One of the biggest barriers farmers face is access to good quality land. Land around urban areas can be more than double the cost of rural land – yet this is where anyone using a direct market model needs to be located to be successful. Due to competition from development, land prices are being pushed…
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…
Just thinking about completing and filing tax forms can send shivers down the spine of the most rugged farmer. Confusion over which forms to use for what and when along with the unique challenges to be found when trying to plug your data into their form makes for an aggravating task that usually gets puts…
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…
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 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…
Minority farmers and food producers in Northwest Washington stand to benefit from a USDA Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grant recently awarded to NABC. The USDA program provides support to cooperatives and Cooperative Development Business Centers like NABC seeking to grow their technical business assistance and outreach to socially disadvantaged groups in rural areas. The $171,000 grant…
The 13th annual Focus on Farming conference “Solutions for a Growing World,” will be held November 3, 2016 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA. The conference will also include Focus on Forestry workshops. View THIS LINK for more details and register today!
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,…
