KCAA Monthly Meeting,Tuesday February 21th, 7-8:30pm
TOPIC: Greenhouse & Hoop Tunnels, plus No-Till Farming
DATE: Tuesday, February 21
NEW LOCATION: Seaside Church in Bremerton (corner of Sheldon & 14th)
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CREATING A KITSAP BUY LOCAL CAMPAIGN
It is time to raise the public’s consciousness on buying local. We want you to be a community leader in this. We would like your voice to be heard, so we invite you to participate. Continue reading
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Community vs Agriculture — Slap down or love fest?
KCAA Monthly Meeting Monday, February 21, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Island Lake Community Center, 1087 NW Island Lake Rd, Poulsbo, WA 98370 Join this month’s discussion: Community vs Agriculture – Slap down or love fest? Join our guest Tim … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Business and Economics, Farmland Preservation, Uncategorized
Tagged Futurewise, kcaa meeting, Potluck
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Have Your Say
To have a voice in what happens in Kitsap County, you need to tell your County Commissioners what you want. Below is their contact information. Letters: Kitsap Board Of Commissioners Commissioners’ Office, MS-4 614 Division Street Port Orchard, WA 98366 … Continue reading
The Kitsap noxious weed program helps farms.
The Kitsap noxious weed program is one of the great bargains we Kitsap citizens enjoy. If you own or rent land, then you may need the services of the Kitsap noxious weed program. Over the past year the Kitsap noxious … Continue reading
Working to save the Peterson Farm
The Great Peninsula Conservancy is working to keep the tradition of farming alive in the Clear Creek Valley by working with KCAA board members Scott and Peggy Hall, Kitsap County, Kitsap Conservation District, the Washington State University Extension program, members … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Business and Economics
Tagged Clear Creek Trail Task Force, Halls, Kitsap Sun, Peterson Farm
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Tonight! 6:30, Learn how to participate in USDA rural programs
TONIGHT! KCAA Monthly Meeting is on May 11, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. Meet Sharon Exley, Business Programs Specialist Rural Development U.S. Department of Agriculture Silverdale Grange Hall 12535 Clear Creek Rd NW Silverdale, WA 98383 The program begins at 6:30 … Continue reading
USDA rural energy grants
The much-anticipated notice in the Federal Register inviting applications for USDA Rural Development’s REAP (Rural Energy for America Program) was published April 25, 2010. This notice covers both the REAP grant and guaranteed loan programs for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements. Continue reading
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Benefiting from USDA Rural Development Programs
The USDA Rural Development is dedicated to improving the quality of life and expanding the economic opportunity for rural Americans. They do this through loan and grant programs to help meet the diverse needs of small rural communities for housing, businesses, and its critical infrastructure. Their goal is to build viable and sustainable rural communities, and to do this the USDA Rural Development has become rural America’s investment bank, a venture capital entity that creates jobs, promotes business development, and provides community facilities and affordable housing. Continue reading
Abundantly Green Looking For Help
Abundantly Green is a certified organic produce farm that sells through our CSA and the Poulsbo Farmers Market. We are looking for part-time and full-time farm hands for the summer season to start immediately. There are a number of different types of jobs to be done by everyone every day. We hand plant, tend, and harvest. We do some mechanized tilling with small (ish) equipment. We utilized hoop houses, row cover, and low hoops as well as the tried and true millennium-tested open-air growing. Continue reading
Posted in Local Food Opportunities
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Where food comes from
Food Environment Atlas is a most fabulous resource.
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