Upload
port-townsend-leader
View
222
Download
1
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
The official program for WSU's 2011 Farm Tour, as published by the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader.
Citation preview
2 WSU Farm Tour 2011 September 14, 2011
By Pamela Roberts, WSU Je� erson County Extension Interim Director
September is an exciting time for local farmers and for the entire Je� erson County community when the WSU FARM TOUR
rolls back around each fall. � is is the time of the harvest - when children and families, grandparents and visitors convene to celebrate the working farms and farmers throughout Je� erson County. Join us to reconnect with where your food, � bers and shell� sh come from and to enjoy the fresh air, the friendly people, the farm animals, a bit of music, and the healthy food that comes from our local farms. For those who want a physical challenge, consider the Tour de Fermes bike tour as a way to cut down on your carbon footprint. We have also established “Farm Tour Central” at the Chimacum Corner Farmstand where you can meet with friends to carpool before going out to tour the farms.
Join us and bring a friend, knowing that this special day is available annually for all our community to enjoy since it is entirely FREE to the public.
Our county of 30,000 residents is among the smallest by population in Washington State, and yet we have become a high quality center of excellence in the farming world. � e WSU FARM TOUR helps us celebrate that achievement together.
You should know that:
• Je� erson County has a team of dedicated agricultural entrepreneurs forging new and better ways to farm, emphasizing organic practices that eliminate the use of toxic chemicals, hormones and antibiotics in local food production.
• We have a growing sector of agricultural researchers living here and
some are internationally recognized in areas such as the protection and propagation of seed diversity. Others are exploring sustainable farming methods that enhance agricultural soils and that honor a healthy ecological balance between water, air, trees, soil, farm animals and food production. Still others are leading the way in the shell� sh sector, helping us monitor and protect the
precious marine water resources we have around us that are so vital to their success.
• Je� erson County has an increasing e� ective local food system that owes much to organizations that support the sales of local agricultural products, including the Port Townsend Farmer’s Market, Port Townsend Food Co-op, Chimacum Farmer’s Market and the Chimacum Corner Farmstand.
• WSU Je� erson County Extension has
cast a positive spotlight on our wonderful Je� erson County farms and researchers through its connections with the WSU International Programs in Pullman. In the past we have worked with Taiwan, Rwanda and Ecuador. � is year WSU and our local farmers will collaborate on agricultural and economic development projects with Ghana, Pakistan and Ecuador.
• We have important public and private organizations in our community that collaborate to support the long-term protection of working lands for farming and forestry in Je� erson County. � ese organizations also work together to protect critical habitat, as well as lands with unique characteristics such as those with public views and public access to special natural resource areas. � e Je� erson LandWorks Collaborative member organizations are: Je� erson County Conservation District, Je� erson County Farmer’s Market, � e Port Townsend Food Co-op, Je� erson Land Trust, Northwest Natural Resource Group, Shore Bank Enterprise Cascadia, Sun� eld Land for Learning, and WSU Je� erson County Extension.
• Our local vegetable and fruit producers are inspiring us to eat fresh, healthy food and to explore a broader variety of cuisines and recipes that focus on cooking local produce that is in season. Many local farms o� er Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) plans that facilitate direct sales to the consumer, thereby providing a much-needed, higher pro� t to participating farmers.
• Working voluntarily with local professionals dedicated to Olympic Peninsula salmon renewal, our farmers have embraced their role in protecting and restoring riparian habitats for salmon – showing the world that through � exible thinking and collaboration we can successfully balance healthy food production with the need to restore our natural habitats.
• Local farmers are exploring creative and varied methods to stay � nancially viable by providing additional services on their farms such as Bed and Breakfast facilities, farm tours, tasting rooms and educational workshops.
• We have an organic dairy in Chimacum that has stayed in business despite the loss of so many others. � ey produce high quality organic milk, which helps give them the margin of pro� t needed to stay economically viable.
• Our dairy, beef, goat, sheep and chicken farms provide free-range, wide open pasture lifestyles, creating an environment that is happy and healthy for both animals and local citizens to enjoy.
• Je� erson County has a growing cheese industry with unique local products emerging every month and plans for a new creamery to be restored in the heart of our agricultural center in Chimacum.
• Je� erson County is successfully nurturing a new generation of farmers through a unique program that places interns onto local farms and provides them hands-on experiences and academic education.
• We have a growing number of apple orchards and hard cider producers that are winning regional awards for their cider quality. Several also have tasting rooms for visitors to enjoy.
• Our dedicated � ber farms are inspiring a host of local � ber artists and processors with the high quality wool produced from their diverse breeds of sheep, llamas and alpacas.
• � e average distance that food travels to reach our homes is 1500 miles. Farmers and community members alike are beginning to explore local meat production, including establishing facilities to process meat locally.
Innovations related to farming are happening in unique and customized ways on each and every farm in Je� erson County because our local agricultural community has embraced a mindset of experimentation and a willingness to try new and promising approaches. Farmers in our community are dedicated to scienti� c inquiry and are eager to ask basic questions. � ey are willing to challenge the notion that things are best because, “It is what we have always done.” Our farmers embrace a more visionary stance and are bold enough to ask,“How can we do this better?”
� ere is so much to celebrate in our Je� erson County farming community – please join us and give your local farmers a much-deserved pat on the back!
Stop by and join us on the land…
John Navazio, Senior Scientist, Research & Education, Seed Extension Specialist OSA/WSU
Pamela Roberts, WSU Interim Director, peering through SpringRain Farm greenhouse tomatoes.
WSU Je� erson County Extension Interim Director
SSeptember is an exciting time for local farmers and for the entire Je� erson County community when the WSU FARM TOUR
rolls back around each fall. � is is the
IN THIS PUBLICATION: Photos by Sally Chapin, Pamela Roberts, Katy McCoy and Crystie Kisler.
September 14, 2011 WSU Farm Tour 2011 3
Coulter Kisler enjoys a gleeful relationship with apples at his family’s Finnriver Farm & Cidery.
An Apple a Day Keeps the Farm Boy at Play, and Work
By Crystie KislerFinnriver Farm
My younger son, three year old Coulter, drags the ladder next to the tall stack of wooden apple bins, methodically climbs the steps, and then tries to hurl himself into the pile of mounded Galas. He is ecstatic. It’s like one of those play-pens � lled with colorful plastic balls, only these are edible, and organic! � is batch of apples is getting pressed into juice, for eventual fermentation into cider, and their ripe, red, round presence is a great temptation to my boy. He reaches into the bin to pluck an apple from the pile, takes one ferocious bite and then tosses it over his shoulder in a � t of gleeful mischief. After the second incident of wasteful hurling, he is politely relocated over to the apple press where we hope to put his throwing arm to better use. � ere he stands on a bin edge and, with the help of his father, aims apples into the chute of the press. � e apples are quite large, and his hands can barely wrap around one, so he rises from the bin with an armload and wrangles each one proudly into the chute.
I am surprised that my son is not uncomfortable around the press, which is loud and rather intimidating during the
“chipping” phase of the operation. After traveling down the chute, the apples are shredded into tiny pieces by a bladed hammer-mill that works much like a big blender, � inging chunks of apple out the top at times and snorting and roaring as it goes. But even though I am a bit shy about getting up close and personal with the press, this little boy seems to love it! And then I recall an image of him as a baby (not even one yet) in a blue snowsuit, tucked into a pack on his father’s back while Keith sorted and pressed apples in the mid-winter chill. � is child, I realize, was introduced to the joys of fresh apple juice very early in his life. And he was lulled to sleep many a day by the rumble of that press, his little head resting on his dad’s shoulders while the work of the cidery carried on.
� anks to his early exposure to loud equipment and to long hours supervising the work on his dad’s back, it looks like Coulter will be a great farm-hand, undaunted by the rumble and repetition of jobs like pressing apples. � e golden juice dripping from the barrel is his reward; and ours is raising our children on a farm, with good purpose, wonderful community and food and drink that honors its origins in the land.
Thursday, Fri, Sat, SunSept. 15-18Northwest Earth Institute 2011 Bi-annual NORTH AMERICAN GATHERING & CONFERENCE“If Not Me, Then Who?” Building Healthy Communities & Local Food Systems One Conversation at a Time.
Port Townsend community members, partners, course organizers, course participants and volunteers. Enjoy three days of hiking, yoga, workshops on sustainable food, edible landscaping, dynamic community organizing, networking and community building. Keynote Speaker is Will Allen, urban farmer and retired American Basketball player.
Fort Worden State Park & Conference Center, Port Townsend
$55 - $75
nwei.org
Sat. & Sun., Sept. 17 & 18FIBER FARM TOUR10 am - 4 pm It’s FREE!
Ananda Hills, Jacob’s Fleece, Compass Rose Farm, Spring Hill Farm, Taylored Fibers
olypen� berfarmtour.com
Sunday - Sept. 18WSU FARM TOUR & TOUR DE FERMES10 am - 4 pm It’s FREE!
4-H Shell� sh Farm, Alpen� re Cider, Ananda Hills Farm, Bishop Dairy, Colinwood Farm, Compass Rose Farm, Elk Meadows, Finnriver Farm, Jacob’s Fleece, Mystery Bay Farm, Red Dog Farm, Short’s Family Farm, Spring Hill Farm, SpringRain Farm, Sun� eld Farm, Taylored Fibers, Westbrook Angus, Whiskey Hill Farm
Join Port Townsend Bicycle Association in celebrating our local farms through the Tour de Fermes. Details can be found at:
wsufarmtour.com
Look for our red WSU banner at Farm Tour Central located at the Chimacum Corner Farmstand on Sunday.
9th annualWSU FARM TOUR & EVENTS
9th annualWSU FARM TOUR & EVENTS
4 WSU Farm Tour 2011 September 14, 2011
In the past few years many leadership positions in Je� erson County have been in transition. Kenna Eaton is the new General
Manager at � e Food Co-op. Pamela Roberts is Interim Director of WSU Extension participating in an active search to replace Katherine Baril. Teresa Verraes is the new executive director at the Je� erson County Chamber of Commerce. We have a new school superintendent, hospital director, and have had � ve Je� erson Transit Authority General Managers in just over one year. In the past � ve years we have had three di� erent Farmer’s Market Directors.
� is type of transition makes recording the history of something like the WSU Farm Tour challenging because producers of the early farm tours have moved on.
My interest in farm tour history was sparked by my desire to increase awareness of � e Food Co-op’s role in sponsoring the farm tour consistently since its inception nine years ago. I was also curious why the tour name was changed from “Je� erson County Farm Tour” to “WSU Farm Tour” during the 6th Farm Tour in 2007. Why was it suddenly the WSU Farm Tour? Had this community event, sponsored since its inception by the same three organizations -- WSU Extension, � e Port Townsend Food Co-op, and the Farmer’s Market -- somehow left the Farmer’s Market and the Food Co-op behind in recognition?
My research has left me humbled, and in a nutshell, what follows is a very brief farm tour history. Maybe this article will generate more information on the history of the tour from those that have been involved over the years. If so, please contact me at [email protected] and let’s build a written history to share, honoring all those who helped to grow this event. Katherine Baril has already agreed to help with this project.
Apparently, in 2003, the Farmer’s Market Board (basically Phil and Wendy Norquest) approved a fee of $500 per month to hire a director. Harvindar Singh responded to the call and moved his family to Port Townsend to run the � edgling market. � at same year, Katherine Baril, then director of WSU Extension, wanted to start a farm tour in Je� erson County and had some money in her budget. Recognizing the value of augmenting Mr. Singh’s meager salary,
Katherine o� ered Singh $2,000 more per month to produce a farm tour and the � rst Je� erson County Farm Tour was born. Shuttles to and from � e Food Co-op and participating farms were supplied by Je� erson County Transit. Ten farms participated.
So, the event has always been a WSU Farm Tour, sponsored by the Farmer’s Market and Port Townsend Food Co-op. � e details of actual collaboration have been challenging to verify as � nancial support o� ered to WSU by the two sponsors over the years has varied from nothing to $3000 per year. Yet every year, Katherine generously placed the logos of the Farmer’s Market and � e Food Co-op on every poster, and from the � rst Farm Tour insert in the Leader, has given the back page to the three founding organizations.
Once I got over my embarrassment for feeling such entitlement on behalf of � e Food Co-op, I began to mull over the importance of knowing the history of something. Should we awake each day as though everything is new and live in the moment? Would it be valuable to put energy into understanding the history of something, even if it requires considerable research? Does anyone really care
about origin stories? Is it important to understand the relationship between the past, present and future? � ese questions are signi� cant to me currently because � e Food Co-op is celebrating our 40th anniversary in 2012 and we will be collecting stories from our owners about their personal experience of the past 40 years. We’d love to hear your story.
While contemplating these questions, I remembered an experience I’d had while living in the Oakwood section of Venice Beach in the early 1990s. My neighborhood was in transition. Gentri� cation was displacing families that had been living in a once economically depressed area of Los Angeles. � e grandkids of my across-the-street neighbor, eighty-year-old Vannie (who had purchased her house in the 1950s), the � rst black nurse hired to work at Santa Monica General Hospital decades earlier, were helping me wash my car. I went inside to get refreshments, bringing out fresh peaches. While juice was running down their delighted faces, the oldest brother asked me, “What are these?”
I was stunned into mute confusion. What did he mean? Could it be possible that these kids had never had a fresh peach before?
� e reason this story comes to mind is connected to our WSU Farm Tour. It’s connected to knowing the origins of our
food. It’s connected to telling the story of our farms and farmers and connecting the dots between the sun, the soil, the tree, the farmer and the can of peaches at the store. It’s connected to the need for families and educators to help their kids understand the history of their food.
I recently watched a video related to my work as President of the Je� erson County Farm to School Coalition. � e producers of the video were asking a group of elementary school students eating French fries to identify what vegetable they were eating. Only one of � ve students could name the potato, and when asked to name where it grew, none could do so. We’ve travelled that far from the origins of our food, our farms, and our farmers. Our kids no longer know the origins of French fries. � e WSU Farm Tour, produced this year by Pamela Roberts, is a great place to remedy this lack of food history, and a fun day to boot!
