Washington Young Farmers Coalition Lobby for local food next week!
Good luck to the Washington Young Farmers Coalition (an NYFC affiliate) as they join forces with other Washington food and farming groups in pushing for positive change in state programming! Here is more about the event from WAYFC: WA Young Farmers Coalition is joining forces with Tilth Producers of WA, the Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network, and the Good Food Coalition to ask our state legislature to restore funding for the WSDA’s... Read More
Washington Young Farmers’ Coalition hosts successful 3rd annual Young Farmers’ Mixer!
WAFYC mixer 2012 – photo by Tierney Creech The beautiful fall weather we had in the Northwest this year held out just long enough for the Washington Young Farmers’ Coalition’s annual Young Farmers Mixer. On October 8 th, a crisp, blue sky day in Conway, Washington over 250 young farmers gathered at Happy Little Farm to eat, dance, share stories of the season and celebrate! This was the first time the WAYFC mixer has fallen on a day without... Read More
Bootstrap @ City Grown Seattle – What I Am Learning: Running a Business
We want to farm because we love it. We are somehow energized by the work even though it is physically and mentally demanding. There is something in our nature that is instinctually drawn to planting, tending, and harvesting. But we also want to farm to make our living. We don’t get paid by the hour – our earnings are a direct measure of the fruits of our labors, in the most literal possible way. Last winter, the three of us had no... Read More
Washington Young Farmers Coalition Annual Mixer Coming Up!
Washington Young Farmers The Washington Young Farmers Coalition is ever-so-pleased to announce: Its 3rd Annual Washington Young Farmers Mixer! The Washington Young Farmers Coalition is doing it again, and this year, they are teaming up with Viva Farms and Happy Little Farm to present a better-than-ever, not-to-be-missed night of potluck and revelry, spit-roast and dancing with the Tuckborough Stringband, farm jokes and celebration. Washington farmers... Read More
Bootstraps @ City Grown Seattle – What I am learning: Creativity
July at City Grown Seattle has seen a huge explosion of growing and producing plants. Looking back at photos from the beginning of the month, I was amazed at how things have changed: Sunflowers now in bloom were just little sprouts at the end of June, and the beans currently reaching off the tops of their eight-foot trellis hadn’t even begun climbing 30 days ago. I marvel at the plants’ vigor and appreciate that their health shows we’ve... Read More
Washington State Takes Legislative Steps to Legalize Farm Internships
Washington State has become the first state in the country to take legislative steps towards legalizing agricultural internships. The Small Farm Internship Bill completed a very small two year pilot program in just two counties and is now working its way through the house and senate once again as an extended 5 year program in 14 counties. On February 11th, the Small Farm Internship Bill (SB 6392) came up for a vote in the Senate and passed 47 to... Read More
