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The owners of All One Farm in Oregon, are hoping to finally cash in how it claims to be the orchard that inspired Steve Jobs to name his company "Apple."

The origins of Apple are well-documented. While the naming of the company after an apple orchard sounds either apocryphal or just plain marketing, but it's true and the farm finally wants to cash in.

According to Oregon Live, All One Farm near McMinnville, on the market for $5 million. Based on property records searches, it appears to be the first time that the farm has been offered for sale since it was turned into a commune by Robert Friedland in the early 1970s.

At that point, both he and Steve Jobs were at Reed College, Oregon, and reportedly both interested in Eastern spirituality. Jobs spent weekends helping on the farm, and Friedland built up followers to work there for free.

It's not clear now either whether the commune exists per se, or why the current owners are selling. But while they must be using Steve Jobs's name or they wouldn't be getting the local coverage they are, the asking price is possibly a little less than the market average.

Given that the orchard has not been sold before, there's no way to ascertain its increasing value other than by comparison with equivalent properties.

According to its listing on the , All One Farm is said to be 387 acres across five parcels, with a 4-bedroom and 2.5-bathroom main house totalling 5,260 square feet. Situated at 11890 S.W. Dupee Valley Road, outside McMinnville, there is also large barn with a ballroom floor, outdoor kitchen, and greenhouse.

In February 2025, a plot of 350 acres around 70 miles away was sold for a million dollars more at $6 million. And about 165 miles away, farm land of 356 acres, with 1,668 square feet of building, sold in June 2024 for $6.5 million.

All One Farm's two connections to Steve Jobs

The story that it was this farm that gave Jobs the name "Apple" is backed up by co-founder Steve Wozniak. He has reported that Jobs suggested it after coming back from a farm, which was presumably this one.

What's certain, though, is that Jobs's partner in the 1970s, Chrisann Brennan, moved to the commune. It's where their daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs was born in 1978.

She writes briefly if fondly about the commune in her 2018 memoir, "Small Fry," but concentrates on her relationships there. She's reported to have summarized her birth, though, as her having been born on a farm and named in a field.

There's no mention of that in the listing. Instead, Redfin describes it as a "storybook estate," with "abundant wildlife and good hunting."