Beginning and minority farmers and food producers in Northwest Washington stand to benefit from three new projects undertaken by the Northwest Agriculture Business Center, supported by two USDA grant programs. The Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) was created to help educate, mentor, and enhance the sustainability of the next generation of farmers. NABC…
The essence of NABC’s purpose and mission is to support agricultural producers with the development of their farm businesses. This could be a start-up of a new farm business, the expansion of an existing farm business, or developing a value-added product or business strategy. NABC’s Transition to Value Added Workshop Series for 2017 will provide…
NABC is providing technical assistance and financial support for the formation of Cascade Cooperative Farms (CCF) and its effort to become a 521 designated agricultural co-op. Thanks to generous grant funding from the King Conservation District (KCD) CCF will begin washing, grading, sorting, packing, and selling eggs aggregated from its members in King and South…
With Thanksgiving now behind us, the 2016 processing season for NABC’s Mobile Poultry Processing Unit is now complete. The Unit processed almost 8,200 poultry, including chickens, turkeys and our first full day of ducks, and serviced 11 farmers over the course of the year. With procedural improvements devised by MPPU Supervisor Miguel Martinez, our crew…
Seven years after it was initially formed as a wholesale market under the I-5 overpass in Mount Vernon, the Puget Sound Food Hub opened its 2016 season as a member ownedcooperative, operating an aggregating and distribution entity. The PSFH services a market region from Bellingham to Seattle and will post sales in excess of 1…
ARE YOU SEEKING CAPITAL FOR YOUR FARM OR FOOD-RELATED BUSINESS? Access to Capital for New and Beginning Farmers and Food Businesses Tuesday, January 24, 2017 8:45AM to 3:45 PM Seafarers Memorial Park 601 Seafarers Way, Anacortes, WA 98273 Farm businesses need access to capital whether it’s a new business start-up, a business expansion, purchasing…
January 10, 2017 (Tuesday) 8:45AM – 3:00PM WSU Snohomish County, 600 128th St SE, Everett, WA 98208 NABC is partnering with the USDA Rural Development Department 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…
February 16, 2017 (Thursday) 8:45 AM – 4:00 PM Brightwater Treatment Center, 22505 State Route 9 S.E., Woodinville, WA 98072-6010 Cider is the fastest growing craft beverage in North America. To support the industry and provide sources of high tannin specialty cider apples and perry pears, new orchards must be planted & managed, and fruit…
WSU Snohomish and King County Extension in partnership with the Snohomish Conservation District will offer Cultivating Success: Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Farm Business Planning to help new and current farmers gain skills in business planning and direct marketing. The course runs Monday evenings January 9, 2017 through March 20, 2017, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. along…
