NABC has just taken delivery of a brand new piece of equipment for the Mobile Poultry Processing Unit – a lung and organ vacuum! Once assembled, it will be installed on the MPPU and the crew will be trained on use and cleaning. This handy tool helps to remove the unwanted organs and other material…
The next two NABC events are coming up very soon: the Prepping Your Produce For the Market tour on June 28th, and Hands-On Poultry Processing on July 12th. Prepping Your Produce is a Skagit Valley-based tour where post-harvest activity and logistics will be observed in action. The three site, self-driven tour includes stops at the Puget Sound Food Hub…
Learn how a Holistic approach to livestock grazing and ranch management is healthier for the land and the climate, and better for producers and consumers, too. For more information and registration, please see: http://pnchm.org/educational-opportunities/ranching-for-resilience-bellingham-field-day/
Three of the region’s farm education organizations have formed a partnership to support beginning farmers and ranchers in San Juan and Island counties. The Northwest Agriculture Business Center, the Organic Farm School, and WSU-Extension will host classroom and practicum workshops throughout the next three years in such key farm business development topics as marketing, financial…
NABC has been working with Cascadia Cooperative Farms (CCF) egg and pastured poultry cooperative in King and South Snohomish Counties to provide technical assistance, market development, and business planning services. CCF brings together small local farms raising pastured poultry to feed our communities using ethical, humane, and ecologically responsible practices. CCF creates pathways for farmers…
Twin Sisters Market’s fresh, locally-grown produce is now available on Saturdays at Nugent’s Corner (where Highway 9 and Mt Baker Highway 542 meet) from 9 am to 3 pm and at the North Fork Library (7506 Kendall Rd, Maple Falls) from 10 am to 2 pm. Both sites are located adjacent to the Mount Baker Highway…
In a new initiative to expand its services to the Latino Spanish-speaking population in northwestern Washington, NABC is taking steps to create a culturally and linguistically welcoming environment for Latino farmers and food businesses looking for support to start or expand and strengthen their businesses. At the center of this initiative is Alex Perez, an…
The Puget Sound Food Hub Cooperative has been very busy this last quarter gearing up for what we anticipate to be our biggest season yet in farmer sales. It has been very helpful to have formed several committees, and we’ve spread the workload and become more focused, with the assistance of farmers’ participation on the…
Did you know NABC’s Mobile Poultry Processing Unit processes waterfowl? We can process anywhere from 70 to 150 ducks in a day. We’re researching geese technique this week and preparing to train the crew. Contact the NABC office for more information: 360-3336-3727 or sera@agbizcenter.org.