IIn the past few years many n the past few years many Katherine o� ered Singh $2,000 more
Farm Tour History: Telling the Origin Story
Compass Rose Farm plants their produce in healthy, colorful patches.
Chickens and sheep enjoy each other’s company at Compass Rose Farm.
September 14, 2011 WSU Farm Tour 2011 5
By Katy McCoyChimacum Corner Farmstand
The grocery store as a community center? Yep, that’s exactly what Malcolm Dorn, Phil Vogelzang and
I envisioned in November, 2010, when we opened Chimacum Corner Farmstand, a new local “FOOD FROM HERE” grocery located at the confluence of Chimacum’s two rich agricultural valleys, Center and Beaver. If you think about it, grocery stores are natural community centers. As Phil points out, “Food is the original glue that held societies together. How well they managed that food supply determined their ability to survive years of famine and pestilence.”
It is still true today that how we choose to grow and procure food can greatly affect the health and cohesiveness of our community. The best local agricultural practices can play a huge role in preserving healthy soils, streams, and wildlife, building local economy, creating rich cultural traditions, and keeping its human inhabitants healthy and happy.
From the beginning of non-native settlement of the Olympic Peninsula in the late 1800s, Chimacum functioned as an important agricultural center. In those days, all food was necessarily local, and the thousands living and working in the booming mill and smelter towns of Port Townsend, Port Hadlock, Port Ludlow, Irondale, Discovery Bay, and Port Gamble all had to eat. Chimacum’s two valleys, Center and Beaver, boasted not only the best agricultural land on the peninsula, but they were also centrally located. A prosperous and diverse farming community developed along with an axis of roads that carried large quantities of food out in all directions. The thriving hub of that axis was at the intersecton where Chimacum Corner Farmstand sits today.
As the extraction industries ran their course and the mill towns began to close,
Chimacum, besides growing lots of wheat, began to specialize in dairy and expand its reach, selling to places like Seattle. By mid-century there were well over 60 small dairies, Glendale Dairy being the biggest with a large creamery that processed milk from the smaller dairies. For a time, farmers prospered, but consolidation continued, and before long, everyone (including Glendale) was either owned by or sold their milk directly to Darigold. It became the norm for food to be shipped further and further distances. Economic factors favoring industrial-scaled operations forced dairy after dairy to close. (Today, only one defiant dairy, Bishop Organic Valley Dairy, remains.) Chimacum lost its agricultural footing, and with it a big part of its identity and purpose. 20,000 cars may drive through each day, but few stop or appreciate its impressive history.
There is reason to hope however that this trend away from sustainable farming and local food may finally be reversing in our area. Older farmers, unwilling to give up, are trying new tricks, while younger farmers
are flocking to the valley with big ambition and new ideas. Farm interns from across the country are coming to East Jefferson County to take part in the “field program” and mentor under the instruction of our local farmers, while WSU provides lots of other educational opportunities through its extension “ag” programs. Jefferson Landworks Collaborative, a network of diverse organizations, is working hard to find creative ways to preserve working farmland and keep local farms
economically viable. One of their most recent successes is that within the next few years, Mount Townsend Creamery will be moving their entire creamery and heifer cow operation to Chimacum. And last, but not least, a grass roots movement is taking hold. As we all become more aware of the industrial food system’s hidden costs to the environment, animal welfare, personal health, and national security, people are increasingly choosing to invest in our future via buying local food.
Which brings us back to Chimacum Corner Farmstand and our vision. We believe that in our century-long journey away from eating local, our community lost much of the “food glue” that held it together, kept it healthy, and gave us purpose. We want to be part of the glue that begins the repair process. We are only part of the glue however which includes farmers, producers, other markets, supportive institutions, and of course YOU, the educated principled consumer.
Our primary goal is to build a public marketplace where local farmers can one day make a decent living feeding the locale. If we can enrich the experience further by acting as a community center where neighbors get to know each other and connect to where their food comes from, so much the better. It is all strangely reminiscent of Chimacum in 1900. (Except of course…we have a much better website: www.chimacumcorner.com)
We’re honored to be the headquarters this year for the annual WSU Farm Tour. Please come visit us at 9122 Rhody Drive on Hwy 19. We’re open daily 9-7. Look for the 12’ rooster at the only 4 way stop in Chimacum!
Building Back Our Agricultural Community
Michelle Shooman shares local food from here at the Chimacum Corner Farmstand.
1.Co
linw
ood
Farm
John
Gun
ning
and J
esse
Hop
kins
1210
F St
. Por
t Tow
nsen
d WA
9836
8|li
veor
gani
clife
@ya
hoo.c
om
Dire
ction
s: Fa
rm lie
s half
a blo
ck ea
st of
the
inter
secti
on of
San J
uan A
venu
e and
F St
reet
. Par
k ne
ar fa
rm st
and.
Collin
wood
Farm
has b
een p
rodu
cing c
erti�
ed
orga
nic fr
uits a
nd ve
geta
bles s
ince 1
989,
and r
uns a
24
/7 se
lf-se
rve f
arm
stan
d ope
n all y
ear!
Com
e see
40
,000 s
quar
e fee
t of g
reen
hous
es w
hich w
ill he
lp far
mer
s Joh
n and
Jesse
mov
e int
o yea
r-rou
nd lo
cal
food
prod
uctio
n.
2. W
hisk
ey H
ill
Goat
Dai
ryDi
ana D
yer a
nd Fa
mily
360-
385-
3407
2333
Cape
Geor
ge Ro
ad, P
ort T
owns
end W
A 983
68ra
ven5
di@
hotm
ail.c
omwh
iskey
hillf
arm
.com
Dire
ction
s: Lo
cate
d on C
ape G
eorg
e Rd,
north
of
Has
tings
Aven
ue. L
ook f
or gr
avel
drive
way o
n the
we
st sid
e.W
hiske
y Hill
Goat
Dair
y pro
duce
s arti
sana
l age
d ch
eese
s and
� uid
milk
from
raw
goat
milk
. We a
lso
prod
uce a
cow
milk
chee
se. T
he m
ilk is
sold
in qu
art
and h
alf ga
llon s
izes. W
e rais
e pur
ebre
d Nub
ian
and F
renc
h Alpi
ne da
iry go
ats f
or re
place
men
t and
br
eedin
g sto
ck fo
r oth
er da
iries
. Com
e and
tour
the
goat
barn
, milk
ing pa
rlor a
nd ch
eese
mak
ing ro
om.
We w
ill ha
ve se
vera
l che
eses
for s
ale as
well
as w
ell
as so
aps a
nd lo
tions
. The
goat
s are
eage
r to m
eet
folks
and l
ove t
o be p
ette
d!
3. A
lpen
fire
Cide
rNa
ncy a
nd St
eve '
Bear
' Bish
op36
0-37
9-89
1522
0 Poc
ket L
ane,
Port
Town
send
9836
8sn
pbish
op@
wayp
t.com
alpe
n� re
cider
.com
Dire
ction
s: he
ading
Sout
h on C
ape G
eorg
e Roa
d, tu
rn rig
ht on
Pock
et La
ne im
med
iately
befo
re th
e Be
cket
t Poin
t Y. A
lpen�
re Ci
der is
the �
rst d
rivew
ay
on th
e righ
t.Be
sure
to st
op by
Alpe
n� re
Cide
r's ne
w ta
sting
ro
om fo
r a sa
mple
of "W
ashin
gton
's on
ly or
ganic
ha
rd ci
ders.
" By S
epte
mbe
r our
early
seas
on ap
ples,
Foxw
help,
Mus
cade
t de D
ieppe
, King
ston B
lack,
etc.
will b
e big,
beau
tiful
and j
ust a
bout
read
y to h
arve
st,
com
e and
try a
mou
th pu
cker
ing sa
mple
! Our
late
se
ason
apple
s, th
e Dab
inett,
Vilbe
rie, B
rown
Snou
t an
d oth
ers w
ill sti
ll be j
ust b
eginn
ing to
mat
ure.
Take
a w
alk th
roug
h the
orch
ard w
hile i
t is h
eavy
with
fru
it an
d at t
he he
ight o
f its p
rodu
ctivit
y.If y
ou ar
e int
eres
ted i
n fer
men
tatio
n be s
ure
to ch
eck o
ut th
e cide
r hou
se an
d yes
, the
� nall
y pr
oduc
ing, v
inega
r roo
m. Y
ou ca
n tra
ce th
e app
les’
path
from
the o
rchar
d thr
ough
the V
oran
proc
essin
g eq
uipm
ent s
traigh
t to t
he fe
rmen
tatio
n tan
ks an
d int
o the
bottl
e!Gr
ab a
seat
betw
een t
he tr
ees a
nd en
joy a
glass
of ci
der w
ith ch
eese
sam
ples o
r a cu
p of c
o¡ ee
and
our f
resh
apple
cake
. We h
ope t
o see
you h
ere!
4. M
yste
ry B
ay F
arm
Rach
ael V
an La
anen
and S
cott
Brin
ton
360-
385-
3309
72 B
ever
idge
Lane
, Nor
dlan
d WA
9835
8in
fo@
mys
tery
bayf
arm
.com
ww
w.m
yste
ryba
yfar
m.co
m
Dire
ction
s: Fro
m SR
19, h
ead e
ast i
nto P
ort
Hadlo
ck. A
t 4-w
ay st
op, g
o eas
t on O
ak Ba
y Rd.
Turn
lef
t ont
o Flag
ler Rd
, follo
wing
sign
s to M
arro
wsto
ne
Islan
d. St
ay on
Flag
ler Rd
, cro
ssing
India
n Isla
nd,
and f
ollow
to th
e Nor
dland
Stor
e, ha
lfway
up
Mar
rows
tone
, look
ing fo
r 72 B
ever
idge L
ane.
Follo
w sig
ns an
d ins
tructi
on to
park
ing.
Mys
tery
Bay F
arm
is a
small
scale
, fam
ily fa
rm
oper
ating
on 5
acre
s on M
arro
wsto
ne Is
land.
As
of sp
ring 2
009,
we ar
e a W
SDA c
erti�
ed G
rade
A Da
iry. W
e pro
duce
farm
stead
, goa
t milk
chee
ses
for g
ener
al sa
le (w
hich m
eans
we m
ake c
hees
e on
ly fro
m th
e milk
of ou
r anim
als).
We c
ame t
o
farm
ing vi
a eco
logy.
Our in
tere
st in
trying
to cr
eate
a t
ruly
susta
inable
farm
ing sy
stem
grow
s out
of
obse
rvat
ions o
f nat
ural
syste
ms f
rom
whic
h the
wor
d 'su
staina
ble: re
silien
t, ad
apta
ble, e
volvi
ng an
d thu
s sta
ble', i
s der
ived.
We b
eliev
e tha
t far
ming
can b
e do
ne in
an ec
ologic
ally,
econ
omica
lly an
d soc
ially
resp
onsib
le m
anne
r.
5. S
unfie
ld F
arm
Neil a
nd Ve
rity H
owe
360-
385-
3658
111 S
un� e
ld La
ne, P
ort H
adlo
ck W
A 98
339
info
@su
n� e
ldfa
rm.o
rg
sun�
eld
farm
.org
Dire
ction
s: Lo
cate
d on S
R19.
Look
for d
rivew
ay
locat
ed be
twee
n Circ
le an
d Squ
are A
uto R
epair
and
Fiesta
Jalis
co Re
staur
ant.
~ Fa
rmer
led t
ours
at 10
, 12 a
nd 2:
00.
~ G
oat M
ilking
dem
onstr
ation
at 11
:00~
Visit
ing ar
ea w
ith go
ats,
shee
p, ch
icken
s and
ra
bbits ~
Farm
prod
ucts
and �
bre
on sa
le.~
Sun�
eld W
aldor
f Sch
ool c
lassro
oms o
pen
for t
ourin
gSu
n� el
d Far
m us
es bi
odyn
amic
farm
ing
met
hods
to en
rich a
nd re
plenis
h the
soils
, and
no
urish
a div
ersit
y of c
rops
and a
nimals
as a
mod
el of
susta
inable
agric
ultur
e. Th
e far
m se
rves
CSA
mem
bers
and t
he lo
cal c
omm
unity
with
a va
riety
of
orga
nicall
y gro
wn pr
oduc
e.Su
n� el
d, La
nd fo
r Lea
rning
, is a
non-
pro�
t or
ganiz
ation
with
a co
mm
unity
build
ing m
ission
of
educ
ation
and l
and s
tewa
rdsh
ip. Th
e eigh
ty-o
ne
acre
s of �
elds
, fore
st an
d wet
lands
, with
76 ac
res
held
in co
nser
vatio
n, is
a lea
rning
envir
onm
ent f
or
a pre
-K th
roug
h gra
de ei
ght W
aldor
f Sch
ool a
nd
com
mun
ity ed
ucat
ion pr
ogra
ms t
hat s
erve
regio
nal
schoo
ls fo
r far
m vi
sits a
nd ho
st a v
ariet
y of e
vent
s an
d wor
ksho
ps. D
uring
the f
arm
tour
a fre
e wor
ksho
p on
Hug
elkult
ur, an
ancie
nt m
etho
d of c
reat
ing
grow
ing be
ds fr
om w
oody
mat
erial
, will
be he
ld fro
m
12 to
2p.m
. (Hu
gelku
ltur |
Je¡ e
rson C
ount
y, W
A –
Solid
Was
te Pr
ogra
m). W
e inv
ite yo
u to l
earn
mor
e ab
out b
iodyn
amic
agric
ultur
e on a
farm
er-le
d tou
r of
the g
arde
ns an
d the
com
posti
ng sy
stem
, obs
erve
m
ilking
and w
ool p
roce
ssing
dem
onstr
ation
s give
n by
our 4
-H st
uden
ts, an
d visi
t with
our f
arm
anim
als.
To le
arn m
ore a
bout
our p
rogr
ams,
pleas
e visi
t www
.su
n� el
dfar
m.or
g or c
all (3
60) 3
85-3
658.
