The community is also home to a large number of dairy farms, plant nurseries and berry farms, including Iseli Nursery and Liepold Farms, who supplies produce to the local restaurant chain Burgerville. There are over thirty active plant and tree nurseries that operate within the community. Boring is also home of a campus of Guide Dogs For The Blind, Inc., the oldest guide dog training program on the US west coast. The largest employer in Boring as of 2018 is Good Shepherd Community Church, an independent evangelical church.