Access to Capital for New and Beginning Farmers and Food Businesses

Access to Capital for New and Beginning Farmers and Food Businesses Tuesday, January 24, 2016 Seafarers Memorial Park, Anacortes, WA 98221 Farm businesses need access to capital whether it’s a new business start-up, a business expansion, purchasing land or new equipment, or building inventories to support a market expansion. All Beginning Farmers and Food Businesses…

Puget Sound Food Hub Cooperative Now Hiring for Operations Manager

Background: The Puget Sound Food Hub Cooperative (PSFHC) is a farmer owned cooperative operating in the Puget Sound region. The PSFHC combines marketing, aggregation, and distribution for member farms and ranches. The goal is to develop relationships between local farms and businesses/institutions with a vision of creating healthier communities while expanding economic opportunities for local…

Grow Your Food Business at the 2017 Farm-to-Table Trade Meeting

What: 2017 NW WA Farm-to-Table Trade Meeting When: Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 8:30am-5pm Where: Bellingham Technical College Registration and Details: www.sustainableconnections.org Price: Early bird –  Sustainable Connections members $39, non-members $49 The Northwest Washington Farm-to-Table Trade Meeting, a one-day conference for food and farming businesses of all kinds to connect, network, and learn, will be…

Compost for Farmers (WSU workshop)

Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, 9am-noon Great compost — it doesn’t just happen! The benefits of compost are well known; early agriculturalists learned they could grow more with the addition of well-rotted manure. Today, we have a better understanding of how composted organic matter affects much more than just crop yield. It can alter the water…

FSMA PCQI Training

8:00am to 5:00pm Tuesday, November 29 through Thursday, December 1st.  Presented by Bates Consulting, LLC. The Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation (referred to as the Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation) is intended to ensure safe manufacturing/processing, packing and holding of food products for human consumption…

Annual WA State Farmers Market Association Conference – Feb 2-4, 2017

The 2017 WSFMA Conference takes place Thursday to Saturday, February  2-4 at the Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine. It brings together over 250 market organizers, farmers, vendors, state agencies and partner organizations to share their passion for farmers markets. Mark your calendars now to join us in February. The amazing waterfront Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, WA,…

Puget Sound Food Hub Cooperative Now Hiring for Marketing & Sales Manager

Puget Sound Food Hub Cooperative Position Description: Marketing & Sales Manager Background: The Puget Sound Food Hub Cooperative (PSFHC) is a farmer owned cooperative operating in the Puget Sound region. The PSFHC combines marketing, aggregation, and distribution for member farms and ranches. The goal is to develop relationships between local farms and businesses/institutions with a…