As you do your holiday shopping this year, keep Washington farms and local producers in mind! From CSA shares to local art and books, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite gift ideas that celebrate farms here in our state. Read our Washington Farms Gift Guide below. A CSA share from a local farm. A…
Powers Winery raises $250,000 for farmland
October 28, 2019
Today, we’re celebrating something special. Our long-time partners at Powers Winery have raised a quarter of a million dollars for farmland conservation, and we think that’s something to cheers to. For the last 12 years, Powers has donated $2 from every bottle of specially blended wine sold at PCC Community Markets stores. With every sip,…
Celebrate National Farmer’s Day
October 10, 2019
National Farmer’s Day is on October 12. To celebrate, PCC Farmland Trust and Washington Dairy have teamed up to create a video that highlights how both groups support farmers and promote sustainability on Washington farmland. For every view the video receives, Washington Dairy will donate $5 to PCC Farmland Trust, up to $5,000.
Connect + Cultivate: a conversation about Washington farmland
October 4, 2019
On Wednesday, October 2, we gathered together with a group of PCC Farmland Trust donors at the Phinney Center Community Hall for an intimate conversation about Washington farmland. PCC Farmland Trust Executive Director Melissa Campbell and organic dairy farmer Ryan Mensonides discussed the biggest threats to farmland, why protecting land matters now more than ever,…
Sip to a sustainable future
October 2, 2019
Tony’s Coffee, based in Bellingham, Washington, and PCC Community Markets have been supporting local, sustainable agriculture for decades. Today, the two companies have teamed up to produce a new coffee blend sold exclusively at PCC stores to benefit sustainable farming on both a local and global scale. The blend is called Terra Nova, and for…
The Working Farmland Partnership: keeping ag land in production in King County
September 4, 2019
Access to farmland is one of the biggest challenges farmers face today. This is especially true in Washington, where the average price per acre of farmland has doubled in the last four years. Beginning farmers face significant barriers to finding available and affordable land to start their businesses, and established farmers often struggle to find…
25 projects funded through Advancing Farm Sustainability
August 30, 2019
In 2016, PCC Farmland Trust launched Advancing Farm Sustainability (AFS), a micro-grant program that supports farmers in their adoption of new approaches to sustainable land management. Three years into the program, we are pleased to have been able to support 25 projects that support lasting improvements to soil, water, and/or habitat on our conserved farms.…
Join us for a PCC Cooks class to benefit farmland
July 19, 2019
Our founder PCC Community Markets has put together a perfect menu to celebrate local farms in their Farm to Table with PCC Farmland Trust series for PCC Cooks. Best of all, a portion of proceeds from the classes will go directly to our campaign to protect farmland in the Puget Sound region: Our Farms, Our…
Board member spotlight: Liz Gorman
We are pleased to welcome Liz Gorman to the PCC Farmland Trust board, effective June 2019. With more than 25 years of experience as a professional communicator, Liz Gorman has spent the past two decades solely focused on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability strategy and communications, a specialty that began while leading community affairs…
PCC Farmland Trust’s land-matching program Farm to Farmer expands to Skagit County
July 15, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Seattle, Washington | As a farmland conservation organization, PCC Farmland Trust sees farmers as the first line of defense for protecting our region’s soil health for generations to come. Recognizing this idea alongside the land access challenges that our region’s farmers face, the Trust launched Farm to Farmer in 2018, a land-matching…