The Kitsap Community and Agricultural Alliance is a pretty ambitious group of volunteers. Our farmers, business owners and creative eaters are amazing, take charge sorts of people that don’t wait for others to give them instruction. The meetings in recent months reflect this. The room is nearly full, new faces are appearing and people are drawn to stay after the presentations and network with a lively buzz. Our May meeting on bees was no exception. Articles from Sue Edwards about that meeting will follow shortly.
Dave Hunter on Mason Bees
Some very alert reporters are noticing too and we appreciate it. You see, our meetings are full of great content from expert presenters and we take it from there to get things done toward building our local food network. The results of our presentation of the Puget Meat Producers Co-op is just one example. Just check out some recent articles by Chris Henry of the Kitsap Sun.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/may/10/kitsap-raised-meat-may-be-coming-soon-to-local/
http://pugetsoundblogs.com/south-kitsap/2009/05/12/how-much-would-you-pay-for-local-meat/
About Jim Freeman
Jim is a real estate broker and licensed loan originator in Kitsap County, WA. He is also an angel investor in a software company, a children's toy product development and sales company, a biogas energy company, a CSA member and a pastured poultry operation on an Olympic Peninsula certified organic farm. As a business owner and investor Jim knows the central importance importance of local agriculture and looks to buy local food and invest in local food producers and processors whenever possible.