6. S
prin
gRai
n Fa
rm
and
Orch
ard
John
G. B
ello
w42
5-21
8-77
5618
7 Cov
ingt
on W
ay, C
him
acum
, WA
9832
5in
fo@
sprin
grai
nfar
m.o
rgsp
ringr
ainf
arm
ando
rchar
d.co
m
Dire
ction
s: Fro
m SR
19 he
ading
sout
h, ta
ke a
left t
urn o
nto C
oving
ton W
ay an
d go t
o the
end o
f th
e driv
eway
. Par
k on t
he le
ft. Fr
om SR
19 he
ading
no
rth, t
ake t
he � r
st rig
ht af
ter H
J Car
roll P
ark.
Look
fo
r sign
s. Sp
ringR
ain Fa
rm &
Orch
ard h
as be
en de
signa
ted
as pr
ime a
gricu
ltura
l land
sinc
e the
1920
s and
is
a dive
rsi� e
d cer
ti� ed
orga
nic fa
rm. W
e foc
us
on pr
oduc
ing a
varie
ty of
small
fruit
s inc
luding
ra
spbe
rries
and b
luebe
rries
, egg
s, ch
icken
, tur
key,
lamb,
and h
eirloo
m ap
ples a
nd pe
ars. W
e hav
e an
ecolo
gical
appr
oach
to fa
rm m
anag
emen
t and
are
com
mitt
ed to
susta
inable
agric
ultur
e des
igned
to
mee
t loc
al co
mm
unity
need
s. Co
me v
isit u
s and
try
the S
pring
Rain
Chall
enge
- a t
reas
ure h
unt o
f ac
tiviti
es fo
r all a
ges!
7. R
ed D
og F
arm
Kary
n Will
iam
s 36
0-73
2-02
23
406 C
ente
r Rd.
, Chi
mac
um, W
A, 98
325
info
@re
ddog
farm
.net
re
ddog
farm
.net
Dire
ction
s: Fro
m th
e int
erse
ction
of SR
19 an
d Ce
nter
Rd, t
urn s
outh
onto
Cent
er Rd
. Foll
ow to
#4
06. M
ake a
right
into
the d
rivew
ay an
d hea
d for
th
e red
barn
. Se
ttled
in th
e fer
tile C
ente
r Vall
ey, R
ed D
og Fa
rm
boas
ts go
rgeo
us vi
ews,
salm
on-b
earin
g Chim
acum
Cr
eek f
ront
age,
and p
rime g
rowi
ng co
nditi
ons. W
e ar
e cer
ti� ed
orga
nic an
d gro
w ov
er 15
0 di¡
eren
t va
rietie
s of v
eget
ables
, ber
ries a
nd � o
wers
on 23
ac
res.
Our p
rodu
ce is
sold
locall
y at P
ort T
owns
end
and C
himac
um fa
rmer
s mar
kets,
our 1
0-m
onth
long
CS
A pro
gram
, at t
he fa
rm at
our f
abulo
us se
lf-se
rve
Farm
stand
, and
thro
ugh v
ariou
s ret
ailer
s and
re
staur
ants.
Re
d Dog
Farm
is op
erat
ed by
owne
r Kar
yn
Willi
ams a
long w
ith he
r tale
nted
crew
inclu
ding
Laur
a Llew
ellyn
, Zac
h Yak
ush,
Kyra
Willi
ams,
Joel
Soko
lo¡ a
nd D
an H
ysko
. Red
Dog
Farm
is na
med
afte
r Ru
pert
Dand
elion
, Kar
yn's
red b
orde
r coll
ie.
Visit
Red D
og on
the F
arm
Tour
and b
e tre
ated
to
a to
ur of
the �
elds
by on
e of t
he fa
bulou
s cre
w m
embe
rs, a
delic
ious C
ape C
leare
salm
on sa
ndwi
ch,
a sco
op of
seas
onall
y-ins
pired
Elev
ated
Ice C
ream
, liv
e tun
es fr
om Je
¡ erso
n Cou
nty's
� nes
t mus
ician
s, an
d fre
sh fa
rm pr
oduc
e ava
ilable
at ou
r far
m st
and.
Bring
the w
hole
family
for a
day o
f fun
, but
plea
se
leave
your
dogs
at ho
me!
8. W
estb
rook
Ang
usCh
uck A
nd Ju
lie B
oggs
360-
732-
4335
13
11 W
est V
alley
Roa
d Chi
mac
um, W
A 98
325
westb
rook
angu
s@ya
hoo.c
om
westb
rook
angu
s.wor
dpre
ss.co
m
Dire
ction
s: Go
past
the C
himac
um Sc
hool
and
turn
onto
Wes
t Vall
ey Ro
ad go
ing so
uth.
Go a
bout
1.3
mile
s and
1311
Wes
t Vall
ey Ro
ad is
on yo
ur le
ft.
Loca
ted i
n the
hear
t of b
eaut
iful C
himac
um
Valle
y, W
estb
rook
Angu
s sell
s gra
ss-fed
blac
k An
gus d
irectl
y. Ca
ll to p
lace o
rder
s or e
. Juli
e is
a mem
ber o
f a Ch
imac
um pi
onee
r fam
ily th
at
distin
guish
ed th
emse
lves a
s well
-kno
wn le
ader
s in
the �
eld o
f Ang
us br
eedin
g. He
r par
ents
were
Wall
y an
d May
Wes
terg
aard
. Ju
lie an
d her
husb
and,
Chuc
k, se
t a hi
gh
stand
ard f
or an
imal
husb
andr
y, m
ainta
ining
a he
althy
herd
and p
rodu
cing d
elicio
us m
eat f
or
the c
onsu
mer.
You c
an se
e the
ir her
ds at
stat
e and
re
giona
l fairs
in th
e sum
mer
s whe
re th
ey al
ways
ta
ke to
p priz
es. T
he W
estb
rook
Angu
s far
m is
amon
g th
e mos
t bea
utifu
l in ou
r cou
nty w
ith it
s lus
h gre
en
pastu
res a
nd ha
ppy,
healt
hy an
imals
.
9. S
hort
's Fa
mily
Far
mRo
ger a
nd Sa
ndy S
hort
360-
301-
3521
1594
Cent
er Va
lley R
oad C
him
acum
, WA
9836
5rsh
ort4
2@gm
ail.c
omsh
ortsf
amily
farm
.com
Dire
ction
s: Lo
cate
d 1.5
mile
s sou
th of
the
inter
secti
on of
SR19
and C
ente
r Rd.
From
4-wa
y sto
p, tu
rn so
uth o
n Cen
ter R
d. Fo
llow
to #1
594.
Turn
right
(w
est)
into d
rivew
ay an
d foll
ow si
gns t
o par
king.
The S
hort
family
has b
een f
arm
ing th
e sam
e 45
0 acre
s of C
himac
um Va
lley s
ince 1
945.
Com
e see
th
eir m
ost r
ecen
t end
eavo
rs: ra
ising
USD
A cer
ti� ed
gr
ass-f
ed be
ef an
d pro
ducin
g ove
r 600
0 yar
ds of
co
mpo
st an
d mag
ical s
oil fo
r loc
al ga
rden
ers. T
our
the c
ompo
sting
facil
ity, le
arn a
bout
the c
ompo
sting
pr
oces
s and
orde
r som
e "M
agic
Dirt.
" Rog
er an
d fam
ily w
ill be
show
ing o¡
the
ir bee
f ret
ail bu
sines
s an
d will
be av
ailab
le to
disc
uss t
he ne
cessi
ty of
good
pa
sture
main
tena
nce f
or ra
ising
healt
hy be
ef an
d pr
eser
ving t
he he
alth o
f our
wat
ersh
ed.
10. F
innr
iver
Far
mKe
ith an
d Cry
stie K
isler
, Ja
net A
ubin
and J
e� H
orwa
th36
0-73
2-68
2262
Bar
n Swa
llow
Road
, Chi
mac
um, W
A 98
325
info
@� n
nrive
rfarm
.com
ww
w.� n
nrive
r.com
Dire
ction
s: Fro
m th
e int
erse
ction
of SR
19
and C
ente
r Rd,
follo
w Ce
nter
Rd so
uth 2
.7 m
iles t
o Co
untry
Mea
dow
Rd. T
urn r
ight (
west)
onto
Coun
try
Mea
dow
Rd. F
ollow
until
road
split
s, an
d foll
ow to
th
e righ
t, pa
st ho
uses
, and
park
at ba
rn.
Finnr
iver is
a 33
-acre
certi
� ed o
rgan
ic fam
ily
farm
, orch
ard a
nd ar
tisan
cide
ry, co
mm
itted
to
creat
ing de
ep-ro
oted
and f
ruitf
ul co
nnec
tions
to
the l
and,
our w
ild an
d hum
an ne
ighbo
rs, an
d to
our c
omm
unity
. We g
row
an as
sortm
ent o
f ber
ry
crops
, mixe
d veg
etab
les, h
eirloo
m ap
ples,
as w
ell
as o¡
ering
a “su
staina
ble st
aples
” CSA
prog
ram
. We
keep
hone
y bee
s, ra
ise la
yer a
nd m
eat c
hicke
ns, a
s we
ll as a
few
pigs,
goat
s and
shee
p. St
op by
the
farm
and e
njoy
a vis
it to
the C
idery
tasti
ng ro
om
to en
joy th
e fer
men
ted f
ruits
of ou
r lab
or. $5
give
s yo
u a sa
mple
of a
hand
ful o
f har
d cide
rs an
d fru
it wi
nes.
Den
ted B
uoy P
izza w
ill be
on-si
te se
lling
wood
-� re
pizz
a, Ah
mad
Baab
ahar
will
be pr
ovidi
ng
live m
usic,
and s
tory
telle
r Bria
n Roh
r will
o¡ er
fam
ily-fr
iendly
stor
ytim
e at 2
:00 pm
.
11. B
ishop
Fam
ily D
airy
The B
ishop
Fam
ily36
0-77
4-05
8226
91 Eg
g & I R
oad,
Chim
acum
WA
9832
5
Dire
ction
s: Dr
ive so
uth o
n Bea
ver V
alley
Rd. T
urn
right
on Eg
g & I a
nd go
1/4 m
ile. T
he fa
rm is
on th
e lef
t. Pa
rk ne
ar th
e bar
n and
hous
e.Co
me v
isit t
he hi
storic
Bish
op D
airy,
hom
e to
a loc
al leg
end a
nd lo
re-a
s well
as or
ganic
milk
ing
cows
! For
over
100 y
ears
the B
ishop
s hav
e far
med
th
ese 5
25-a
cres w
hich i
nspir
ed Be
tty M
acDo
nald'
s fam
ous b
ook,
"The
Egg &
I". Co
me d
o a se
lf-gu
ided
tour
of th
e far
m an
d lea
rn ab
out t
heir C
erti�
ed
Orga
nic pr
actic
es. P
lus, m
eet t
hree
gene
ratio
ns
work
ing to
geth
er to
pres
erve
this
impo
rtant
piec
e of
Je¡ e
rson C
ount
y's ag
ricult
ural
herit
age.
12. S
prin
g Hi
ll Fa
rmGa
ry an
d Mar
gare
t Wal
ters
360-
732-
4856
3723
Bea
ver V
alley
Roa
d, Po
rt Lu
dlow
, WA
9836
5sp
ringh
illro
mne
ys.co
m
* Ope
n for
tour
Sept
embe
r 17 a
nd 18
, 201
1Ga
ry an
d Mar
gare
t Walt
ers h
ave b
een r
aising
pu
rebr
ed Ro
mne
ys fo
r ove
r 25 y
ears.
They
have
su
ccessf
ully s
hown
their
shee
p all o
ver t
he U
nited
St
ates
and h
ave w
on m
any r
ibbon
s and
awar
ds in
reco
gniti
on of
the q
ualit
y of t
heir s
heep
and w
ool.
Their
farm
is lo
cate
d in B
eave
r Vall
ey w
here
M
arga
ret h
as de
velop
ed an
exte
nsive
line o
f pro
ducts
m
ade f
rom
her o
wn sh
eep's
� ber.
She h
as an
arra
y of
com
bed a
nd ca
rded
woo
l as w
ell as
seve
ral
weigh
ts of
yarn
, all i
n bea
utifu
l nat
ural
color
s. If y
ou
are a
spinn
er lo
oking
for a
raw
� eec
e to w
ork w
ith,
Mar
gare
t has
man
y bea
utifu
l � ee
ces t
o cho
ose f
rom
. Sh
e also
has �
at fe
lt fo
r sale
, woo
l soc
ks, c
omfo
rter
batts
and b
lanke
ts.On
Satu
rday
and S
unda
y, th
e Walt
ers w
ill ha
ve
shea
ring d
emon
strat
ions a
t 11:0
0, 1:0
0 and
3:00
.
13. A
nand
a Hi
lls F
arm
Jenn
ie W
atkin
s36
0-73
2-01
1155
3 Em
body
Roa
d, Po
rt Lu
dlow
, WA
9836
5jew
atkin
s@ol
ypen
.com
anan
dahi
llsfa
rm.w
ordp
ress
.com
Dire
ction
s: He
ading
sout
h on H
wy 19
, tra
vel 1
.5 m
iles p
ast E
gg &
I Rd.,
turn
right
on Em
body
Rd.
* Ope
n for
tour
Sept
embe
r 17 a
nd 18
, 201
1An
anda
Hills
Farm
is a
small
and c
ozy p
lace
locat
ed in
the h
ills ab
ove B
eave
r Vall
ey. T
he ow
ner,
Jenn
ie W
atkin
s, sp
ecial
izes i
n rais
ing or
ganic
eggs
an
d She
tland
Shee
p, a d
iminu
tive b
reed
origi
natin
g in
the S
hetla
nd Is
lands
that
prod
uces
an am
azing
am
ount
of be
autif
ul wo
ol in
a var
iety o
f di¡
eren
t co
lors. At
Anan
da H
ills Fa
rm, a
ll the
farm
ing ac
tiviti
es
have
a sy
mbio
tic re
lation
ship.
The h
ens s
cratch
up
the m
anur
e lef
t beh
ind by
the s
heep
allow
ing it
to
dry u
p fas
ter r
esult
ing in
clea
ner p
astu
res. T
he
bedd
ing fr
om th
e bot
h the
chick
ens a
nd th
e she
ep
is tu
rned
into
com
post
that
enha
nces
the s
oil in
the
vege
table
gard
ens.
