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Sharing information and cultivating success for small acreage farmers
Get an inside look at the local farming scene as told by farmers in Jefferson County, WA and their immediate neighbors.
Jeanne Ball: All About Chickens and Mushrooms!
Jeanne Ball of Three Sisters Farm shares with Katherine Baril, WSU Jefferson County Extension director, details about raising mushrooms and free range chickens .
You can see her interview below which was a spontaneous conversation that happened when she dropped by the local Extension office to deliver some of her gourmet farm items to a few of her loyal customers.
Sam Allen shows you how to milk a goat!
4-H Fair.
Thanks for the lesson, Sam!
Greenbank Farm: Establishment of a Community Treasure
Featuring Karen Hutchinson, Vice President of the Greenbank Farm Management Group, and Don Meehan, Director of WSU Island County Extension. This video shares the details around how Greenbank Farm was established as a rich community resource for Whidbey Island residents and visitors.
Port Townsend Farmers Market: Opening Day
by EVAN CAEL
Peninsula Daily News
PORT TOWNSEND -- Despite blustery wind and falling raindrops, crowds turned out with excitement on the opening day Saturday of the Port Townsend Farmers Market.
Rows of booths selling fresh, locally grown produce, plants, crafts and food lined Tyler Street where it intersects with Lawrence Street to kick off the 2006 season of the Farmers Market, the largest regular outdoor market west of Seattle.
Beginning at 9 a.m., market vendors provided local residents with what they've been anticipating all winter long. (Read More)
Libby Urner: Port Townsend Farmers Market Director
Libby Urner, Port Townsend Farmers Market Director, highlights September 2006 activities and events.
Nick Hill: PT Farmers Market Site Manager
Daniel Bryant interviews Nick Hill, PT Farmers Market Site Manager, on opening day of the 2006 season.
Old Tarboo Farm
Old Tarboo Farm is 25 acres, a quarter of the original Keher homestead established in 1899 ouside of Quilcene, WA. They cultivate 2 acres of the land; the remainder hosts woods, scrubland, wetlands and 3-acre pond, all of which provide habitat for birds and other wildlife. Tarboo Creek, which runs through the corner of our farm, supports Coho and Chum salmon.
Zach and Haley Wailand: Dharma Ridge Farm
In the Valley at Dharma Ridge
By Carol Anne Modena, Staff Writer Port Townsend Food Coop
When I got to the muddy end of the road leading to Dharma Ridge Farm in February, I saw green, level Beaver Valley bottomland and the skeleton of a barn. When Zach and Haley Wailand look at these 10 acres, they see a finished barn, greenhouses, fruit trees, berry bushes and fields of organic crops that they dream about to feed their family and their community.
They started feeding us last spring as one of the earliest growers at the farmers market, with crops from the rocky soil at the top of Dharma Ridge, and more from a rented acre with three giant greenhouses on Egg & I Road. They worked hard last year and grew an impressive range of vegetables and fruits. Zach describes more than one occasion of picking well past sundown, guided by their truck's headlights.
But these fertile valley acres, cow pasture for more than 100 years, are where they hope to collect all their efforts in one place. They're experienced and realistic enough to know it will take some time and a "lot of grunting," and they're clear-eyed and focused enough to convince me they can make it happen. (See PT Farmers Market Blog)
Mary Lokers: Honey Gardens Aplaries
Mikiya Lockhart: Willow Wind Gardens
An interview with Mikiya Lockhart, owner Willow Wind Gardens, at the Port Townsend Farmers Market.
Jennie Watkins: Anada Hill Farms
Katherine Baril, WSU Jefferson County Extension, interviews Jennie Watkins, Anada Hill Farms about her French Chickens on opening day of the 2006 Port Townsend Farmers Market.
Mary Brackney: Wildwood Farm
Hear Mary Brackney of Wildwood Farms talk with Katherine Baril, WSU Jefferson County Extension director, about her successful farming practices which produce high quality rhubarb and jams.
Will O'Donnell: Mt. Townsend Creamery
Will O'Donnell talks with Katherine Baril, WSU Jefferson County Extension director, about the exciting varieties of locally produced cheeses his company creates.
Lana Bayal: Nash's Organic Produce
Jack Olmsted, 4-H Network News, talks to Lana Bayal, Nash's Organic Produce, about farming in the Dungeness Valley at the Port Townsend Farmers Market
Samantha Styger: Organic Valley Family of Farms
An interview with Samantha Styger, a family farm owner and Organic Valley Family of Farms member, at the 35th Fremont Fair
Denise Joy: Herbalist
Denise Joy talks about her herbal medicines at the Port Townsend Farmer's Market with Katherine Baril, WSU Jefferson County Extension director.
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