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Holly’s Meat Pies: Comfort Food for Community

If you look up “pasty” in the dictionary, you’ll find an entry that reads something like this: Pasty (pass-tee) n. | Savory hand pie originating in Cornwall England. A hearty meal miners took down to the tin mines. Holly Bevan-Bumford,…

Annika SampsonNovember 28, 2022

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Food Preservation – Easier Than You Might Think!

Food preservation is a great way to enjoy local food as the abundant variety of crops changes with the season. With the fall harvest upon us, winter and the holiday season will soon be here. Don’t miss your chance to…

Lisa VaughnNovember 1, 2022

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Good Things Come In Small Acres

Tucked into the Mount Baker foothills, Small Acres Farm grows vibrant and nourishing food using renewable energy and sustainability practices – and their impact on this community is anything but small. Chris Henderson and Mia Devine, co-owners and farmers, have…

Annika SampsonOctober 24, 2022

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Summer is the Tastiest time for a Getaway in Washington State

Summer in Washington is in full swing, and abundance is the name of the game – farmers markets are overflowing with delicious produce, fishers are bringing back the freshest seafood, and food and farm events are bringing folks together to…

Annika SampsonAugust 17, 2022

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Farming in the Current Economy

by Micha Ide of Bright Ide Acres Farming, especially on a small scale, has always felt to me like a financially precarious vocation. Most folks get into farming for the love of the work and a desire to feed their communities.…

Annika SampsonMay 31, 2022

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Food Boxes Take Us on a Journey from Farm to Plate

A delicious plate of food isn’t just a meal, it’s a story. That’s because food doesn’t just magically appear in the store or in your home. There are countless people who work from dawn to dusk – a true labor…

Annika SampsonApril 27, 2022

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Ten Fold Farm: Sharing Food & Courage With Community

Tiffany Bell, in her own words, “does a little bit of everything.” She’s a farmer, mother, wife, soup-maker, and an advocate to get your mammogram. She and her husband own and run Ten Fold Farm, an 8.9-acre farm right on the outskirts…

Annika SampsonFebruary 3, 2022

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Farmers Markets Survive – and Thrive – in the Wake of COVID-19

By Micha Ide, Pierce County Fresh Farmers markets have been an important part of the local food economy in Washington since the early 1900’s, when the public market at Pike’s Place first opened its doors. These days farmers markets act…

Annika SampsonSeptember 13, 2021

Child picking ripe blueberries at Goat Boat Farm in Everson, WA

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Choose Your Own Adventure at a U-Pick Farm

Summer in Washington State is a season of bounty, harvest, and celebration. Farms are full of an astonishing variety of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Farmers are hard at work, and the fruits of their labor are often quite literal. Raspberries…

Annika SampsonAugust 11, 2021

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Kragnes Family Farms

Kragnes Family Farms A Deeply Rooted Farm, In Full Bloom By Alex Smith A sense of place is a powerful thing. Feeling a connection to the land and surroundings provides an intangible feeling of comfort and belonging. When Ben and…

Maressa ValliantAugust 6, 2021

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