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Monday, November 22, 2010

Public has until Nov 22 to comment on FDA Approval of GMO salmon - Also, latest update on SB 510, one post down, as of 9:15 pm 11/22

Read about The Aqua Bounty Corporation's GMO fast growing salmon made of eel and salmon genes:  http://tinyurl.com/2bhjlnx

How to take action TODAY - Nov. 22 is last official day for public comment!


More from the Center for Food Safety on the poor research, and all the information concealed from the public by for-profit Aqua Bounty on, potentially, the first genetically modified animal to be ok'd for food production - and why is this animal being put up for approval as a drug, doing an end-run around tougher food regulations?

More on that as of 11/22 from Duke University researchers HERE.

Legislation proposed 11/18/10 by Senators Begich (D-AK), Murkowski (I-AK), and Murray(D-AK) re: GMO salmon.
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Farm & Fishing Blogs from Here

  • Matt's Fresh Fish - Matt's Blog - Marinkovich's San Juan/Alaska Commercial Fishing Family. Fish, environment, Alaska, Puget Sound, oil(?!!). Don't miss this blog!
  • Synergy Farm Recipes - Susan & Peter's Blog (Synergy Farm)
  • Thousand Flower Farm - Margaret's Blog (Thousand Flower Waldron - Margaret & Joel Thorson)
  • Heritage Farm Market Garden - Heritage Farm CSA/Happy Belly CSA - Jim and Christina Sesby, and Jamie and Christina - young farmers and certified raw milk dairy managers, community activists, and proprietors of Happy Belly CSA
  • SJ Community Co Op Forum - forum, recipes, all kinds interesting topics
  • San Juan Community Co Op - Adventures of Eleanor & Anna
  • Eco-Farm Genetic Engineering Blog - current & compelling. Knowledge is Power. Get educated about this.
  • Imagine Organics Recipes and Cooking Videos (SJI chef and farmer Hobbes Buchanan)
  • An American Abroad in America - Zac's (farmworker, amazing cook) Blog - (Quail Croft and Heritage Farm) - with recipes!

Sources For Locally Grown Garden Plants

  • Heritage Farm - plants in season
  • Mitchell Bay Farm - Every plant has a written life story at Colleen's nursery. A BEAUTIFUL garden, lovely plants at lovely prices, and wonderful soaps, too!
  • San Juan Island Farmers market - featuring Roger Ellison/Your Personal Farmer Roger Ellison 378-2676

SJI MARKETS AND FARMSTANDS

  • Printable list of Island Grown Produce and Markets
  • SAN JUAN ISLAND FARMER'S MARKET -locally grown and produced fruits, vegetables, and greens, cheese, beef, lamb, pork, and seafood, honey, bakery goods, artisan crafts, locally roasted fair trade coffees, teas, eggs,and all your old and new friends to visit! - Sat. - Courthouse pkg. lot
  • SAN JUAN ISLAND FOOD CO-OP !! - full grocery: fresh island produce, pastured local meats, local certified milk, cheeses, honey; bulk and individ. packaged items - fresh and frozen, personal care, they have it all, with great prices! LOCATED Next to Gakery San Juan on Mullis St., just north of the airport
  • MITCHELL BAY Farm - island grown certified organic vegetables, fruit, lamb, handmade soaps, beatiful plants with entertaining stories to tell!
  • LaCrover Farm - lovely vegetables, fruit, greens, eggs, chicken
  • HERITAGE FARM STAND - delicious produce, pastured eggs, grass fed untreated certified milk. local meats and cheeses - Heritage Farm Lane, off Cattle Pt. Road
  • STATES INN RANCH STORE - fresh pasta, fresh baked bread, bakery goods, pies, milk, ice cream, cheese, coffees, hot cinnamon rolls, etc. - West Valley Road
  • SYNERGY FARM -variety of organic produce, eggs, pastured beef and poultry, honey, local canned albacore, local cheese, ice cream, locally roasted coffees, etc. Beaverton Valley Road
  • SWEET EARTH FARM - seasonal - organic produce, herbal tinctures and care products - Westside Road
  • Blossom Organic Grocery - Lopez Island
  • Compost it! sustainable living products - Nichols St.
  • CAFE DEMETER - ORGANIC BREADS MADE WITH NATURAL YEASTS - CROISSANTS, COOKIES, LOVELY BAKERY ITEMS, WINES - Nichols St.
  • Bakery San Juan - locally made cakes, pastries, and breads