Durin
g the
Farm
Tour,
Jenn
ie wi
ll hav
e an
asso
rtmen
t of r
aw � e
eces
for s
ale as
well
as ro
ving
prep
ared
for s
pinnin
g. Sh
e will
also b
e fea
turin
g ha
nd-sp
un, h
and-
wove
n blan
kets
mad
e fro
m he
r ow
n woo
l.
14. C
ompa
ss R
ose
Farm
Ka
teen
Fent
er w
ith pa
rent
s, Be
v and
Rob
ert a
nd fa
mily
360-
379-
1443
14
63 W
est U
ncas
Roa
d, Po
rt To
wnse
nd, W
Am
kfen
ter@
gmai
l.com
com
pass
rose
farm
s.blo
gspo
t.com
* Ope
n for
tour
: Sep
tem
ber 1
7 and
18, 2
011
Dire
ction
s: fo
llow
Hwy 2
0 Wes
t to t
he
inter
secti
on w
ith 10
1. Tu
rn le
ft on
to 10
1, tra
vel 1
.5 m
iles t
hen t
urn r
ight o
nto W
est U
ncas
Road
at m
ile
post
284.
The f
arm
is th
e 4th
drive
way o
n the
right
.Co
mpa
ss Ro
se Fa
rm is
a be
autif
ul 40
acre
farm
loc
ated
in th
e Sno
w Cr
eek v
alley
. Kat
een,
her c
hildr
en
and h
er pa
rent
s, Ro
bert
and B
ev, r
un th
e far
m an
d ha
ve ow
ned t
he pr
oper
ty in
partn
ersh
ip wi
th th
e Je
¡ erso
n Cou
nty L
and T
rust
since
2007
. In
a few
shor
t yea
rs, th
e fam
ily ha
s esta
blish
ed
an ex
tens
ive m
arke
t gar
den,
an ap
iary,
a her
d of
Icelan
dic sh
eep a
nd lla
mas
, a � o
ck of
chick
ens a
nd
exte
nsive
hay �
elds
.Du
ring t
he Fa
rm To
ur, Ka
teen
and B
ev w
ill be
sellin
g raw
Icela
nd Sh
eep �
eece
s in a
varie
ty
of co
lors. T
hey w
ill als
o hav
e rov
ing pr
epar
ed fo
r sp
inning
for s
ale.
15. T
aylo
red
Fibe
rsBa
rry an
d Lin
da Ta
ylor
1671
Dab
ob R
oad,
Qui
lcene
, WA
9837
6ta
ylore
d� b
ers@
wayp
t.com
taylo
red�
ber
s.com
* Ope
n for
tour
Sept
embe
r 17 a
nd 18
, 201
1Di
recti
ons:
Take
Cent
er Va
lley R
d pas
t Rte
104.
Take
the �
rst l
eft o
n Dab
ob Rd
, the
n to #
1671
on
the l
eft. Ba
rry an
d Lind
a Tay
lor ra
ise an
asso
rtmen
t of
shee
p bre
d for
woo
l and
for m
eat o
n 10 a
cres o
f pr
oper
ty th
at is
shar
ed w
ith a
horse
and a
llam
a.
Barry
has h
ad ex
tens
ive ex
perie
nce p
roce
ssing
woo
l in
Austr
alia a
nd on
the E
ast C
oast
of th
e Unit
ed
Stat
es. H
e has
used
that
expe
rienc
e to d
evelo
p his
own s
ucce
ssful
wool
card
ing bu
sines
s. Vi
sitor
s to
Barry
and L
inda's
farm
will
have
the o
ppor
tunit
y to
view
the p
roce
ssing
equip
men
t (Ba
rry w
ill be
givin
g de
mos
durin
g the
Farm
Tour
) and
to le
arn m
ore
abou
t how
raw
� eec
e is t
urne
d int
o bea
utifu
l dye
d ro
ving.
Barry
and L
inda w
ill ha
ve a
wide
varie
ty of
ro
ving a
vaila
ble fo
r pur
chas
e dur
ing th
e Tou
r.
16. J
acob
's Fl
eece
Jan G
illan
ders
765-
0103
693 B
ig Le
af La
ne, Q
uilce
ne, W
A 98
376
then
est@
emba
rqm
ail.c
om
jlgill
ande
rshor
sean
d� b
er.co
m
* Ope
n for
tour
Sept
embe
r 17 a
nd 18
, 201
1Di
recti
ons:
Take
Cent
er Va
lley R
d int
o Quil
cene
to
inter
secti
on w
ith H
wy 10
1. Ta
ke a
right
on H
wy 10
1 an
d go 1
.5 m
iles t
o a le
ft on
to W
ildwo
od Rd
. Fro
m
Wild
wood
Rd, t
ake y
our �
rst r
ight o
n Big
Leaf
Ln.
(gra
vel ro
ad).
Follo
w to
farm
on le
ft.Ja
cob's
Flee
ce Fa
rm is
a lit
tle o¡
the
beat
en tr
ack
but w
ell w
orth
the a
dven
ture.
Loca
ted o
n 40 a
cres i
n th
e hills
abov
e Quil
cene
, Jan
's � o
ck is
prim
arily
mad
e up
of Ja
cob S
heep
, a un
ique b
reed
know
n for
its b
lack
and w
hite s
pots
and f
or it
s mult
iple h
orns
. Jan
sells
ro
ving a
nd ya
rn th
at sh
e has
hand
-spun
from
her
own w
ool. I
t com
es in
a va
riety
of na
tura
l colo
rs (ju
st lik
e her
shee
p). S
he al
so ha
s cre
ated
her o
wn lin
e of
uniqu
e knit
ted a
nd fe
lted p
urse
s.Th
ere w
ill be
ongo
ing w
eavin
g, sp
inning
and
knitt
ing de
mon
strat
ions.
Durin
g the
Farm
Tour,
Jan h
as in
vited
seve
ral
frien
ds to
join
her:
~Ka
ren R
ose o
f Ros
e Bud
Ranc
h and
Fibe
r St
udio
in Po
rt To
wnse
nd w
ill be
ther
e sell
ing � e
eces
an
d cus
tom
spun
and d
yed y
arn m
ade f
rom
her
llam
as an
d alpa
cas. T
hese
yarn
s are
incre
dibly
soph
istica
ted a
nd yo
u won
't � n
d the
m in
your
loca
l ya
rn sh
op! T
his ye
ar Ka
ren w
ill als
o be d
emon
strat
ing
trian
gle lo
oms.
~Fo
r any
one w
ho ap
prec
iates
hand
-wea
ving,
Ann N
orto
n will
be at
Jaco
b's Fl
eece
sellin
g wov
en
item
s for
you a
nd yo
ur ho
me.
~M
ary G
ese w
ill be
bring
ing he
r mixe
d med
ia ar
t and
jewe
lryRe
turn
ing th
is ye
ar w
ill be
Victo
ria St
ewar
t fro
m
Salsa
101,
who r
aises
salsa
ingr
edien
ts an
d mak
es
wond
erfu
l goa
t's m
ilk so
ap.
17. 4
-H B
ig Q
uil
Ente
rpri
ses
Joe a
nd Jo
y Bai
sch
Linge
r Lon
ger R
oad Q
uilce
ne, W
A 98
376
Go so
uth o
n Cen
ter R
oad t
o the
Quil
cene
In
terse
ction
with
High
way 1
01. T
urn l
eft a
nd
then
afte
r you
pass
the s
choo
l tur
n lef
t aga
in at
W
inder
mer
e. Go
one b
lock a
nd tu
rn le
ft on
Ling
er
Long
er Ro
ad. G
o sou
th 3+
mi. t
o the
Quil
cene
Boat
Ha
ven M
arina
at th
e end
of th
e roa
d and
park
. A "
land"
tour
will
be he
ld at
the Q
uilce
ne M
arina
pr
ior to
going
on th
e "wa
ter"
tour
to th
e bea
ch.
Visito
rs go
by bo
at (r
eser
vatio
ns on
ly) to
see B
ig Qu
il's sh
ell� s
h far
m. C
lams a
nd oy
sters
to bu
y fre
sh.
Dona
tions
for b
oat f
uel a
ppre
ciate
d by t
he yo
uth t
o he
lp de
fer co
sts.
Rese
rvat
ions r
equir
ed fo
r boa
t tou
r, lea
ving
each
hour.
Plea
se ca
ll (36
0)37
9-56
10 x
200 t
o mak
e a r
eser
vatio
n.
18. E
lk M
eado
ws
Nurs
ery
Joe a
nd Jo
y Bai
sch
360-
796-
4886
3485
Dos
ewal
lips R
oad,
Brin
non,
WA
elk@
dish
mai
l.net
elkm
eado
wswa
.com
Dire
ction
s: Fro
m an
y dire
ction
, tak
e Hwy
101 S
. th
roug
h Quil
cene
, ove
r Mt. W
alker
and a
long H
ood
Cana
l to B
rinno
n. Tu
rn rig
ht on
Dos
ewall
ips Rd
., go 3
m
iles a
nd lo
ok fo
r sign
s.Elk
Mea
dows
Nur
sery
spec
ialize
s in d
ecidu
ous
azale
as, k
almia,
daph
ne, m
aples
, and
pere
nnial
s. Th
e far
m is
the o
rigina
l hom
este
ad on
the u
pper
Do
eswa
llips V
alley
, and
has b
een p
rodu
cing f
or
over
100 y
ears
from
the 1
06 ye
ar ol
d app
le tre
es to
th
e rela
tively
new
berri
es, n
uts,
prod
uce,
beef,
and
com
mer
cial n
urse
ry. W
e stri
ve to
have
a su
staina
ble
farm
and g
ive as
muc
h bac
k to n
atur
e as w
e tak
e fro
m he
r.To
bene
� t th
e Brin
non S
choo
l Tec
hnolo
gy
Prog
ram
and 4
-H Bi
g Quil
Ente
rpris
es, C
abba
ge Pa
tch
Soup
will
be se
rved
on th
e Law
n this
year
($7.5
0).
Port
To
wns
end
Gar
dine
r
Prot
ectio
n Is
land
Mar
row
ston
e Is
land
Nav
al
Mag
azin
e In
dian
Is
land
Nor
dlan
d
Chim
acumPo
rt
Had
lock
Port
Lud
low
Brid
geha
ven
Coyl
e
Qui
lcen
e
Shin
e
Four
Co
rner
s
Brin
non
Cape
Geo
rge
Silv
erda
le
Iron
dale
Dis
cove
ryBa
y
Eagle
mount Rd.
Center Rd.
Dabob Rd.
Coyl
e R
d.
Para
dise Bay Rd.
Oak Bay Rd.
Beaver Valley Rd.
Center Rd.
West Valley Rd.
1To
wns
end
Tow
nsen
d2
Cape
Geo
rge22 3
Mag
azin
e N
ordl
and
4
5Iron
dale
Iron
dale
55555 6Ch
imac
umPort
H
adlo
ckPo
rt
Had
lock
Port
H
adlo
ck55 H
adlo
ck55 6Po
rt
6Port
666Had
lock
6Had
lock
66665 655 655 655 65 66Port
6Port
H
adlo
ck6H
adlo
ck6665 655 65 7
Chim
acum
Chim
acum
Chim
acum
Chim
acum
Chim
acum
Chim
acum
8
Centntn er RdRdR .
888
W 9
R
RdRdR .VaVaV lleyeyeV9W 9WV9V9e 9es 9st 9tsts 9sts 99t 9t V9V999W 9We 9es 9sese 9ese t 9tsts 9sts V9V9
10
BBBB 11Po
rt L
udlo
w
Beavava erver
11B 11Be 11ea 11
av
11
vava
11
ava
11B 11Be 11ea 11
aeae 11eae e
11
e
1111B 11Be 11ea 11
aeae 11eae v
11
vava
11
ava e
11
e
11
rer
Port
rr
Port
r
Port
12 Lud
low
Port
Lud
low
RdRdR .
Port
RdRdRRdRdR121212l 12le 12ey 12yeye 12eye R12R12V 12Va 12al 12ll 12l 12l 12le 12ey 12yeye 12eye R12R12V 12Va 12al 12ll 12l 12121212121212Po
rt12
Port
R12RRdR12RdR12V 12V 1212l 12le 12ey 12yeye 12eye R12R12V 12Va 12al 12ll 12l 1212 13
Dis
cove
ryBa
y 14
Cent nt nerRd Rd R.
DaDaD b15
Qui
lcen
e
16
17
18
farm
ing vi
a eco
logy.
Our in
tere
st in
trying
to cr
eate
WSU
Far
m T
our
Sun
day
, Sep
tem
ber
18, 2
011
10am
- 4
pm
1.Co
linw
ood
Farm
2. W
hisk
ey H
ill
3. A
lpen
fire
Cide
r
4. M
yste
ry B
ay F
arm
6. S
prin
gRai
n Fa
rm
7.
8.
9. S
hort
's Fa
mily
Far
m
12. S
prin
g Hi
ll Fa
rm
13. A
nand
a Hi
lls F
arm
16. Farm
Tou
r Cen
tral
: W
SU FA
RM TO
UR CE
NTRA
L this
year
is at
the
CHIM
ACUM
CORN
ER FA
RMST
AND w
here
Cent
er
Road
and H
WY 1
9 com
e tog
ethe
r. Sto
p by o
n you
r wa
y out
to th
e farm
s! Thin
k abo
ut ar
rangin
g to
mee
t you
r frie
nds t
here
and c
arpoo
l to le
ssen t
he
carb
on fo
otpr
int of
your
tour.
10. F
innr
iver
Far
m17
.
18. E
lk M
eado
ws
wsu
farm
tour
.com
360
-379
-561
0
1.Co
linw
ood
Farm
John
Gun
ning
and J
esse
Hop
kins
1210
F St
. Por
t Tow
nsen
d WA
9836
8|li
veor
gani
clife
@ya
hoo.c
om
Dire
ction
s: Fa
rm lie
s half
a blo
ck ea
st of
the
inter
secti
on of
San J
uan A
venu
e and
F St
reet
. Par
k ne
ar fa
rm st
and.
