Buy Local Food In Kitsap

Farmers:

Interested in producing red meat for direct markets, but unsure of your options?

Join the Washington State Department of Agriculture  Monday, March 15, 2010 from 8:30 AM – 5:15 PM (PT)

Beginning in Tacoma, we will load the bus and head to Heritage Meats, a new
USDA meat processing facility in Rochester, to see a unique meat facility that
has both a USDA and Custom meat licensed facility under one roof. Owner Tracy Smaciarz will give us a tour of the facility and answer questions from farmers.

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CSA Shares Available Now For the 2010 Season

It is CSA time again for 2010. KCAA directors Marilyn Holt and Jade Pope have been busy talking to CSA farmers to get an update on what they are offering this year. Abundantly Green Farm is moving in the direction of year round production. That’s exciting.

CSA Shares Are Rich and Flavorful

Handsown and Homegrown (Sara and Jared Hankins) are adding poultry and eggs to their lineup. Wow.

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SATURDAYS, March 13th & 27th, and April 3rd 2010

Puyallup Room, WSU Puyallup Research & Extension Center, Puyallup, WA

& Zestful Gardens, Tacoma, WA

and

SATURDAY, APRIL 10th, 2010 (Field Trip)

S&S Homestead Farm, Lopez Island, WA

Instructors: Barry Lia & Henning Sehmsdorf

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For more information, to preview the curriculum, and to register and purchase textbook, please contact:
Barry Lia

barrylia@comcast.net

Pre-registration required.  Limited to 25 students.

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This Course is supported by textbook discounts from the Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association.

Sponsored by Pierce County Extension and by

S&S Center for Sustainable Agriculture, a WSU BIOAg Learning Site.

Building The Local Food Network

One of the Northwest Agriculture Business Center’s (NABC) missions is to improve the economic vitality of the agriculture industry within the northwest Washington State counties of Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom by providing business resources and hands-on guidance.  Farmland preservation is another.

David Bauermeister of the Puget Sound Food Network; and
FFA Members Project Presentations
KCAA General Meeting
Silverdale Grange Hall
12535 Clear Creek Rd NW
Silverdale, WA 98383
Tuesday, March 9, 6:30 – 8:30 PM

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Local Events

Growing Your Own Food
February 27, 1:00 pm
Leda Langley and Lorene Edwards-Forkner will lead a discussion, covering vegetables available this season, garden planning, crop rotation, how to extend the growing season and food storage. Bainbridge Gardens, 9415 Miller Rd. NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110. (206) 842-5888 http://www.bainbridgegardens.com/Classes.html  
 
Kitsap Food Coop Public Meeting
February 28, 1:30 – 4:30pm [Read more →]

Food Environment Atlas is a most fabulous resource.

Save the Date for the Hoop ‘n’ Holler in Kitsap County

March 6, 2010 10:00am – 4:00pm

Silverdale Grange Hall & Pheasant Fields Farm   Cost: $40

hoop and holler at Pheasant Fields

For more information contact: Arno W. Bergstrom, Director WSU Kitsap County Extension 345 6th Street Suite 550 Bremerton, WA 98337-1874 (360) 337-7225 tel (360) 337-4864 fax awbergstrom@wsu.edu

Two Large Farmland Preservation Efforts Are Under Way

The KCAA board is a hard working group with a determination to get things done for local food. Most all of our directors are working entrepreneurs or farmers but still feel it is important enough to dedicate considerable time and effort to thinking through what our goal should be in the category of building a local food network. For self-starters like this group the good news is that the local food space offers almost unlimited opportunities if one can only see through the obvious difficulties that arise almost immediately.  Some of the KCAA directors are meeting on Saturday in Hansville to mastermind strategies for some huge local food opportunities for Kitsap County.  If you want to join a get er done team working to help local agriculture you may want to join us. The details are at the end of this article.

KCAA Director Peggy Hall

With such a depth of opportunity it would be important task to attempt to budget our resources to make the greatest advance toward our goal as possible. Prior to our all day board meeting in early January I asked all of the directors to read a book entitled “The Goal” by Eliyahu Goldratt, an Israeli physicist and student of business as social forms. The book made a big impact on our deliberations and gave us some tools to organize our thinking about our tasks.

Our goal is to build a local food network. Because as of yet so few people truly understand the importance of this goal as an organization we will continue to focus on farmer and consumer education to build “the list” of people who are members of the local food network.

(Hint: To join the list just follow Become a Member of KCAA)

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Bck, bck,bccaaackkk

And the sale goes on!  Please buy local eggs!  Better yet, please support young local farmers!
Duck eggs $4 a doz.
Chicken $5 doz.
*Free Range over large area + Certified Organic Grain!!!

Contact handsownhomegrown@yahoo.com

Stop and get your eggs Friday or Saturday at our Poulsbo location.  Place your order NOW!
Thank you to all who support us all year!

Your farmers love you,
Sara & Jared

206-913-7287

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