The Farm Vision
1-acre Organic Demonstration Farm

Purpose: Create deeper holistic connection between homeowners, the community and the earth.

Physical:  Regular physical activity and exercise using natural movements

Social: Direct interactions and conversations with neighbors and farmers

Health:  Gives homeowners and surrounding community access to local farm fresh and nutritional foods and herbs while reducing dependency on commercially grown food and processed foods.

Education: Teaching how to become self-reliant and sustainable by growing and preparing one’s own food and medicinal herbs.

LEED: Local Food Protection, Social Equity Within the Community, Heat Island Reduction, Protect or Restore Habitat

 

Food Production for …

Homeowner / Community CSA in partnership with Lil Quill and other local farms
Organic Farm to Fork Restaurant with demonstration kitchen
Intergenerational Care program
Art Openings
Community Farm Dinners

 

Program Components:

Integrated Educational Program

• Beginning Farming and Gardening classes / After-School Programs
• Soil regeneration
• Composting, cover cropping and crop rotation
• Farming on the Olympic Peninsula
• Organic vs conventional growing
• From seed to sale overall farming practices
• Pest and disease control
• Medicinal Herbs
• Vertical farming
• Hydroponics

 

Apprenticeship
Volunteer Opportunities
Farm Camp
Farm Parties
Plant and seed sales
Interconnection with art and culinary programing