Collin
wood
Farm
has b
een p
rodu
cing c
erti�
ed
orga
nic fr
uits a
nd ve
geta
bles s
ince 1
989,
and r
uns a
24
/7 se
lf-se
rve f
arm
stan
d ope
n all y
ear!
Com
e see
40
,000 s
quar
e fee
t of g
reen
hous
es w
hich w
ill he
lp far
mer
s Joh
n and
Jesse
mov
e int
o yea
r-rou
nd lo
cal
food
prod
uctio
n.
2. W
hisk
ey H
ill
Goat
Dai
ryDi
ana D
yer a
nd Fa
mily
360-
385-
3407
2333
Cape
Geor
ge Ro
ad, P
ort T
owns
end W
A 983
68ra
ven5
di@
hotm
ail.c
omwh
iskey
hillf
arm
.com
Dire
ction
s: Lo
cate
d on C
ape G
eorg
e Rd,
north
of
Has
tings
Aven
ue. L
ook f
or gr
avel
drive
way o
n the
we
st sid
e.W
hiske
y Hill
Goat
Dair
y pro
duce
s arti
sana
l age
d ch
eese
s and
� uid
milk
from
raw
goat
milk
. We a
lso
prod
uce a
cow
milk
chee
se. T
he m
ilk is
sold
in qu
art
and h
alf ga
llon s
izes. W
e rais
e pur
ebre
d Nub
ian
and F
renc
h Alpi
ne da
iry go
ats f
or re
place
men
t and
br
eedin
g sto
ck fo
r oth
er da
iries
. Com
e and
tour
the
goat
barn
, milk
ing pa
rlor a
nd ch
eese
mak
ing ro
om.
We w
ill ha
ve se
vera
l che
eses
for s
ale as
well
as w
ell
as so
aps a
nd lo
tions
. The
goat
s are
eage
r to m
eet
folks
and l
ove t
o be p
ette
d!
3. A
lpen
fire
Cide
rNa
ncy a
nd St
eve '
Bear
' Bish
op36
0-37
9-89
1522
0 Poc
ket L
ane,
Port
Town
send
9836
8sn
pbish
op@
wayp
t.com
alpe
n� re
cider
.com
Dire
ction
s: he
ading
Sout
h on C
ape G
eorg
e Roa
d, tu
rn rig
ht on
Pock
et La
ne im
med
iately
befo
re th
e Be
cket
t Poin
t Y. A
lpen�
re Ci
der is
the �
rst d
rivew
ay
on th
e righ
t.Be
sure
to st
op by
Alpe
n� re
Cide
r's ne
w ta
sting
ro
om fo
r a sa
mple
of "W
ashin
gton
's on
ly or
ganic
ha
rd ci
ders.
" By S
epte
mbe
r our
early
seas
on ap
ples,
Foxw
help,
Mus
cade
t de D
ieppe
, King
ston B
lack,
etc.
will b
e big,
beau
tiful
and j
ust a
bout
read
y to h
arve
st,
com
e and
try a
mou
th pu
cker
ing sa
mple
! Our
late
se
ason
apple
s, th
e Dab
inett,
Vilbe
rie, B
rown
Snou
t an
d oth
ers w
ill sti
ll be j
ust b
eginn
ing to
mat
ure.
Take
a w
alk th
roug
h the
orch
ard w
hile i
t is h
eavy
with
fru
it an
d at t
he he
ight o
f its p
rodu
ctivit
y.If y
ou ar
e int
eres
ted i
n fer
men
tatio
n be s
ure
to ch
eck o
ut th
e cide
r hou
se an
d yes
, the
� nall
y pr
oduc
ing, v
inega
r roo
m. Y
ou ca
n tra
ce th
e app
les’
path
from
the o
rchar
d thr
ough
the V
oran
proc
essin
g eq
uipm
ent s
traigh
t to t
he fe
rmen
tatio
n tan
ks an
d int
o the
bottl
e!Gr
ab a
seat
betw
een t
he tr
ees a
nd en
joy a
glass
of ci
der w
ith ch
eese
sam
ples o
r a cu
p of c
o¡ ee
and
our f
resh
apple
cake
. We h
ope t
o see
you h
ere!
4. M
yste
ry B
ay F
arm
Rach
ael V
an La
anen
and S
cott
Brin
ton
360-
385-
3309
72 B
ever
idge
Lane
, Nor
dlan
d WA
9835
8in
fo@
mys
tery
bayf
arm
.com
ww
w.m
yste
ryba
yfar
m.co
m
Dire
ction
s: Fro
m SR
19, h
ead e
ast i
nto P
ort
Hadlo
ck. A
t 4-w
ay st
op, g
o eas
t on O
ak Ba
y Rd.
Turn
lef
t ont
o Flag
ler Rd
, follo
wing
sign
s to M
arro
wsto
ne
Islan
d. St
ay on
Flag
ler Rd
, cro
ssing
India
n Isla
nd,
and f
ollow
to th
e Nor
dland
Stor
e, ha
lfway
up
Mar
rows
tone
, look
ing fo
r 72 B
ever
idge L
ane.
Follo
w sig
ns an
d ins
tructi
on to
park
ing.
Mys
tery
Bay F
arm
is a
small
scale
, fam
ily fa
rm
oper
ating
on 5
acre
s on M
arro
wsto
ne Is
land.
As
of sp
ring 2
009,
we ar
e a W
SDA c
erti�
ed G
rade
A Da
iry. W
e pro
duce
farm
stead
, goa
t milk
chee
ses
for g
ener
al sa
le (w
hich m
eans
we m
ake c
hees
e on
ly fro
m th
e milk
of ou
r anim
als).
We c
ame t
o
farm
ing vi
a eco
logy.
Our in
tere
st in
trying
to cr
eate
a t
ruly
susta
inable
farm
ing sy
stem
grow
s out
of
obse
rvat
ions o
f nat
ural
syste
ms f
rom
whic
h the
wor
d 'su
staina
ble: re
silien
t, ad
apta
ble, e
volvi
ng an
d thu
s sta
ble', i
s der
ived.
We b
eliev
e tha
t far
ming
can b
e do
ne in
an ec
ologic
ally,
econ
omica
lly an
d soc
ially
resp
onsib
le m
anne
r.
5. S
unfie
ld F
arm
Neil a
nd Ve
rity H
owe
360-
385-
3658
111 S
un� e
ld La
ne, P
ort H
adlo
ck W
A 98
339
info
@su
n� e
ldfa
rm.o
rg
sun�
eld
farm
.org
Dire
ction
s: Lo
cate
d on S
R19.
Look
for d
rivew
ay
locat
ed be
twee
n Circ
le an
d Squ
are A
uto R
epair
and
Fiesta
Jalis
co Re
staur
ant.
~ Fa
rmer
led t
ours
at 10
, 12 a
nd 2:
00.
~ G
oat M
ilking
dem
onstr
ation
at 11
:00~
Visit
ing ar
ea w
ith go
ats,
shee
p, ch
icken
s and
ra
bbits ~
Farm
prod
ucts
and �
bre
on sa
le.~
Sun�
eld W
aldor
f Sch
ool c
lassro
oms o
pen
for t
ourin
gSu
n� el
d Far
m us
es bi
odyn
amic
farm
ing
met
hods
to en
rich a
nd re
plenis
h the
soils
, and
no
urish
a div
ersit
y of c
rops
and a
nimals
as a
mod
el of
susta
inable
agric
ultur
e. Th
e far
m se
rves
CSA
mem
bers
and t
he lo
cal c
omm
unity
with
a va
riety
of
orga
nicall
y gro
wn pr
oduc
e.Su
n� el
d, La
nd fo
r Lea
rning
, is a
non-
pro�
t or
ganiz
ation
with
a co
mm
unity
build
ing m
ission
of
educ
ation
and l
and s
tewa
rdsh
ip. Th
e eigh
ty-o
ne
acre
s of �
elds
, fore
st an
d wet
lands
, with
76 ac
res
held
in co
nser
vatio
n, is
a lea
rning
envir
onm
ent f
or
a pre
-K th
roug
h gra
de ei
ght W
aldor
f Sch
ool a
nd
com
mun
ity ed
ucat
ion pr
ogra
ms t
hat s
erve
regio
nal
schoo
ls fo
r far
m vi
sits a
nd ho
st a v
ariet
y of e
vent
s an
d wor
ksho
ps. D
uring
the f
arm
tour
a fre
e wor
ksho
p on
Hug
elkult
ur, an
ancie
nt m
etho
d of c
reat
ing
grow
ing be
ds fr
om w
oody
mat
erial
, will
be he
ld fro
m
12 to
2p.m
. (Hu
gelku
ltur |
Je¡ e
rson C
ount
y, W
A –
Solid
Was
te Pr
ogra
m). W
e inv
ite yo
u to l
earn
mor
e ab
out b
iodyn
amic
agric
ultur
e on a
farm
er-le
d tou
r of
the g
arde
ns an
d the
com
posti
ng sy
stem
, obs
erve
m
ilking
and w
ool p
roce
ssing
dem
onstr
ation
s give
n by
our 4
-H st
uden
ts, an
d visi
t with
our f
arm
anim
als.
To le
arn m
ore a
bout
our p
rogr
ams,
pleas
e visi
t www
.su
n� el
dfar
m.or
g or c
all (3
60) 3
85-3
658.
6. S
prin
gRai
n Fa
rm
and
Orch
ard
John
G. B
ello
w42
5-21
8-77
5618
7 Cov
ingt
on W
ay, C
him
acum
, WA
9832
5in
fo@
sprin
grai
nfar
m.o
rgsp
ringr
ainf
arm
ando
rchar
d.co
m
Dire
ction
s: Fro
m SR
19 he
ading
sout
h, ta
ke a
left t
urn o
nto C
oving
ton W
ay an
d go t
o the
end o
f th
e driv
eway
. Par
k on t
he le
ft. Fr
om SR
19 he
ading
no
rth, t
ake t
he � r
st rig
ht af
ter H
J Car
roll P
ark.
Look
fo
r sign
s. Sp
ringR
ain Fa
rm &
Orch
ard h
as be
en de
signa
ted
as pr
ime a
gricu
ltura
l land
sinc
e the
1920
s and
is
a dive
rsi� e
d cer
ti� ed
orga
nic fa
rm. W
e foc
us
on pr
oduc
ing a
varie
ty of
small
fruit
s inc
luding
ra
spbe
rries
and b
luebe
rries
, egg
s, ch
icken
, tur
key,
lamb,
and h
eirloo
m ap
ples a
nd pe
ars. W
e hav
e an
ecolo
gical
appr
oach
to fa
rm m
anag
emen
t and
are
com
mitt
ed to
susta
inable
agric
ultur
e des
igned
to
mee
t loc
al co
mm
unity
need
s. Co
me v
isit u
s and
try
the S
pring
Rain
Chall
enge
- a t
reas
ure h
unt o
f ac
tiviti
es fo
r all a
ges!
7. R
ed D
og F
arm
Kary
n Will
iam
s 36
0-73
2-02
23
406 C
ente
r Rd.
, Chi
mac
um, W
A, 98
325
info
@re
ddog
farm
.net
re
ddog
farm
.net
Dire
ction
s: Fro
m th
e int
erse
ction
of SR
19 an
d Ce
nter
Rd, t
urn s
outh
onto
Cent
er Rd
. Foll
ow to
#4
06. M
ake a
right
into
the d
rivew
ay an
d hea
d for
th
e red
barn
. Se
ttled
in th
e fer
tile C
ente
r Vall
ey, R
ed D
og Fa
rm
boas
ts go
rgeo
us vi
ews,
salm
on-b
earin
g Chim
acum
Cr
eek f
ront
age,
and p
rime g
rowi
ng co
nditi
ons. W
e ar
e cer
ti� ed
orga
nic an
d gro
w ov
er 15
0 di¡
eren
t va
rietie
s of v
eget
ables
, ber
ries a
nd � o
wers
on 23
ac
res.
Our p
rodu
ce is
sold
locall
y at P
ort T
owns
end
and C
himac
um fa
rmer
s mar
kets,
our 1
0-m
onth
long
CS
A pro
gram
, at t
he fa
rm at
our f
abulo
us se
lf-se
rve
Farm
stand
, and
thro
ugh v
ariou
s ret
ailer
s and
re
staur
ants.
Re
d Dog
Farm
is op
erat
ed by
owne
r Kar
yn
Willi
ams a
long w
ith he
r tale
nted
crew
inclu
ding
Laur
a Llew
ellyn
, Zac
h Yak
ush,
Kyra
Willi
ams,
Joel
Soko
lo¡ a
nd D
an H
ysko
. Red
Dog
Farm
is na
med
afte
r Ru
pert
Dand
elion
, Kar
yn's
red b
orde
r coll
ie.
Visit
Red D
og on
the F
arm
Tour
and b
e tre
ated
to
a to
ur of
the �
elds
by on
e of t
he fa
bulou
s cre
w m
embe
rs, a
delic
ious C
ape C
leare
salm
on sa
ndwi
ch,
a sco
op of
seas
onall
y-ins
pired
Elev
ated
Ice C
ream
, liv
e tun
es fr
om Je
¡ erso
n Cou
nty's
� nes
t mus
ician
s, an
d fre
sh fa
rm pr
oduc
e ava
ilable
at ou
r far
m st
and.
Bring
the w
hole
family
for a
day o
f fun
, but
plea
se
leave
your
dogs
at ho
me!
8. W
estb
rook
Ang
usCh
uck A
nd Ju
lie B
oggs
360-
732-
4335
13
11 W
est V
alley
Roa
d Chi
mac
um, W
A 98
325
westb
rook
angu
s@ya
hoo.c
om
westb
rook
angu
s.wor
dpre
ss.co
m
Dire
ction
s: Go
past
the C
himac
um Sc
hool
and
turn
onto
Wes
t Vall
ey Ro
ad go
ing so
uth.
Go a
bout
1.3
mile
s and
1311
Wes
t Vall
ey Ro
ad is
on yo
ur le
ft.
