys. We save their shed feathers for crafts & jewelry. Our steers are processed, and their hides are tanned for use as leather or skins, and tallow rendered. Our seasonal pigs love to root around our stock tanks, eating all kinds of brush, grass, and grubs along the way. They provide beautiful pork and buckets of lard. Our three goats are named Huey, Dewey, and Louie and are here helping us clear brush. Mato Tomato Girls LLC is known for our canned goods and their specific flavors. Our Bread & Butter Pickles and Kosher Dill Pickles have our customers coming back for more each week! You know the Mato Tomato Girls have to have some great tomato products. We make Tomato Preserves from Heather’s grandmother’s recipe. It has become a favorite of our customers. Our homegrown tomatoes are used in all of our salsa and tomato products, as well as sold freshly off the plant in our home’s Red Barn Market and at all of the farmers’ markets we attend each week. MTG stays busy with markets year-round. Every Saturday you can find the trio at a Farmers’ or Vendors’ Market. Our markets are scheduled at least 12 months in advance. Rain or shine, hot or cold…we market. It is of the utmost importance to be consistent and provide the best source of food to our customers and friends. We currently service most of Medina County but are looking for ways to expand our reach. Every 1st Saturday we attend the First Saturday Market in Devine. 2nd Saturdays are at the Second Saturday Market in Lytle at Chaparral Pre-owned. 3rd Saturdays are spent in Castroville at Schattenbol at the DeCock Farmers’ Market. The Fourth Saturday of each month is spent in Hondo at the Fourth Saturday Market at the train depot right off of highway 90. 2nd and 4th Fridays are spent at Spring Creek Gardens in Spring Branch. We pride ourselves in shopping local. We don’t just ask our customers to #eatlocal #thinklocal and #supportsmallbusiness, we always shop and eat local first…even if the price is higher than a big box store. When we purchase strawberries for our jam, jelly, and syrups, we purchase from a local favorite strawberry farm in Poteet. We do our best to always purchase from locally owned businesses. We also strive to give good counsel to other small businesses. We have helped numerous young entrepreneurs obtain their LLCs, licensing, and other business needs when first starting out. We pride ourselves in having a great relationship and reach with our vendor friends. Our motto is Eat to Live. We strive to provide wholly nutritious ways for our family, friends, and customers to Eat to Live better. Mato Tomato Girls just received our Food Manufacturer’s License and is a proud GO TEXAN partner. The GO TEXAN program is a Texas Department of Agriculture initiative dedicated to identifying and supporting Texas-based businesses and connecting them with customers across the Lone Star State and around the world. The GO TEXAN program is dedicated to showcasing the diversity and quality of Texas-based businesses. Heather loves to feed people! She is known for ‘feeding an army’ each time she cooks. When she is choosing seeds for the farm, animals for processing or eggs, or specialty flours for baking, she is looking for the best of the best for her family and yours. While feeding people good food is Heather’s first priority, feeding their minds with useful information and skills is her second. The MTG crew host sustainability classes and campouts throughout the year. American Heritage Girl Troops and homeschool groups visit the farm for learning opportunities and service projects. One way we are moving forward in feeding people is with the support of the Texas Department of Ag grant for our raised garden bed project. We are in the second quarter of the grant project and things are moving along nicely. During the project at our home farm, we will outfit a better greenhouse and build an acre of raised garden beds. Our plan is to have the garden easily accessible to our visitors for you-pick vegetables. The Red Barn Community Garden will potentially reach hundreds of community members and give them the opportunity grow their knowledge of where their food comes from and how it is produced naturally, without any use of pesticide or herbicide. Contact Info: • Email: matotomatogirls@gmail.com • Website: • Instagram: • Facebook: • Cell: 210.710.1176 • Address: 918 County Road 5710, Devine