Followers

Apprenticeships/Internships/Jobs & Other Links

  • San Juan Island Friday Harbor Community Food Co Op
  • Beginning Farmer - Great Site!!
  • FRESH documentary - internships NOW, April - summer, jobs, and volunteer work
  • Stahlbush Island Farm - Oregon - certified sustainable -job listings
  • Our Lady of the Rock - dairy and farm Shaw Island
  • Heritage Farm - Looking for interns and experienced garden manager
  • Bullock's Permaculture Homestead - Orcas Island WA
  • Synergy Farm - Internships
  • Sweet Earth Farm
  • Lopez Island Internships Feb 2011 - sustainable Building, Sustainable Agriculture
  • Jones Family Farm - Nick & Sara Jones
  • Global Internships - Resource for Students, Alumni, Educators and Others - Internship Opportunities Info for Many Different Organizations
  • Kallari Chocolate Cooperative - Ecuador
  • Links to friends, associations, etc. (courtesy of Salish Sea Convivium)
  • Tilth Producers of WA - apprenticeships
  • Grow a Farmer UC Santa Cruz
  • UC Santa Cruz Farm Apprenticeship Program
  • Department of Safety Anacortes - residency
  • Yale sustainable food Project - Internships and links!
  • Internships - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
  • Internships/ volunteer positions: Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
  • ATTRA - Nat'l. Sust. Ag Info Service - home
  • Tilth Producers of WA - home

About Wild Salmon

  • Fish farming and the Norwegian companies that do it in our local waters - "Salmon Farming Exposed"
  • Wild Salmon in Trouble - Animation explaining sealice, fish farms, and salmon run failure
  • Raincoast Conservation Society and Georgia Strait Alliance (B.C. Canada) - 5 minute video - "Frasier [River] Sockeye [salmon] Lice Epidemic"

Bees

  • Keeping Bees-Naturally! - Mother Earth News
  • Native Bees:Alternative Pollinators
  • Pollinator Partnership
  • upcoming film - Queen of the Sun

Islands Certified Local (serving local foods)

  • Islands Certified Local - what does it mean?
  • List and contact info for Island Certified Local producers
  • Steps Wine Bar & Cafe
  • Roche Harbor's McMillan's Dining Room
  • The Market Chef
  • Coho Restaurant
  • Duck Soup Inn
  • Harrison House Suites & Tucker House Inn
  • Garden Path CafĂ©
  • Longhouse Bed & Breakfast
  • Blossom Grocery
  • Vortex Cafe & Juice Bar
  • Galley Restaurant
  • Shaw General Store
  • Christina's
  • Inn at Ship Bay
  • The Kitchen
  • Roses Bakery Cafe
  • The Daily Veg Cafe
  • Doe Bay Resort & Retreat/Doe Bay Cafe

Film "Where is Tomorrow's Farmer?" - filmed on San Juan Island

  • See the 9 minute film here - featuring San Juan Island farmers and farmworkers, filmed entirely on our island