Loca
ted i
n the
hear
t of b
eaut
iful C
himac
um
Valle
y, W
estb
rook
Angu
s sell
s gra
ss-fed
blac
k An
gus d
irectl
y. Ca
ll to p
lace o
rder
s or e
. Juli
e is
a mem
ber o
f a Ch
imac
um pi
onee
r fam
ily th
at
distin
guish
ed th
emse
lves a
s well
-kno
wn le
ader
s in
the �
eld o
f Ang
us br
eedin
g. He
r par
ents
were
Wall
y an
d May
Wes
terg
aard
. Ju
lie an
d her
husb
and,
Chuc
k, se
t a hi
gh
stand
ard f
or an
imal
husb
andr
y, m
ainta
ining
a he
althy
herd
and p
rodu
cing d
elicio
us m
eat f
or
the c
onsu
mer.
You c
an se
e the
ir her
ds at
stat
e and
re
giona
l fairs
in th
e sum
mer
s whe
re th
ey al
ways
ta
ke to
p priz
es. T
he W
estb
rook
Angu
s far
m is
amon
g th
e mos
t bea
utifu
l in ou
r cou
nty w
ith it
s lus
h gre
en
pastu
res a
nd ha
ppy,
healt
hy an
imals
.
9. S
hort
's Fa
mily
Far
mRo
ger a
nd Sa
ndy S
hort
360-
301-
3521
1594
Cent
er Va
lley R
oad C
him
acum
, WA
9836
5rsh
ort4
2@gm
ail.c
omsh
ortsf
amily
farm
.com
Dire
ction
s: Lo
cate
d 1.5
mile
s sou
th of
the
inter
secti
on of
SR19
and C
ente
r Rd.
From
4-wa
y sto
p, tu
rn so
uth o
n Cen
ter R
d. Fo
llow
to #1
594.
Turn
right
(w
est)
into d
rivew
ay an
d foll
ow si
gns t
o par
king.
The S
hort
family
has b
een f
arm
ing th
e sam
e 45
0 acre
s of C
himac
um Va
lley s
ince 1
945.
Com
e see
th
eir m
ost r
ecen
t end
eavo
rs: ra
ising
USD
A cer
ti� ed
gr
ass-f
ed be
ef an
d pro
ducin
g ove
r 600
0 yar
ds of
co
mpo
st an
d mag
ical s
oil fo
r loc
al ga
rden
ers. T
our
the c
ompo
sting
facil
ity, le
arn a
bout
the c
ompo
sting
pr
oces
s and
orde
r som
e "M
agic
Dirt.
" Rog
er an
d fam
ily w
ill be
show
ing o¡
the
ir bee
f ret
ail bu
sines
s an
d will
be av
ailab
le to
disc
uss t
he ne
cessi
ty of
good
pa
sture
main
tena
nce f
or ra
ising
healt
hy be
ef an
d pr
eser
ving t
he he
alth o
f our
wat
ersh
ed.
10. F
innr
iver
Far
mKe
ith an
d Cry
stie K
isler
, Ja
net A
ubin
and J
e� H
orwa
th36
0-73
2-68
2262
Bar
n Swa
llow
Road
, Chi
mac
um, W
A 98
325
info
@� n
nrive
rfarm
.com
ww
w.� n
nrive
r.com
Dire
ction
s: Fro
m th
e int
erse
ction
of SR
19
and C
ente
r Rd,
follo
w Ce
nter
Rd so
uth 2
.7 m
iles t
o Co
untry
Mea
dow
Rd. T
urn r
ight (
west)
onto
Coun
try
Mea
dow
Rd. F
ollow
until
road
split
s, an
d foll
ow to
th
e righ
t, pa
st ho
uses
, and
park
at ba
rn.
Finnr
iver is
a 33
-acre
certi
� ed o
rgan
ic fam
ily
farm
, orch
ard a
nd ar
tisan
cide
ry, co
mm
itted
to
creat
ing de
ep-ro
oted
and f
ruitf
ul co
nnec
tions
to
the l
and,
our w
ild an
d hum
an ne
ighbo
rs, an
d to
our c
omm
unity
. We g
row
an as
sortm
ent o
f ber
ry
crops
, mixe
d veg
etab
les, h
eirloo
m ap
ples,
as w
ell
as o¡
ering
a “su
staina
ble st
aples
” CSA
prog
ram
. We
keep
hone
y bee
s, ra
ise la
yer a
nd m
eat c
hicke
ns, a
s we
ll as a
few
pigs,
goat
s and
shee
p. St
op by
the
farm
and e
njoy
a vis
it to
the C
idery
tasti
ng ro
om
to en
joy th
e fer
men
ted f
ruits
of ou
r lab
or. $5
give
s yo
u a sa
mple
of a
hand
ful o
f har
d cide
rs an
d fru
it wi
nes.
Den
ted B
uoy P
izza w
ill be
on-si
te se
lling
wood
-� re
pizz
a, Ah
mad
Baab
ahar
will
be pr
ovidi
ng
live m
usic,
and s
tory
telle
r Bria
n Roh
r will
o¡ er
fam
ily-fr
iendly
stor
ytim
e at 2
:00 pm
.
11. B
ishop
Fam
ily D
airy
The B
ishop
Fam
ily36
0-77
4-05
8226
91 Eg
g & I R
oad,
Chim
acum
WA
9832
5
Dire
ction
s: Dr
ive so
uth o
n Bea
ver V
alley
Rd. T
urn
right
on Eg
g & I a
nd go
1/4 m
ile. T
he fa
rm is
on th
e lef
t. Pa
rk ne
ar th
e bar
n and
hous
e.Co
me v
isit t
he hi
storic
Bish
op D
airy,
hom
e to
a loc
al leg
end a
nd lo
re-a
s well
as or
ganic
milk
ing
cows
! For
over
100 y
ears
the B
ishop
s hav
e far
med
th
ese 5
25-a
cres w
hich i
nspir
ed Be
tty M
acDo
nald'
s fam
ous b
ook,
"The
Egg &
I". Co
me d
o a se
lf-gu
ided
tour
of th
e far
m an
d lea
rn ab
out t
heir C
erti�
ed
Orga
nic pr
actic
es. P
lus, m
eet t
hree
gene
ratio
ns
work
ing to
geth
er to
pres
erve
this
impo
rtant
piec
e of
Je¡ e
rson C
ount
y's ag
ricult
ural
herit
age.
12. S
prin
g Hi
ll Fa
rmGa
ry an
d Mar
gare
t Wal
ters
360-
732-
4856
3723
Bea
ver V
alley
Roa
d, Po
rt Lu
dlow
, WA
9836
5sp
ringh
illro
mne
ys.co
m
* Ope
n for
tour
Sept
embe
r 17 a
nd 18
, 201
1Ga
ry an
d Mar
gare
t Walt
ers h
ave b
een r
aising
pu
rebr
ed Ro
mne
ys fo
r ove
r 25 y
ears.
They
have
su
ccessf
ully s
hown
their
shee
p all o
ver t
he U
nited
St
ates
and h
ave w
on m
any r
ibbon
s and
awar
ds in
reco
gniti
on of
the q
ualit
y of t
heir s
heep
and w
ool.
Their
farm
is lo
cate
d in B
eave
r Vall
ey w
here
M
arga
ret h
as de
velop
ed an
exte
nsive
line o
f pro
ducts
m
ade f
rom
her o
wn sh
eep's
� ber.
She h
as an
arra
y of
com
bed a
nd ca
rded
woo
l as w
ell as
seve
ral
weigh
ts of
yarn
, all i
n bea
utifu
l nat
ural
color
s. If y
ou
are a
spinn
er lo
oking
for a
raw
� eec
e to w
ork w
ith,
Mar
gare
t has
man
y bea
utifu
l � ee
ces t
o cho
ose f
rom
. Sh
e also
has �
at fe
lt fo
r sale
, woo
l soc
ks, c
omfo
rter
batts
and b
lanke
ts.On
Satu
rday
and S
unda
y, th
e Walt
ers w
ill ha
ve
shea
ring d
emon
strat
ions a
t 11:0
0, 1:0
0 and
3:00
.
13. A
nand
a Hi
lls F
arm
Jenn
ie W
atkin
s36
0-73
2-01
1155
3 Em
body
Roa
d, Po
rt Lu
dlow
, WA
9836
5jew
atkin
s@ol
ypen
.com
anan
dahi
llsfa
rm.w
ordp
ress
.com
Dire
ction
s: He
ading
sout
h on H
wy 19
, tra
vel 1
.5 m
iles p
ast E
gg &
I Rd.,
turn
right
on Em
body
Rd.
* Ope
n for
tour
Sept
embe
r 17 a
nd 18
, 201
1An
anda
Hills
Farm
is a
small
and c
ozy p
lace
locat
ed in
the h
ills ab
ove B
eave
r Vall
ey. T
he ow
ner,
Jenn
ie W
atkin
s, sp
ecial
izes i
n rais
ing or
ganic
eggs
an
d She
tland
Shee
p, a d
iminu
tive b
reed
origi
natin
g in
the S
hetla
nd Is
lands
that
prod
uces
an am
azing
am
ount
of be
autif
ul wo
ol in
a var
iety o
f di¡
eren
t co
lors. At
Anan
da H
ills Fa
rm, a
ll the
farm
ing ac
tiviti
es
have
a sy
mbio
tic re
lation
ship.
The h
ens s
cratch
up
the m
anur
e lef
t beh
ind by
the s
heep
allow
ing it
to
dry u
p fas
ter r
esult
ing in
clea
ner p
astu
res. T
he
bedd
ing fr
om th
e bot
h the
chick
ens a
nd th
e she
ep
is tu
rned
into
com
post
that
enha
nces
the s
oil in
the
vege
table
gard
ens.
Durin
g the
Farm
Tour,
Jenn
ie wi
ll hav
e an
asso
rtmen
t of r
aw � e
eces
for s
ale as
well
as ro
ving
prep
ared
for s
pinnin
g. Sh
e will
also b
e fea
turin
g ha
nd-sp
un, h
and-
wove
n blan
kets
mad
e fro
m he
r ow
n woo
l.
14. C
ompa
ss R
ose
Farm
Ka
teen
Fent
er w
ith pa
rent
s, Be
v and
Rob
ert a
nd fa
mily
360-
379-
1443
14
63 W
est U
ncas
Roa
d, Po
rt To
wnse
nd, W
Am
kfen
ter@
gmai
l.com
com
pass
rose
farm
s.blo
gspo
t.com
* Ope
n for
tour
: Sep
tem
ber 1
7 and
18, 2
011
Dire
ction
s: fo
llow
Hwy 2
0 Wes
t to t
he
inter
secti
on w
ith 10
1. Tu
rn le
ft on
to 10
1, tra
vel 1
.5 m
iles t
hen t
urn r
ight o
nto W
est U
ncas
Road
at m
ile
post
284.
The f
arm
is th
e 4th
drive
way o
n the
right
.Co
mpa
ss Ro
se Fa
rm is
a be
autif
ul 40
acre
farm
loc
ated
in th
e Sno
w Cr
eek v
alley
. Kat
een,
her c
hildr
en
and h
er pa
rent
s, Ro
bert
and B
ev, r
un th
e far
m an
d ha
ve ow
ned t
he pr
oper
ty in
partn
ersh
ip wi
th th
e Je
¡ erso
n Cou
nty L
and T
rust
since
2007
. In
a few
shor
t yea
rs, th
e fam
ily ha
s esta
blish
ed
an ex
tens
ive m
arke
t gar
den,
an ap
iary,
a her
d of
Icelan
dic sh
eep a
nd lla
mas
, a � o
ck of
chick
ens a
nd
exte
nsive
hay �
elds
.Du
ring t
he Fa
rm To
ur, Ka
teen
and B
ev w
ill be
sellin
g raw
Icela
nd Sh
eep �
eece
s in a
varie
ty
of co
lors. T
hey w
ill als
o hav
e rov
ing pr
epar
ed fo
r sp
inning
for s
ale.
15. T
aylo
red
Fibe
rsBa
rry an
d Lin
da Ta
ylor
1671
Dab
ob R
oad,
Qui
lcene
, WA
9837
6ta
ylore
d� b
ers@
wayp
t.com
taylo
red�
ber
s.com
* Ope
n for
tour
Sept
embe
r 17 a
nd 18
, 201
1Di
recti
ons:
Take
Cent
er Va
lley R
d pas
t Rte
104.
Take
the �
rst l
eft o
n Dab
ob Rd
, the
n to #
1671
on
the l
eft. Ba
rry an
d Lind
a Tay
lor ra
ise an
asso
rtmen
t of
shee
p bre
d for
woo
l and
for m
eat o
n 10 a
cres o
f pr
oper
ty th
at is
shar
ed w
ith a
horse
and a
llam
a.
Barry
has h
ad ex
tens
ive ex
perie
nce p
roce
ssing
woo
l in
Austr
alia a
nd on
the E
ast C
oast
of th
e Unit
ed
Stat
es. H
e has
used
that
expe
rienc
e to d
evelo
p his
own s
ucce
ssful
wool
card
ing bu
sines
s. Vi
sitor
s to
Barry
and L
inda's
farm
will
have
the o
ppor
tunit
y to
view
the p
roce
ssing
equip
men
t (Ba
rry w
ill be
givin
g de
mos
durin
g the
Farm
Tour
) and
to le
arn m
ore
abou
t how
raw
� eec
e is t
urne
d int
o bea
utifu
l dye
d ro
ving.
Barry
and L
inda w
ill ha
ve a
wide
varie
ty of
ro
ving a
vaila
ble fo
r pur
chas
e dur
ing th
e Tou
r.
16. J
acob
's Fl
eece
Jan G
illan
ders
765-
0103
693 B
ig Le
af La
ne, Q
uilce
ne, W
A 98
376
then
est@
emba
rqm
ail.c
om
jlgill
ande
rshor
sean
d� b
er.co
m
* Ope
n for
tour
Sept
embe
r 17 a
nd 18
, 201
1Di
recti
ons:
Take
Cent
er Va
lley R
d int
o Quil
cene
to
inter
secti
on w
ith H
wy 10
1. Ta
ke a
right
on H
wy 10
1 an
d go 1
.5 m
iles t
o a le
ft on
to W
ildwo
od Rd
. Fro
m
Wild
wood
Rd, t
ake y
our �
rst r
ight o
n Big
Leaf
Ln.
