Articles & links
PCC Sound Consumer articles
2008
July 2008,
Local farms, local restaurants
June 2008,
The complexities of farmland preservation
May 2008,
Eat well, choose PCC Farmland Trust farmers
April 2008,
A taste of place: exploring terroir
March 2008,
In perpetuity: the long haul of land stewardship
February 2008,
Taking stock of seed in February
January 2008,
A January farm tour ... and simple ways you can help save farmland
2007
December 2007,
Celebration time at the PCC Farmland Trust
November 2007,
Changing seasons: Turkey, tractors and turnips
October 2007,
Saving farmland: Fresh possibilities for change
September 2007,
Saving farmland: in the spirit
August 2007,
Stepping onto good soil
July 2007,
PCC Farmland Trust Challenge Grant
July 2007,
Stepping onto good soil
June 2007,
The midsummer challenge
May 2007,
Bennington Place tour showcases sustainable ranching
April 2007,
Creek restoration at Ames Creek Farm: Where there’s a fish, there’s a way
March 2007,
Spring into action!
February 2007,
Bennington Place: More than 174 acres
January 2007,
Great year ahead for organic farmland
2006
December 2006,
Flood relief fund for Ames Creek farmers
December 2006,
Giving for the common good
November 2006,
Thanksgiving for good works
October 2006,
PCC Farmland Trust update
July 2006,
PCC Farmland Trust update
June 2006,
PCC Farmland Trust update
May 2006,
PCC Farmland Trust update
March 2006,
PCC Farmland Trust update
January 2006,
PCC Farmland Trust growing in the New Year
Links
Our Farmers
www.nashsproduce.com — Nash Huber and Patty McManus own Nash's Produce, also known as Nash's Organic Produce. Huber was a key element in the creation of the PCC Farmland Trust in 1999. He approached PCC with an urgent request for help in saving a local farm from becoming a housing development. That farm was the Delta Farm, which Nash now leases.
www.thunderinghooves.net — The Huesby family, doing business as Thundering Hooves, raise pastured livestock and poultry in an open, natural and low-stress environment with no growth hormones or antibiotics. They lease The Bennington Place.
www.fullcirclefarm.com — Andrew Stout and Wendy Munroe own and operate Full Circle Farm in Carnation. In 2006, the PCC Farmland Trust purchased an organic agricultural conservation easement on 127 acres of the Ames Creek Farm, enabling Stout to purchase that part of the farm directly. Full Circle Farm grows a wide variety of fruits and vegetables sold at PCC, restaurants, farmers' markets, and through its Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.
www.growingthingsfarm.com — Michaele Blakely leases 31 acres of the Ames Creek Farm in Carnation, where she tends a diverse blend of organically grown vegetables, poultry and livestock. Blakely has had a longtime presence at Seattle farmers' markets where people line up to buy her organic eggs, produce, meat and jams. She also has a successful CSA program.
Local Resources
www.cascadeharvest.org — Cascade Harvest Coalition
www.pugetsoundfresh.org — Puget Sound Fresh helps local farmers of King and Snohomish counties market their goods.
www.wsffn.org — Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network is a grassroots, statewide advocacy organization for sustainable agriculture and family farms in Washington State.
www.seattletilth.org — resources for the urban gardener, including classes and a list of local farms that offer Community Supported Agriculture programs. CSAs offer consumers the chance to invest in a farmer and get the dividends back in the form of weekly produce boxes.
www.tilthproducers.org — Tilth Producers, a chapter of Washington Tilth Association.
www.wafarmersmarkets.com — Washington State Farmers Market Association
National Resources
www.sustainableagriculture.net — The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture is dedicated to educating the public on the importance of a sustainable food and agriculture system that's economically viable, environmentally sound, socially just and humane.
www.farmland.org — American Farmland Trust works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment.
www.farmlandinfo.org — The Farmland Information Center is a public/private partnership between American Farmland Trust and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service that provides technical information about farmland protection.
www.lta.org — Land Trust Alliance, the convener, strategist and representative of land trusts across America.
www.localharvest.org — Local Harvest
www.nal.usda.gov/infoctr.shtml — Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, a program of the USDA. Learn about organic and sustainable farming policies and programs on a national governmental level.
www.edf.org — Environmental Defense includes Federal Farm Policy reform in their work to protect ecosystems.