Island Grown Links

  • Lopez Locavores - resources links
  • Lopez Locavores - Lopez Farm/Restaurant/Retail Directory
  • Lopez Locavores - Home
  • San Juan Island Food Co Op
  • Islands Certified Local
  • San Juan Island Farmers market
  • Thousand Flower Farm
  • Heritage Farm
  • Heritage Farm CSA blog
  • Quail Croft 360-378-5764 Laynie Sundberg
  • Mitchell Bay Farm & Nursery
  • Matt's Fresh Fish - SJ Island
  • Sowing Circle Gardens & Seeds, beautiful plants and plant starts, vegetables, berries - 346 Julie Rd.
  • Sweet Earth Farm
  • Thirsty Goose Farm
  • LaCrover Farm
  • Ten Four Farm - Local grass fed beef - limited quantity by split or half avail. mid-Nov. Jeanne Turner 514 Kiehl Rd, Friday Harbor.378-3195
  • The Orchard - Beaverton Valley Road. Janice & John Hagey 379-0986
  • Moss on Earth Farm - Waldron Island
  • Once in a Blue Moon Farm - Orcas Island
  • Mobile processing unit
  • Our Lady of the Rock - Shaw Island
  • Fir Oak Farm Guard and Connie Sundstrom 3106 San Juan Valley Road
  • Jones Family Farms - Lopez island
  • Nootka Rose Farm - Waldron ( also see SJI Farmer's Mkt site)
  • Synergy Farm and Farm store
  • Blue Moon Produce - Waldron (also see SJI farmer's Mkt.)
  • Lopez Community Farm - lopezcsa@yahoo.com (360)468-3607 Julie Bottjen and Blake Johnson - biodynamic farm w/vegetables, pastured grass fed chicken, pork & beef & CSA
  • States Inn
  • Ravengap Farm & Forest
  • Westcott Bay Cider
  • Red Rabbit Farm
  • Stonecrest Farm - 252 Kjargaard Rd. Lopez Island, WA 98261
  • Sweet Grass Farm - Lopez Island
  • One Clay Hill Farm
  • Think Fish - Marinkovich Salmon & Halibut
  • Maple Rock Farm
  • Stonecrest Farm
  • Red Gate Farm
  • San Juan Vineyards
  • Lopez Island Vineyards
  • Saddleback Ranch
  • Westcott Bay Sea Farms
  • Lopez Island Farm
  • Lopez Island Farm - Bruce Dunlop
  • Horse Drawn Produce - Lopez island
  • S & S Homestead Farm - Lopez Island
  • T & D Farms Lopez island
  • San Juan island and Wa state sources for untreated milk, yogurt and cheeses
  • Simply San Juan Farm Listings
  • Susie Wampler - Flowers
  • Jessica Anderson - seedlings & flowers
  • Bountiful Herbs Farm and Nursery
  • Pelindaba Lavender
  • WSU Extension produced 2009-2010 Lopez Farm Products Guide
  • WSU Extension Farm Finder; San Juan Islands
  • Sumas Mountain Beef - when you're visiting our neighbors to the North - USDA certified organic Fraser Valley family farm with 100% Grass fed and finished beef 1 hour east of Vancouver

Buying Seed?

  • Pablo's New Site - A San Juan Island Seed Company Called -- ZOETIC SEED! Really lovely flowers that will thrive in the Pacific NW.
  • Uprising Seed Suppliers - Our state's 1st 100% organic seed supplier from Acme WA
  • Info on Territorial, Fedco, and other seed suppliers, and on who sources from Monsanto (the genetically-modified seed corporation)
  • Greenheart Gardens- 1153 Hummel Lake Road on Lopez Island specializes in unusual heirloom herbs, vegetables and perennials. Seeds and plants have been available at Marketplace and at the Skagit Co-op.