(gra
vel ro
ad).
Follo
w to
farm
on le
ft.Ja
cob's
Flee
ce Fa
rm is
a lit
tle o¡
the
beat
en tr
ack
but w
ell w
orth
the a
dven
ture.
Loca
ted o
n 40 a
cres i
n th
e hills
abov
e Quil
cene
, Jan
's � o
ck is
prim
arily
mad
e up
of Ja
cob S
heep
, a un
ique b
reed
know
n for
its b
lack
and w
hite s
pots
and f
or it
s mult
iple h
orns
. Jan
sells
ro
ving a
nd ya
rn th
at sh
e has
hand
-spun
from
her
own w
ool. I
t com
es in
a va
riety
of na
tura
l colo
rs (ju
st lik
e her
shee
p). S
he al
so ha
s cre
ated
her o
wn lin
e of
uniqu
e knit
ted a
nd fe
lted p
urse
s.Th
ere w
ill be
ongo
ing w
eavin
g, sp
inning
and
knitt
ing de
mon
strat
ions.
Durin
g the
Farm
Tour,
Jan h
as in
vited
seve
ral
frien
ds to
join
her:
~Ka
ren R
ose o
f Ros
e Bud
Ranc
h and
Fibe
r St
udio
in Po
rt To
wnse
nd w
ill be
ther
e sell
ing � e
eces
an
d cus
tom
spun
and d
yed y
arn m
ade f
rom
her
llam
as an
d alpa
cas. T
hese
yarn
s are
incre
dibly
soph
istica
ted a
nd yo
u won
't � n
d the
m in
your
loca
l ya
rn sh
op! T
his ye
ar Ka
ren w
ill als
o be d
emon
strat
ing
trian
gle lo
oms.
~Fo
r any
one w
ho ap
prec
iates
hand
-wea
ving,
Ann N
orto
n will
be at
Jaco
b's Fl
eece
sellin
g wov
en
item
s for
you a
nd yo
ur ho
me.
~M
ary G
ese w
ill be
bring
ing he
r mixe
d med
ia ar
t and
jewe
lryRe
turn
ing th
is ye
ar w
ill be
Victo
ria St
ewar
t fro
m
Salsa
101,
who r
aises
salsa
ingr
edien
ts an
d mak
es
wond
erfu
l goa
t's m
ilk so
ap.
17. 4
-H B
ig Q
uil
Ente
rpri
ses
Joe a
nd Jo
y Bai
sch
Linge
r Lon
ger R
oad Q
uilce
ne, W
A 98
376
Go so
uth o
n Cen
ter R
oad t
o the
Quil
cene
In
terse
ction
with
High
way 1
01. T
urn l
eft a
nd
then
afte
r you
pass
the s
choo
l tur
n lef
t aga
in at
W
inder
mer
e. Go
one b
lock a
nd tu
rn le
ft on
Ling
er
Long
er Ro
ad. G
o sou
th 3+
mi. t
o the
Quil
cene
Boat
Ha
ven M
arina
at th
e end
of th
e roa
d and
park
. A "
land"
tour
will
be he
ld at
the Q
uilce
ne M
arina
pr
ior to
going
on th
e "wa
ter"
tour
to th
e bea
ch.
Visito
rs go
by bo
at (r
eser
vatio
ns on
ly) to
see B
ig Qu
il's sh
ell� s
h far
m. C
lams a
nd oy
sters
to bu
y fre
sh.
Dona
tions
for b
oat f
uel a
ppre
ciate
d by t
he yo
uth t
o he
lp de
fer co
sts.
Rese
rvat
ions r
equir
ed fo
r boa
t tou
r, lea
ving
each
hour.
Plea
se ca
ll (36
0)37
9-56
10 x
200 t
o mak
e a r
eser
vatio
n.
18. E
lk M
eado
ws
Nurs
ery
Joe a
nd Jo
y Bai
sch
360-
796-
4886
3485
Dos
ewal
lips R
oad,
Brin
non,
WA
elk@
dish
mai
l.net
elkm
eado
wswa
.com
Dire
ction
s: Fro
m an
y dire
ction
, tak
e Hwy
101 S
. th
roug
h Quil
cene
, ove
r Mt. W
alker
and a
long H
ood
Cana
l to B
rinno
n. Tu
rn rig
ht on
Dos
ewall
ips Rd
., go 3
m
iles a
nd lo
ok fo
r sign
s.Elk
Mea
dows
Nur
sery
spec
ialize
s in d
ecidu
ous
azale
as, k
almia,
daph
ne, m
aples
, and
pere
nnial
s. Th
e far
m is
the o
rigina
l hom
este
ad on
the u
pper
Do
eswa
llips V
alley
, and
has b
een p
rodu
cing f
or
over
100 y
ears
from
the 1
06 ye
ar ol
d app
le tre
es to
th
e rela
tively
new
berri
es, n
uts,
prod
uce,
beef,
and
com
mer
cial n
urse
ry. W
e stri
ve to
have
a su
staina
ble
farm
and g
ive as
muc
h bac
k to n
atur
e as w
e tak
e fro
m he
r.To
bene
� t th
e Brin
non S
choo
l Tec
hnolo
gy
Prog
ram
and 4
-H Bi
g Quil
Ente
rpris
es, C
abba
ge Pa
tch
Soup
will
be se
rved
on th
e Law
n this
year
($7.5
0).
Port
To
wns
end
Gar
dine
r
Prot
ectio
n Is
land
Mar
row
ston
e Is
land
Nav
al
Mag
azin
e In
dian
Is
land
Nor
dlan
d
Chim
acumPo
rt
Had
lock
Port
Lud
low
Brid
geha
ven
Coyl
e
Qui
lcen
e
Shin
e
Four
Co
rner
s
Brin
non
Cape
Geo
rge
Silv
erda
le
Iron
dale
Dis
cove
ryBa
y
Eagle
mount Rd.
Center Rd.
Dabob Rd.
Coyl
e R
d.
Para
dise Bay Rd.
Oak Bay Rd.
Beaver Valley Rd.
Center Rd.
West Valley Rd.
1To
wns
end
Tow
nsen
d2
Cape
Geo
rge22 3
Mag
azin
e N
ordl
and
4
5Iron
dale
Iron
dale
55555 6Ch
imac
umPort
H
adlo
ckPo
rt
Had
lock
Port
H
adlo
ck55 H
adlo
ck55 6Po
rt
6Port
666Had
lock
6Had
lock
66665 655 655 655 65 66Port
6Port
H
adlo
ck6H
adlo
ck6665 655 65 7
Chim
acum
Chim
acum
Chim
acum
Chim
acum
Chim
acum
Chim
acum
8
Centntn er RdRdR .
888
W 9
R
RdRdR .VaVaV lleyeyeV9W 9WV9V9e 9es 9st 9tsts 9sts 99t 9t V9V999W 9We 9es 9sese 9ese t 9tsts 9sts V9V9
10
BBBB 11Po
rt L
udlo
w
Beavava erver
11B 11Be 11ea 11
av
11
vava
11
ava
11B 11Be 11ea 11
aeae 11eae e
11
e
1111B 11Be 11ea 11
aeae 11eae v
11
vava
11
ava e
11
e
11
rer
Port
rr
Port
r
Port
12 Lud
low
Port
Lud
low
RdRdR .
Port
RdRdRRdRdR121212l 12le 12ey 12yeye 12eye R12R12V 12Va 12al 12ll 12l 12l 12le 12ey 12yeye 12eye R12R12V 12Va 12al 12ll 12l 12121212121212Po
rt12
Port
R12RRdR12RdR12V 12V 1212l 12le 12ey 12yeye 12eye R12R12V 12Va 12al 12ll 12l 1212 13
Dis
cove
ryBa
y 14
Cent nt nerRd Rd R.
DaDaD b15
Qui
lcen
e
16
17
18
farm
ing vi
a eco
logy.
Our in
tere
st in
trying
to cr
eate
WSU
Far
m T
our
Sun
day
, Sep
tem
ber
18, 2
011
10am
- 4
pm
1.Co
linw
ood
Farm
2. W
hisk
ey H
ill
3. A
lpen
fire
Cide
r
4. M
yste
ry B
ay F
arm
6. S
prin
gRai
n Fa
rm
7.
8.
9. S
hort
's Fa
mily
Far
m
12. S
prin
g Hi
ll Fa
rm
13. A
nand
a Hi
lls F
arm
16. Farm
Tou
r Cen
tral
: W
SU FA
RM TO
UR CE
NTRA
L this
year
is at
the
CHIM
ACUM
CORN
ER FA
RMST
AND w
here
Cent
er
Road
and H
WY 1
9 com
e tog
ethe
r. Sto
p by o
n you
r wa
y out
to th
e farm
s! Thin
k abo
ut ar
rangin
g to
mee
t you
r frie
nds t
here
and c
arpoo
l to le
ssen t
he
carb
on fo
otpr
int of
your
tour.
10. F
innr
iver
Far
m17
.
18. E
lk M
eado
ws
wsu
farm
tour
.com
360
-379
-561
0
8 WSU Farm Tour 2011 September 14, 2011
By Will O’DonnellJe� erson County Farmers Market Director
The Port Townsend Farmers Market will celebrate 20 years of operation in 2012. When it started, downtown, all
those years ago, I am not sure if anyone would have guessed what the market would grow up to be: one of the largest most vibrant small town markets in the nation and Washington State’s 2011 Large Market of the Year; with over 70 vendors a week taking up a whole block, an average of 1500 customers weekly, over 25 farmers, lots of food, great art, music, a park next door, and sales nearing a million a year.
It’s an incredible achievement, for us and for our community. But in this town it’s almost de rigueur. Our Food Co-op has experienced a similar if not more dramatic curve. Look at the Maritime Center, the Film Festival, Centrum, Fort Worden – our town is full of state and national gems. Of course it is. We live in one of the most scenic counties in the nation. � e mix of natural beauty and temperate climate has attracted all kinds of folks who want to preserve and enhance and celebrate
it. For a place so small and remote we have a heck of a lot of interesting people and culture. If we didn’t have a great farmer’s market too than we’d be doing something wrong.
Fortunately we at the market mostly have had our acts together. It’s been easy in some ways. In the last ten years there has been a fantastic growth of farms and food in Je� erson County. Despite a near absence of broad agricultural valleys, or maybe because of it, we have seen a surge of small and innovative food producers sprout up all over the county. For the most part all we had to do was make room for them to show up and do what they do. In other cases the market itself has played a more direct role in help launching its vendors. Red Dog Farm got o� the ground through assistance from the Landworks Collaborative, of which the market is a member. Many of our food producers, Mt. Townsend, Pane D’Amore, and Finnriver, were able to incubate their businesses at the market and use it as a launching pad to grow into award winning regional endeavors.
� is last spring the market, after many years of work, achieved federal non pro� t (501c3) status. � at designates us as a charitable and educational endeavor. � is has confused some people; some of whom wonder why we weren’t a nonpro� t all this time, and others who wonder why a market, which exists to sell stu� , would ever be a charitable organization at all. In August I talked about this with some high school students. � ey wanted to know about the di� erences between a farmer’s market and a grocery store, which though seemingly obvious, illuminate why we sought and achieved non-pro� t status.
When it’s nice out, there is no better place to shop than the farmer’s market. We often have the freshest, best tasting produce that can be found, but it’s not easy. Unlike a grocery store, we hustle 3 times a week to setup and takedown impromptu stores in three di� erent locations. We sell outside in all kinds of weather, which impacts the people and the pro� ts in equal measure. On the plus side, customers get to meet the producers and build relationships with the folks that feed them. When customers come to the market, the bulk of their dollar goes right to the farmer. Grocery stores can buy direct from farmers too, if their corporate
policies aren’t too complex, but they only pay the grower 40-60% of what they charge the customer. � e rest goes to overhead and/or pro� ts. If it’s a large corporate chain store a portion of the money the farmer doesn’t get will leave the community, never to return. At the farmer’s market almost everything the customer spends stays in the farmer’s pocket and stays in the community.
It sounds simple but it’s not. Our market has some of the lowest fees in the state. Our board and sta� work hard to keep our costs low. We have to muster over 800 volunteer hours a year and fundraiser for almost a quarter of our budget just to run our makeshift stores. Our operations budget is less than a tenth of gross sales. No grocery store in the country could survive that – yet we do and we thrive. We thrive because our three farmer’s markets- Port Townsend Saturdays and Wednesdays, and the Chimacum Sunday Market, are community endeavors. We all give something to make them happen. Our city and county and local businesses donate space, time and services. Our customers, especially on Saturday, forgo the normal conveniences of easy parking, open aisles, and super-saver club pricing to be able to eat better and make a � nancial di� erence in the
lives of some of their fellow community members. Our farmers and vendors take the time to sell the produce directly, to meet their customers, know their children, or dogs, or relatives from out of town. It’s this kind of connection, and community that really separates the market from a grocery store, or another shopping endeavor, and that de� nes us as a nonpro� t. � e Je� erson County Farmers Markets
( JCFM) mission is not to sell produce. Our mission is to support local sustainable agriculture through the community gathering place that is our market. Our mission is to provide access to fresh and healthy local food.
Made up of local farmers, vendors and community members, the JCFM works to maintain as little space
as possible between people and their food. And that is why we strongly support the 2011 WSU Farm Tour and encourage you to come out and visit as many of our fabulous farms and cideries as you can. At the markets you can shake the hand that feeds you, at the WSU Farm Tour you can walk a while in their shoes. Make our county a better place, support and celebrate local food and farming in the Je� erson County Farmer’s Markets and the WSU Farm Tour.
Farmer’s Markets bring it in fresh
Colinwood Farm sells organic produce at the market.
The Port Townsend Farmers Market – Washington State’s 2011 Large Market of the Year.
September 14, 2011 WSU Farm Tour 2011 9
� e people of Je� erson County have done a wonderful job supporting the vegetable, fruit, berry and cheese businesses that have taken hold in our area over the past several years. It is now time to come out and support our sheep farmers as well.
