Events
| September 2010 |
2010 Chef Farm Tours #2
09/09/10 8:00 am - 3:00 pm This unique farm & ranch tour features premium organic and grass-fed beef, pork & cheese, plus a green-powered mushroom farm & a family-owned winery. Speakers will focus on understanding the quality and value of these certifications and standards, the emerging need for local and on-farm meat processing, and a kitchen-view of the considerations when purchasing sustainable ingredients. Stops on the tour include: Skagit River Ranch, Samish Bay Cheese, Pastázza, Vartanyan Estate Winery and Cascadia Mushrooms. Special guest speaker, Fred Berman, WSDA Small Farm & Direct Marketing Program Manager, will offer his expertise in organic production and meat processing, as well as his perspective as a restaurant owner. Lucy Norris of Puget Sound Food Network will also bring a Slow Food perspective to sourcing wholesale local ingredients. https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/123924 |
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Skagit WholeSale Market
09/09/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
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Whidbey Island Farm Tour
09/11/10 - 09/13/10 http://www.whidbeyfarmtour.com/ |
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Skagit WholeSale Market
09/16/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
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Skagit WholeSale Market
09/23/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
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Seed Saving for Gardeners & Farmers Workshop
09/23/10 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Learn to grow seed, steward heirlooms, and create new varieties at this class for Pacific Northwest gardeners and farmers. Whether you have saved seed before or are a complete beginner, this is a great chance to learn about seed and connect with other seed savers in your region. We will cover basic seed concepts including timing of planting, ideal population sizes, preventing cross-pollination, selecting for improved varieties, seed maturation and harvest, and seed cleaning techniques. To register call 360-385-7192 or email cathleen@seedalliance.org. |
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Harvest Jubilee
09/25/10 - 09/26/10 A fun day of in town festivities and farm tours, all day and in to the night!. Check back to http://harvestjubilee.org/pages/intro.php for more information on this annual event. |
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Seed Saving for Gardeners & Farmers Workshop 2
09/29/10 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Learn to grow seed, steward heirlooms, and create new varieties at this class for Pacific Northwest gardeners and farmers. Whether you have saved seed before or are a complete beginner, this is a great chance to learn about seed and connect with other seed savers in your region. We will cover basic seed concepts including timing of planting, ideal population sizes, preventing cross-pollination, selecting for improved varieties, seed maturation and harvest, and seed cleaning techniques. To register call 360-385-7192 or email cathleen@seedalliance.org. |
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Skagit WholeSale Market
09/30/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
| October 2010 |
Skagit WholeSale Market
10/07/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
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Skagit WholeSale Market
10/14/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
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Skagit WholeSale Market
10/21/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
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Skagit WholeSale Market
10/28/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
| November 2010 |
Focus on Farming
11/04/10 - 11/05/10 Join Lucy Norris of PSFN as she speaks at this year's focus on farming event. http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/County_Services/Focus_on_Farming/ |
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Skagit WholeSale Market
11/04/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
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Skagit WholeSale Market
11/11/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
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2010 Tilth Producers Annual Conference
11/12/10 - 11/15/10 Sponsored by NABC, this year's focus is Organic Agriculture: The Root of Rural Development. More information at: http://www.tilthproducers.org/conference.htm |
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Fisheries and Energy Conference
11/16/10 - 11/17/10 PSFN's Lucy Norris will be speaking at this event. |
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Skagit WholeSale Market
11/18/10 8:30 am - 10:30 am Local food producers are ready to sell their products to wholesale buyers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m., every Thursday through harvest season, interest provided. PSFN members interested in learning more or wish to participate as a Skagit WholeSale Market buyer or seller should contact Lucy Norris at lucy@psfn.org, all others contact Erin Treat at skagitcoop@gmail.com. |
| December 2010 |
Farm-to-Table Trade Meeting and Food Finance Summit
12/03/10 9:00 am - 4:00 pm The day will bring a host of expert panelists and speakers together including Whole Foods forager and Jefferson County native Harvindar Singh. Harvindar, whose work was recently highlighted in the Wall Street Journal, will come from San Francisco to lead pitch sessions for entrepreneurs and introduce the Whole Foods Producer Loan Program. Please spread the word and sign up today at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/123223. Registration is mandatory and space is limited. If your organization would like to participate in the event as a partner or sponsor, please email alex@cascadeharvest.org. |