Very Fun Blogs/Papers to Read From Right Around Here

  • Our friends Margaret and Joel - from beautiful Thousand Flowers Waldron island
  • latest exciting news from Maureen at Compost It - currently bringing a new chicken revolution to Friday Harbor!
  • Matt's Fresh Fish latest SJI fresh fish news, as it happens
  • our friend Scott's blog from the wonderful Heritage Farm CSA (inherited from Tim & Debbie)
  • An American Abroad in America - Zac's blog - restaurant cook in love with learning & real food/farmworker (and recipes)
  • recipes from Peter& Susan & friends at lovely Synergy Farm
  • Matt Marinkovich's At Sea Diary - stories of a Puget Sound/Alaska Friday Harbor commercial fisherman
  • Lopez Community Land Trust - amazing!
  • Annie Adams' Ideas and Recipes for Good Food - Delicious recipes and commentary, by a great cook!
  • Adventures of Jess, Synergy Farm Apprentice
  • Holly's Blog from Papa George Tuna & Seafood of Lopez "From Fishing to Farmer's Markets" - recipes, commentary - Excellent! How did we miss this for so long?
  • Amy Wynn - San Juan Island
  • San Juan Desticam - Snapshot of SJ Islands in a cornucopia of local blog links, with pictures
  • Anacortes' Dept. of Safety
  • Baby By the Sea - what it's all about
  • Food For Thought - what it's all about some more
  • Moss on Earth Farm - Waldron island. Island farming and more.
  • Annie Adams - a life in art
  • Our local papers - The Island Guardian
  • Ian Byington/San Juan Update - just one post of a great page all about the many wonderful people and things on our islands, (and sometimes all around the world).
  • San Juan Journal
  • San Juan Islander (list of blogs page)

No Till Gardening / Mulching

  • No Till Gardening - What Is It? How Do You Do It?
  • More From Mother Earth News - All About No Till Gardening
  • Ruth Stout - Mulching/No Till

Permaculture

  • Bullock Bros. Permaculture Homestead - 30 Years of Instruction on Orcas Island
  • Permaculture - An interview and explanation by Bill Mollison

Staycation/One-Tank Traveling? - Check Out:

  • Adrift Cafe - Anacortes WA
  • Breadfarm - Edison WA
  • Dept. of Safety - Music venue, Art, dodgeball, residencies - Anacortes
  • Links to great places to visit in Greater Edison courtesy of Breadfarm
  • Hiking trails on our islands - maps at website of the San Juan Islands Trails Comittee. Members develop & maintain trails, work to gain access & are working towards more & better bike trails
  • Cafe Burlington - old town Burlington WA
  • Pleasant Valley Sauerkraut and Pickle Relish - Organic or Kosher - Mt. Vernon WA
  • Willows Inn - Lummi Island
  • Nettles Farm, Lummi Island - visiting farm, overnight guests, workshops, chicken, poultry, fish, flowers, & vegetables
  • Greenbank Farm - Whidbey Island
  • Skagit River Ranch - Sedro Wooley WA
  • Rootabaga Country Farm - Bow, WA - Samish Bay Organic Cheese
  • Bow & Edison WA, including Edison Inn and Slough Food
  • Quillisascut Farm and School - near Rice, WA
  • Stahlbush Island Farm - Oregon
  • Eat Well Guide - online regional guide to local sustainable farms, markets, restaurants, bakeries, etc.
  • Simply San Juan listings
  • list of Washington state retailers of untreated milk, yogurt, and cheese
  • D Acres of New Hampshire (OK, this one's far away)
  • List of links to Farmer's markets by state

Recipes for your produce

  • American Abroad in America - Zac the farmworker/amazing cook's blog, with fantastic! recipes!
  • Delicious Recipes from Friday Harbor's Synergy Farm w/photographs
  • Heritage Farm's Garden Manager Tim's link to Debbie's Kitchen CSA recipes
  • Ideas and Recipes for Good Food - Local artist/antique dealer/retired fisherman/incredible cook Annie Adams recipe blog
  • Fantastic list of recipes indexed by name of produce used - Green Earth Institute, from Eliza Buck/Sowing Circle Farm

One Stop shopping for Many, Many Things San Juan Islands:

  • Whole Islands Catalog Home Page

WATER

  • Our water - Beautiful, engaging, much honored film "Flow"

FIND ISLAND LAND TO FARM OR A FARMER FOR YOUR LAND - SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE to find out more

- or contact SJ County ARC


SLOW FOOD USA BLOG
- Great info

The WSU San Juan County Extension Office!

  • Here Are Just Some of the Amazing Programs We Have (4-H, County Extension Workshops, Master Gardener, etc.) Because of WSU Extension (and check out the "What's Happening" sidebar)
  • Here Are the Great People Who Make This Office and All These Programs Happen. Call our local Extension director, Tom Schultz, at 370-7667 to get the scoop.
  • Email contact Info for WSU County Extension Office

Look Out!