One way to do that is to take the Fiber Farm Tour, a loop on the larger WSU Farm Tour in Je� erson County. � e Fiber Farm Tour is open to the public on both Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. � is year, � ve farms are opening their gates to welcome you for a visit and to show you what can be done with the wool manufactured by their sheep. Each farm is a little di� erent and we encourage you to visit all � ve.
Spring Hill Farm on Beaver Valley Road is the oldest sheep farm in the area. Margaret and Gary Walters raise Romney Sheep and have focused on raising breeding stock while using the wool to create many di� erent products of value to the whole family: comforter batts, socks, sheets of felt, several di� erent weights of yarn in natural colors and spinner’s roving. Margaret and Gary will have shearing demonstrations on both Saturday and Sunday at 11:00, 1:00 and 3:00.
Compass Rose Farm is a more diverse agricultural enterprise. Kateen Fenter and her mother, Bev Fairing, have a large market garden and keep chickens and honey bees as well as maintain a � ock of Icelandic Sheep, a primitive breed that produces a doublecoated, long stapled � eece in many di� erent colors. So you don’t know what a doublecoated � eece is? What is staple? Go ask Kateen and see the beautiful � eeces
and the wonderful spinner’s roving that she produces.
Ananda Hills Farm, owned by Jennie Watkins, is a farm with a strong commitment to organic and sustainable agriculture. Jennie raises both chickens and Shetland Sheep, a small breed with naturally short tails that also grows long-stapled wool in many di� erent colors. (Did you know that most sheep are born with long tails?) Come and see how Jennie has connected the di� erent elements of her farm to enhance each other.
Jacob’s Fleece is a wonderful farm in Quilcene owned and operated by Jan Gillanders. Jan specializes in Jacob Sheep, another unique breed with multiple horns and black and white wool. All of her sheep have names and their own distinctive personalities. Jan takes her wool from raw form to creative � nished products that she has hand-spun and hand-knitted herself. Karen Rose of Rose Bud Farm in Port Townsend will be joining Jan with her beautiful products made from her own llama and alpaca � ber. Come and support their e� orts.
Taylored Fibers is also in Quilcene. Barry and Linda Taylor have a few sheep and a very friendly llama, but their biggest focus is on processing � ber for other shepherds. All of the other farms on the Fiber Farm Tour have used Barry’s services to wash and card their wool into spinner’s roving. Barry will demonstrate how the machinery works while other folks will be spinning the roving into yarn. So please, come and visit these farms. Pet a sheep, stick your hands into some beautiful wool and support your local shepherd.
Learn to farm with us!
� e Farmer Innovation, Education, & Leadership Development (FIELD) Program is an on-farm based internship in sustainable agriculture located in Je� erson County.
This collaborative educational program was developed by local farmers and Washington State University (WSU) Extension and provides interns the opportunity to study sustainable agricultural enterprises and community-based production systems at several diverse
farms in the Chimacum area. Interns are provided formal
instruction, � eld-based application of information, and involvement in projects on farms that produce and market vegetables, fruit, small berries, � eld crops, poultry, and livestock.
Each intern is based on a host farm that provides a home base with weekly opportunities to observe and engage in di� erent business and marketing approaches through activities at di� erent farms and community resources throughout the season.
� e FIELD program takes place in segments of three months. While interns may stay longer, they must participate for at least 3 months. � e sessions are March through May, June through August, and September through November.
For more information, go to http://ag.je� erson.wsu.edu or email � [email protected].
Enjoying animals at the WSU Farm Tour.
� e people of Je� erson County � e people of Je� erson County and the wonderful spinner’s roving that she and the wonderful spinner’s roving that she
Let’s support the fi ber of our community
Field interns and their mentors celebrate their graduation during a potluck at Sun� eld Farm.
10 WSU Farm Tour 2011 September 14, 2011
Take a good look at Al Latham and it will tell you a lot about this man, who found his life’s niche, working outdoors,
supporting the health and success of the farms, forests and streams of Je� erson County. Al’s beard has a bit of grey in it now, but he is as � t as a teenager from years of climbing fences, building bridges, installing livestock pumps and more. He says he’s looking forward to retirement soon, but you wouldn’t know it by the way he jumps up eagerly to go visit a farm or survey a � eld.
Al started his career after high school when he attended the New York State Ranger School, in northern New York State. � ere he studied to become a forest technician. Next he came out to Washington State because he wanted to “see the big trees” and worked in the Shelton Ranger District, surveying roads. You get the gist of the impact of the next period of his life when Al shares that he next spent, “One year, eleven months and 18 days in the Army, 88 days in Viet Nam ”
After he returned from the war, Al took a two-year international trek that covered multiple continents. First he went to New Zealand to work at the Forest Research Institute for a year and then traveled to Australia where he worked in mineral and oil exploration in the outback to save some money. � en he bought a motorcycle in Singapore and along with a friend they traveled through Malaysia and � ailand, sticking a toe into Burma. Eventually, his friend and he parted ways, but Al continued by boat to India and then traveled to Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Europe. When it was all over, Al was 26 years old and had learned two important life lessons, which were that, “People are � ne everywhere and we have it easy.”
Al returned to the states and was in Minnesota when he met his wife, Susan at an environmental camp. She was working in a school. She had also previously lived in Washington State and so they decided to move back to the west together. � ey bought their home south of Chimacum or as Al likes to put it, “located slightly o� -Center.” Initially, Al worked as a farm hand for the Short’s Family Farm. He then started an herb farm and sold through the Pike Place Market in Seattle. � ey tried to start a farmer’s market in the Kively Center in Port Hadlock. By 1991 he began his work with the Je� erson County Conservation District, doing construction projects related to farming. Bruce Marston was
one of his colleagues at that time and they worked “grant to grant” for a number of years. Examples of projects at that time include channeling Leland Creek, water quality protection/improvement and stream fencing. � is evolved into more focus on salmon habitat projects on E. Je� erson Co. streams in collaboration with the Wild Olympic Salmon, North Olympic and Hood Canal Salmon Coalitions. One of the gratifying aspects of Al’s work was that he worked with landowners as willing partners to protect habitat rather than as a regulatory agent. He could advocate for landowners at the same time as he could help them understand more about what they could do to help protect and maintain habitat and critical areas.
Al has a high respect for landowners as he believes they know and appreciate their land more than anyone else can. He believes that as a rule landowners want to be good stewards. Of course, most think that they are good stewards – his challenge over the years was to help them become even better at caring for their lands. Early on Al worked with Ray Lowry and his Chimacum High School Fisheries class on improvements to Puttaansuu Creek in Chimacum.
A number of those “kids” are now local contractors who construct the stream projects.
In Al’s assessment, fencing and tree planting has made the biggest impact on salmon habitat restoration in Je� erson County. Keeping farm animals out of the streams and creating ways for them to access water without wading into the streams has been highly bene� cial for salmon habitat. He worries that with budgets becoming tight, some of the incentives that have assisted landowners to voluntarily comply with salmon habitat needs will disappear. “Incentives help,” Al
emphasized when asked about the most e� ective practice that was used during his career in working with landowners. Programs like the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) that help � nance the voluntary protection of critical areas by compensating landowners for removing stream bu� ers from agricultural production are seeing dramatic decreases in funding. Al also shared that permits are becoming more complicated to obtain even for bene� cial projects and maintenance of existing projects with less funding will be a challenge.
Along the way in this work Al has
enjoyed helping develop pieces of equipment, including the Kerry Perkins designed “Perkins trough” and solar powered pumps. He is proud of the riparian restoration work he has helped lead in Je� erson County and seeing the positive changes over the years. He also appreciates the willingness of landowners to voluntarily help restore habitat for salmon and other wild life.
Amy Rose Dubin and Bruce Gleeman of Chimacum Valley Dairy shared that, “We have worked closely with Al to traverse the challenges of developing a farm and to overcome some of the pitfalls related to various regulations, permits and such. I don’t believe we could have succeeded without his help and guidance and diplomacy - he is outstanding and we are sorry to see him retire. I think we are going to name a cheese for him!”
When asked about his upcoming retirement, Al quickly o� ered that, “I don’t want to go to any more meetings.” Al’s wife, Susan Latham, has a long list of things for him to do when he retires. Perhaps most compelling is the project they are working on with friends to establish a Camphill community on land next to Sun� eld Farm in Port Hadlock. Camphill would create an intentional community for their son, Jesse, and other developmentally disabled adults and help � ll the void left by the closing of the Skookum Jumprope Company. Al tells people that he will continue to freelance on various projects during his retirement and that, “My advice is free and worth every penny of it.”
� ank you, Al, for all your service to Je� erson County over the years – we greatly appreciate what you have done to make our community and our environment a better place for farms, families and � sh.
TTTake a good look at Al Latham ake a good look at Al Latham A number of enjoyed helping develop pieces of
Supporting the needs of farms, fi sh & families
Al Latham and his son, Jesse, enjoy a sunny day at Sun� eld Farm.
Al Latham has been instrumental in helping farmers install and maintain solar-powered water pumps to keep livestock out of local streams and protect salmon habitat in Je� erson County.
September 14, 2011 WSU Farm Tour 2011 11
Kateen Fenter of Compass Rose Farm.
The Cruach Woman
by Arthur Stringer (from the King Who Loved Old Clothes)
She never scours her copper pot,Nor hangs it in the sun;She never sits beside the hearthTo sew when day is done.
Her garden is a crazy thingOf twisty paths and treesWhere kale and thyme and docken bursStand almost to her knees.
Her window panes are thick with dust,Her hob is black with grease,For she’s the kind who couldn’t bideBetween four walls in peace.
She gives her house no time at all,But when the wind is loudShe roams the cli� s and open hillsAs carefree as a cloud.
She gives no thought to those dour thingsHer betters fret about;She’d rather watch the wheeling gullsAnd see the ships go out.
She loves the little paws of moles,� e paths that � eld mice run,� e � ash of pebbles in deep pools,And sea foam � ecked with sun.
She loves rain shadows on a moorWhere clouds make blue more blue,And the smell of wood smoke after frost,And footprints in the dew.
She loves the touch of thistledown,the feel of furry backs;She’ll watch a red fox for an hourAnd � air a badger’s tracks.
For she is wild and el� n brown,And when a killdeer callsOr when at night the wild geese honk,She can abide no walls.
But should she mate and bear a child(As with a wife is meet)‘Twould be a brown hill-loving thingWith little hoofs for feet.
And should she die, she’ll laugh and danceAnd toss her wind-blown headBetween the tombstones and the sunand shock the ancient Dead.
The “Good Food” Revolution
By Brwyn Gri� n,
Outreach/Education/Marketing ManagerPort Townsend Food Co-op
Saturday, September 17 from 7-9
pm at McCurdy Pavilion, Ft. Worden State Park, the Port Townsend Food Co-op is sponsoring a talk with urban street farmer, Will Allen. Son of a sharecropper, former professional basketball player, ex-corporate sales leader and now farmer, Will has become recognized as among the preeminent thinkers of our time on agriculture and food policy. The founder and CEO of Growing Power Inc., a farm and community food center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Will is widely considered the leading authority in the expanding field of urban agriculture.
At Growing Power and in community food projects across the nation and around the world, Will promotes the belief that all people, regardless of their economic circumstances, should have access to fresh, safe, affordable and nutritious foods at all times. Using methods he has developed over a lifetime Will trains community members to become community farmers, assuring them a secure source of good food without regard to political or economic forces.
In 2008, Will was named a John D. and Katherine T. McArthur Foundation Fellow and was awarded a prestigious foundation “genius grant” for his work — only the second farmer ever to be so honored. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in February 2010, he was invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama in launching “Let’s Move!” her signature leadership program to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in America. In May 2010, Time magazine named Will to the “Time 100 World’s Most Influential People.”
Tickets to the event are available at the door or at ww.brownpapertickets.com for $12 general admission. Food Co-op owners can purchase tickets for $10 at the store. All proceeds bene� t Northwest Earth Institute. We hope to see you join the Good Food Revolution!
Sarah Spaeth, Executive Director of Je� erson Land Trust, with Karyn Williams, owner of Red Dog Farm, a Je� erson Land Trust Protected Property.
Jeff erson Land Trust
At Je� erson Land Trust we are working with the community to preserve open space, working lands and habitat forever.
Je� erson Land Trust is a private, non-pro� t, grass-roots organization. Our mission is to help the community to preserve open space, working lands and habitat in Je� erson County on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. Landowners work with a Land Trust when they wish to permanently protect wetlands, � oodplains, farmlands, wildlife corridors, and scenic areas from inappropriate development.
Je� erson Land Trust provides many services to landowners throughout our area. We help choose protection strategies that meet landowners’ conservation and � nancial needs.
� e Land Trust may become the owner of a particular piece of property, or we may hold the development rights transferred by a conservation easement. � rough transferring ownership or development rights to the Trust, a property owner may gain access to reductions in both federal and state taxes.
We work creatively with local residents, governments, agencies, and community groups on numerous collaborative projects. � ese include the Quimper Wildlife Corridor, a greenbelt of wetlands; Chimacum, Salmon and Snow Creeks, salmon habitat protection; and the Food Farm Network, promoting local sustainable agriculture.
Perhaps most importantly, our responsibility as a Land Trust obligates us to maintain a vigilant watch over these protected lands forever. Serving the east side of Je� erson County, Washington on the Western Shores of Puget Sound.
12 WSU Farm Tour 2011 September 14, 2011
Where farmers and locals come to swap food and tall tales since 1972
Open Everyday 414 Kearney Street
360 385-2883www.foodcoop.coop
Where farmers and locals come to swap food and tall tales since 1972Where farmers and locals come to swap food and tall tales since 1972Where farmers and locals come to swap food
f THE
CO-OPPORT TOWNSEND
dooLLOCAL
three times a week at the
Jefferson County farmers markets
Uptown 9-2thru Dec 17th
Lawrence and Tyler
saturdays sundays wednesdaysChimacum 10-2
thru Oct 30Rhody and Center
Uptown 3-6thru Sept 28
Lawrence and Polk
www.ptfarmersmarket.org [email protected] (360)379-9098 www.jcfmarkets.org
LoCaLBuy eat seasonaLsuPPort our farmers
MK 2010
12 WSU Farm Tour 2011 September 14, 2011