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Introducing the Kitsap Food and Farm Policy Council
…recognition that agriculture in all its varying forms is a vital part of Kitsap County’s culture, attraction, and economic basis. Continue reading
Early Bird Special ends Thursday night
Happy New Year 2010! Thank you for your support of us and locally grown food this year. We are thrilled that more people are enjoying local produce and embracing a healthy and secure food supply. Enjoy the holiday, eat local … Continue reading
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Marilyn Holt – KCAA Founding Director
KCAA is the lightning rod for farm and fresh, local food issues in Kitsap
County. The initiatives, the blog, and the momentum that continues to grow
makes it a very exciting group. Continue reading
Abundantly Green – Holt Ranch beef available
Abundantly Green at Holt Ranch has beef available by the Whole, Half, or Split Side.
These are young animals, and the meat is very lean. The hanging weight historically ranges, for a whole, from 340 pounds to 520 pounds. Our beef is naturally raised, grass & alfalfa fed, open pastured, no hormones, no antibiotics, and no pesticides. Continue reading
Making Organic Farming and Back Yard Gardening a Criminal Offense
Two bills that are against locally grown food have been prepared by big ag and are now in the hopper for this session of Congress. However, Agriculture Schrome://cooliris/skin/new/mouseover.pngec. Vilsack announcing that Kathleen Merrigan, the person who drafted Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, will be his deputy secretary. Continue reading
Why I Fill Out Those Farm Surveys
I completed the Kitsap Community Agriculture Survey for Abundantly Green Certified Organic Vegetables as soon as I received it last week. In the past several weeks, I completed two other surveys, including the big national agricultural census sent out every … Continue reading
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Demand For Local Food At An All Time High
By Marilyn Holt, Abundantly Green Certified Organic Produce What a modern headline: “Demand for local food at an all time high.” A person born in 1908 probably would not be able to understand it, yet today the issue of locally … Continue reading