Published on behalf of Taproot Lopez Kitchen Cooperative Dear Friends and Locavores, Over the past months, much has been accomplished in the effort to build Taproot, a shared use, commercially certified, community kitchen for Lopez Island. We have: ~Secured 501(c)(3) status with the IRS for tax deductible contributions ~Set up a detailed website at lopeztaproot.org…
Are you interested in a career dedicated to advancing voluntary natural resource conservation on Whidbey Island? Employment at the Whidbey Island Conservation District (WICD) may be for you! Whidbey Island Conservation District (WICD) is accepting applications for two full-time, non-exempt, benefited positions: Marketing, Education and Outreach Coordinator Natural Resource Conservation Planner Job descriptions, duties, responsibilities,…
Lopez Island, a rural agricultural community off the coast of Washington State, needs a shared-use commercial food processing facility to add value to locally produced food, provide livelihoods to support island families and support local food production. We formed a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization to create and operate a facility called “Taproot, A Lopez Kitchen” to…
Goosefoot has two free classes this month. Admission is free; pre-registration is strongly encouraged as classes will be cancelled without a minimum number of participants. Please email marian@goosefoot.org or call 360-321-4145 to register. For more information, visit http://www.whidbeykitchen.org. Thank you! All workshops take place at the Sears House, 2812 Meinhold Road, Langley, on South Whidbey Island. INTRODUCTION TO FOOD LICENSING REQUIREMENTS…
The non-profit economic and community development organization Goosefoot is bringing Sarah Masoni, Product Development Manager for the Food Innovation Center in Portland, OR to South Whidbey on June 13 and 14 for an intensive workshop for those interested in starting up a food business. This is in addition to food business workshops that the organization…
NABC has been pursuing options for small-scale poultry farmers to legally co-process birds through the Mobile Poultry Processing Unit (MPPU)that are intended for sale. We’ve received exciting news: the WSDA has tentatively approved draft safe handling protocols which could enable multiple businesses to assign their WSDA Processing License to a single mobile processing site, and…
NABC is partnering with USDA Rural Development to present a day-long workshop to support local agricultural producers with their development of USDA Value Added Producer Grant applications. This important USDA program has benefited many producers throughout the Puget Sound region with this past year’s grant amounts ranging from less than $50,000 up to $250,000. Greg…
The Farm to Table partnership, led by the City of Seattle in collaboration with Northwest Agriculture Business Center (NABC), Puget Sound Food Hub, Seattle Tilth, Associated Recreation Council, YMCA of Greater Seattle and others has successfully wrapped up its fifth year of programming. The goal of the program is to link local area farms with…
With the last harvest completed at the end of November, the second season of the Mobile Poultry Processing Unit (MPPU) project has come to a close. Launched in June of 2014, the program is fulfilling the purpose for which it was designed – to provide professional poultry processing services to farmers in Northwest Washington. About…
