*Our Featured Farmer is Layne Sundberg, the artisan cheese maker behind the
incredible Quail Croft soft and hard aged cheeses!!! Buy Layne's cheese from the sources listed below, & find Quail Croft in fresh made raviolis from San Juan Pasta (SJ Co op), and in delicious recipes you can use from Synergy Farm Recipe page!
Where to Buy LOCAL MEATS, POULTRY & SEAFOOD
(go to more complete list as of 10/27/09 by clicking here)
- San Juan Island Food Co Op: local grass fed lamb, pork, beef hamburger , sausages, local canned albacore, cheese (in freezer)*
- Island Grown Farmers Cooperative (IGFC): grass fed pastured lamb, pork, beef, goat, sausage, hamburger, cheese*
- Kings: Jones Family Farm/Barlow Bay Fish Company oysters, smoked salmon, and clams, *Quail Croft cheese
Westcott Bay Seafarms: oysters, mussels, clams
Barlow Bay Fish Company (Nick & Sara Jones) 3 varieties of clams, 3 varieties of oysters, wild local salmon smoked
LaCrover Farm: organic pastured chicken
Guard Sundstrom Fir Oak Farm:
grass fed USDA inspected pastured lamb and beef. IGFC processed 3106 San Juan Valley Road
firoakfarm@rockisland.com
*Layne Sundberg: grass fed pastured goat and lamb, delicious hard aged and lovely, creamy soft Quail Croft cheeses. Hours: call for appointment (360) 378-5764
Available at SJI Co Op, SJ Farmers Market, Kings
Rob Waldron Raven Gap Farm: grass-fed USDA inspected pastured lamb and beef. IGFC processed. Available at SJI Co op, SJ Farmers Market
Jones Family Farm / Lopez Homestead Farm:
emailto:lopezhomesteadfarm@igfcmeats.com USDA grass fed beef, goat, pork, poultry clams oysters salmon. Member IGFC 360-468-0533Lopez Island Farm: grass fed pastured lamb and pork. Member IGFC
email: lopezislandfarm@igfcmeats.com 360-468-4620
Skagit River Ranch: organic grass fed pastured USDA beef pork lamb chicken. Member IGFC 360-856-0722
Mitchell Bay Farm and Nursery: organic grass fed pastured lamb - custom cuts, burger, sausage. ICL, member IGFC. mailto:mitchellbayfarm@igfcmeats.com
360-378-2309
ZLazyJ Farm: organic pastured pork email: zlazyjfarm@igfcmeats.com
Sweet Grass Farm: organic grass fed pastured Kobe beef . Member IGFC
360-468-4450
Red Gate Farm: pastured locker lamb
Synergy Farm: pastured organic chicken
One Clay Hill Farm: IGFC pastured grass fed lamb
Saddleback Ranch: pastured grass fed lamb
Ten Four Farm: beef - Local grass fed beef - limited quantity by split or half avail. mid-Nov. Jeanne Turner 514 Kiehl Rd, Friday Harbor.378-3195
We see in the sanjuanislander that island-grown Certified Organic Cashup Wheat is available at 360-378-6395! We hear this type of soft Winter Wheat is perfect for pastry! Add a little butter or spread with soft cheese from Quail Croft!
Don't forget!!
Michael Ableman, the Salt Spring Island farmer, internationally acclaimed writer, speaker, photographer, practitioner of sustainable agriculture and proponent of regional food systems will talk about "Thinking Like an Island" at a potluck of local foods. Fri, 10/23. 6 pm Mullis Center. Donation $10 suggested, though no one will be denied a ticket. Bring a tasty dish, but mostly - bring yourself and your friends!
Tickets: Farmer's Mkt., Griffin Bay Books, Market Chef
Contact Jane janeburtonbell@hotmail.com and Rebecca bluemoonproduce@gmail.com for questions -
Sponsors: SJI AG Guild & SJ Farmer's Mkt.
Two more days (until 10/15) for the join-for-any-contribution offer from Slow Food USA!!!
Any size donation makes you a member - take part in supporting the work for biodiversity, sustainable farmers, and fair treatment of all the people who grow our food, also known as
Good, Clean, and Fair!
