Eat chocolate, save farmland! We are thrilled to present, in partnership with Theo Chocolate, our PCC Farmland Trust Organic Fair Trade Cherry & Chili Dark Chocolate Bar. Fifty cents from the sale of each bar purchased at PCC Natural Markets will be donated to the Farmland Trust. This 70% dark chocolate bar is a culmination [read full article...]
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PCC Farmland Trust: Strategic Plan
In December the PCC Farmland Trust board adopted a 2012-2015 -strategic plan. The plan retains and reaffirms the existing mission: to conserve farmland for organic and sustainable farming. However, it also directs the organization to conserve farmland in concentration, and to promote agricultural corridors in the most threatened farming areas, in Western WA. These agricultural corridors, with increased organic and sustainable farming, could provide environmental and economic benefits to the broader community, while also promoting the primary goal – more organic food production in the urban fringe. Over the next three years, the Farmland Trust will endeavor to conserve in concentration, but also study the results–direct and derivative. Throughout this same period PCC Farmland Trust will also expand our work to build public and farm community awareness of the value of farmland conservation for organic food production.
To read the full PCC Farmland Trust strategic plan, click here. (PDF)
PCC Farmland Trust featured on Grist
From “Incredible shrinking farmland” on Grist.org by Claire Thompson, November 7, 2011 Joel Huesby comes from a long line of conventional farmers, but in 1994, he had what he calls an epiphany that led him to switch to organic farming. He’s of the mind that we’ll drive ourselves to extinction if we drive our farmlands [read full article...]
Local Chefs for Local Farms: December 20th at emmer&rye
Your Host, Chef Seth Caswell
Next Local Chefs for Local Farms: December 20th at emmer&rye. Click here for more info & to register.
Nash’s Farm Store now open in Sequim
–Patty McManus, Nash’s Organic Produce The dream for Nash’s Organic Produce to open a full grocery at the location of the old Glendale Creamery came to fruition on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, with the soft opening of Nash’s new Farm Store. The Glendale Creamery is one of the oldest agricultural sites in the Sequim Valley. [read full article...]
“Planting trees is so refreshing!”
–by Alison Wesockes, Stewardship Program Americorps Intern I look out the office window and see a mist over Puget Sound. This morning I walked to the bus in the pouring rain. Now that fall has officially arrived in the Northwest, Have you thought any of the following recently: “I really need to get out and [read full article...]
Seattle Times Features PCC Farmland Trust
On Sunday August 28th, PCC Farmland Trust was the lead story in Pacific Northwest Magazine, a section of the Seattle Times. Read the article and see the associated video and slideshow here. Dan and Kim Hulse with Lila and [read full article...]
Grant & scholarship opportunities for new organic farmers
Raising Organic Family Farms is a new initiative from Lundberg Family Farms that aims to help nurture, grow and redefine a new generation of organic family farmers. Raising Organic Family Farms will provide up to $50,000 in grants and scholarships in 2011 for beginning or transitioning organic farmers – from college students interested in [read full article...]
PDF Tour Map for “Celebrate Organic!” Fall Farm Tour, Sep 17
(Click on the map to download a large PDF version to print) Join us on Saturday, September 17th from 10am to 3pm as we highlight farms in the Snoqualmie Valley that use sustainable and/or organic methods to produce healthy food for their communities. Participating farms will open to the public, offering family-friendly activities, [read full article...]
Local Chefs for Local Farms at Lark on September 19th
Join us for a spectacular 4-course dinner at Lark: Chef John Sundstrom’s renowned restaurant on Capitol Hill. Local Chefs for Local Farms brings together chef, farmer and eater, to enjoy a seasonal local feast and deepen the connection to the source of our food. For this upcoming event, Chef Sundstrom will be preparing a menu featuring a whole, grass-fed organic lamb from Apsen Hollow farms, Dinah’s cheese from Kurtwood Farms on Vashon, as well as fresh, local produce. Farmers Jeff Rogers of Aspen Holllow and Kurt Timmermeister of Kurtwood Farms will be speaking alongside Chef Sundstrom and PCC Farmland Trust – discussing the benefits and challenges of eating and growing local, organic food. The evening will also include a call for support of PCC Farmland Trust’s Future Farm Fund.
Tickets are $85 per person and includes tax & gratuity. Vegetarian options are available.Please contact the Trust at 206-547-9855 with any questions about the event.
Your Host, Chef John Sundstrom
Chef John Sundstrom opened Lark in December 2003 on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Lark is an artisan focused restaurant featuring organic, foraged, and heirloom ingredients and flavors. Originally from Utah, John underwent culinary training at New England Culinary Institute. John has been cooking for over 20 years, most of that time in Seattle at restaurants such as Dahlia Lounge, Carmelita, and Earth & Ocean. Numerous awards for John’s cooking include being named one of Food & Wine Magazine’s Best New Chefs for 2001 and winning the James Beard Foundation “Best Chef Northwest/Hawaii” in 2007.
Special Guest, Kurt Timmermeister of Kurtwood Farms
Farmer Kurt Timmermeister runs a beautiful farm on Vashon Island, managing a small herd of Jersey cows, sheep, free range pigs, and an ever changing flock of chickens, geese and ducks. He frequently hosts legendry dinners using ingredients from the farm, produces the phenomenal ‘Dinah’s Cheese’ and is also the recently published author of ‘How to Grow a Farmer’: the story of his adventures into becoming a farmer.
Special Guest, Jeff Rogers of Aspen Hollow Farm
Farmer Jeff Rogers runs Aspen Hollow Sheep Station in the Snoqualmie Valley. Together with his wife Katya, they work 60 hrs a week, 365 days of the year, to produce certified organic 100% grass-fed lamb. Much like Copper River King salmon, this lamb is a seasonal product only available at this time of year. We feel very lucky to be enjoying this wonderful product at our upcoming Local Chefs!
PCC Farmland Trust’s 2010 Annual Report
Read more about what we’ve been up to, where we’re going, and how we’re saving local organic farmland forever!
