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Buy a Farm?

Jul 27, 2021 | Farmland Preservation, Rural Economy

A friend told me she wants to buy a farm. She is a suburban gal with an undergraduate agricultural degree, so has the passion. Her career wasn't agriculture though, it was high tech. Now retired, she is ready to launch that Third Act, the next adventure, the next...

Spring Food Forward to Summer Foods

Apr 30, 2021 | Local Food, Sustainable Communities

Pacific Northwest larders of winter veggies and fruits are close to empty. With the advent of spring and the annual growing season, refilling pantries will begin anew. The thoughts, smells and sounds of spring are everywhere. Migratory birds fly across the skies...

Grandpa’s Bees: Growing Seed

Mar 31, 2021 | Local Food, Rural Economy

Bees, ladybugs, and other pollinators--the perpetuators of life--create the plethora of produce that nourishes, sustains, and makes life taste good! Seventy of the top 100 foods we eat are pollinated by bees. Without pollinators, no stone fruit-peaches, plums, and...

Eating Locally for Flavor

Feb 27, 2021 | Local Food, Sustainable Communities

I was born before trucking in out-of-season foods was the norm. Most of the year our usual nightly dinner veggie was frozen (not canned) beans, peas, or vegetable medley with meat and potatoes and the iceberg lettuce wedge. Mid-winter fresh produce included a plethora...

Strenghtening the Local Food Economy

Dec 30, 2020 | Agricultural Economic Development, Local Food

The New Year is here and now I can say, "With 2020 hindsight, what can I do 2021?" Now, more so than ever before, I need to support small businesses and independent farmers to help create a more healthy local economy. Since the onslaught of the pandemic, I've paid...

Port Gamble–Creating Community with Food

Nov 30, 2020 | Agrihoods, Local Food

To eat this autumn season, purchase local fruits, vegetables, and meat and dairy products directly from local farmers at a Farmers Market or through a Community Supported Agriculture ("CSA"). Buying directly from a family farm allows the farmer to earn a far better...

Corn Comforts and Satiates

Oct 31, 2020 | Local Food, Rural Economy

In this time of unending COVID and election stories, I ache for a sense of normalcy and certainty. Turning to comfort food satiates and satisfies. Creating a giant pot of minestrone soup with the last morsels of summer produce blended with the August canned tomato...

Being Grounded

Sep 30, 2020 | Healthy Places, Land Use Planning

We live in uncomfortable, uncertain times. As November 3rd approaches, the stress meter increases daily. With COVID-19, racial injustice tension, economic uncertainty, and the most contested election in my lifetime, the need for calm and centering is so needed. Love...

Pivoting in the Food System During COVID

Aug 31, 2020 | Local Food, Rural Economy

Summer is my favorite food season. It's the season of fruits and vegetables I crave. We are at peak season right now. Freshly picked corn, luscious peaches dripping with sweetness, tomatoes-green stripes, dark chocolate, yellow pear and cherry red, and more-all juicy...

EastWest Food Rescue in the Time of COVID

Jul 31, 2020 | Food Hubs, Local Food

Food, after water, is the key to life. For most of us it's easy to get food by visiting our local grocery store, shopping at the Farmer's Market, perhaps doing an occasional COSTCO run or growing a garden of fresh herbs and tomatoes. We do not know what it is...

Food Forward–Supporting the Local Food Economy

Jun 29, 2020 | Agricultural Economic Development, Local Food

Summer is simmering outside my window, despite the onslaught of COVID-19, the necessity of social distancing and mask wearing, and the incredible awakening by the losses from the unwarranted deaths of George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Charleena...

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