By guest NABC contributor Carolyn Goodrich Luke The Northwest Agriculture Business Center, in partnership with Washington State University – Mount Vernon Research and Extension Center and Mitchell F&D, recently hosted a fun and informative six-day hard cider production course funded in part by a WSDA Specialty Crop Block Grant. The course began with a daylong…
By PSFN’s Communications and Outreach Coordinator, Emma Brewster On Thursday, Cascade Harvest Coalition hosted the Olympic Peninsula Farm to Table Trade Meeting in Port Townsend. The overwhelming theme of the day was the importance of diversity: diversity of knowledge, experience, markets, and products. To kick off the event, Dr. Laura Lewis, the new Director of…
By Guest Contributor Jeff Voltz, NABC Project Manager Cooperation has provided a successful path for small to mid-size local meat producers to get their product to market. On Wednesday November 30 five members of the North Cascades Meat Producers Cooperative and I traveled from Whatcom County down to Thurston County to watch a USDA inspected…
By Guest Contributor Sherrye Wyatt Let the battle begin! On November 5, Taste of Ebey’s attendees enjoyed an Iron Chef experience as Camp Casey’s Mess Hall B was transformed into Kitchen Stadium for a culinary cook off to celebrate the secret ingredient: Rockwell Beans. Sponsored by Whidbey Island Grown and the Northwest Agriculture Business Center,…
Rosy Smit is the manager of 21 Acres Farm a (you guessed it!) 21-acre diversified vegetable farm and education center in Woodinville, WA and has been a PSFN member for nearly two years. An exciting new retail co-op facility is in the last stages of construction on the property, and will be up and running…
Monday was the first time the nation celebrated Food Day, and PSFN was not to be left out! We collaborated with Public Health – Seattle & King County, The Real Food Challenge Northwest, and students at The University of Washington to spread the gospel of local food for institutional food service! Food Day, sponsored by…
By Lucy Norris, PSFN Project Manager This morning I attended Seattle Tilth Farm Works Open House. It was a dark and rainy morning but the last few miles of pavement leading towards the farm was beautifully framed by yellow and orange foliage. Unfortunately it was too cloudy to see Mt. Rainier but on a sunny…
By Lucy Norris, Project Manager, Puget Sound Food Network Today was Taste Washington Day and participating schools throughout the state celebrated Washington’s seasonal bounty in style, including: Serving a locally-sourced meal Providing education and activities to recognize the region’s agricultural bounty Inviting farmers to lunch Arranging school visits to area farms Connecting Future Farmers of America…
Please join us in welcoming our newest AmeriCorps volunteer, Carolyn Goodrich. Carolyn has accepted the position of Special Projects and Research Coordinator with NABC. Carolyn will be responsible for a comprehensive evaluation of US based food networking sites, evaluation of USDA designated food innovation sites, as well as NABC database development. She will also support…