  • Eco-Farm Genetic engineering blog - short, compelling up to date info from mainstream sources. This IS in your food - learn about it!
  • The World According to Monsanto - please watch video here (it's placed halfway down the page on this link)
  • Food, Inc - the movie you've been hearing about
  • NAIS - National Animal Identification System - Countryside Journal
  • HR 2749 and some thorough history about "Food Safety". 5 pages to get you up to date, with linked references - very good.
  • Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) - family farmers working for the legal rights of family farmers
  • Zachary Richard - Monthly Report - look for his posts on the history of Monsanto - Excellent and understandable!
  • More on the "Food Safety Enhancement Act" HR 2749 from the FTCLDF - very important
  • The Future of Food - watch video here on Amazon
  • The World According to Monsanto - order video
  • Percy Schmeiser
  • Yale Sustainable Food Project
  • The Real Dirt on Farmer John - Movie

Genetically Modified Food / Bioengineered Food

  • Seeds of Deception - bookstore and website
  • Very informative GMO info site - Say No To GMO's - '08 Update
  • '09 Update
  • The World According to Monsanto - video
  • History - read posts 7/08-10/08. Worth the time.
  • Owners of the world's seed supplies

Raw Food

  • Healing Feast - local link with recipes!

Info About Lopez Island Farm Education Program (LIFE)

  • 2006-2007 info:
  • pdf Lopez Island Farm Education Brochure

San Juan Island Ag Resource Committee Bulletin Board -

  • Categories include: Delivery-Pick Up Coordination/farm internships/Buy & Sell/farm preservation/events
  • more info

SLOW FOOD LAND AND SEA - OUR MISSION

Supporting and advocating for Clean, Fair, Healthy Food and Sustainable Agriculture,
with an emphasis on directly supporting our local farmers and producers.


Local and Sustainable Associations

  • Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland - Skagit Valley
  • Agricultural Resources Committee
  • Islands Certified Local
  • Northwest Agribusiness Center (NABC)
  • San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild
  • Island Grown Farmers Coop (local grass fed meat - USDA certified )
  • WSU Extension - Friday Harbor
  • Lopez Community Land Trust Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development page

MILK - Great Information

  • Fresh, Untreated (Raw) Milk Facts
  • Real Milk - Washington state fresh, untreated milk/cheese/yogurt retailers guide
  • RealMilk.com
  • Weston A. Price Foundation
  • If you buy "organic" milk from off-islands, you might want to check this Cornucopia Institute up to date scorecard
  • Organic Pastures
  • CREMA
  • the Bovine blog - up to date info on milk in US and Canada

ALTERN. ENERGY - WIND, SOLAR, GEOTHERMAL, BIOMASS / ALCOHOL FUEL - FROM SUGAR AND FROM GARBAGE!

  • Journey to Forever - based in China, simply amazing!
  • List-Currently operating garbage to ethanol plants
  • CA Science fair - Trash into Fuel
  • Make your own fuel with easily available materials = clean burning, for internal combustion engines
  • Alcohol Can Be a Gas
  • Ethanol - Artichokes, sugar, and good practices
  • US map - Solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal potential.
  • Getting a (Firm) Grip on Renewables
  • Ag. Industry Today - Alt. Energy News
  • Keith Bolin and Wind Power
  • Wind Power: A Research Primer
  • ENERGY FARMS NETWORK
  • "It runs on water" documentary film. Curious?

Blogs & Inspiration for Students & Others

  • Journey to Forever - Great, great, great!
  • Yale Sustainable Food Project
  • Evergreen College programs- Olympia
  • organic on the green
  • Sparkseed!
  • lavidalocavore
  • foodjunta
  • YALE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
  • Yale Tropical Resources Institute

Local PTA's

  • Friday Harbor Elementary PTA Blog

EXTRA! EXTRA!

  • Please endorse the DECLARATION FOR HEALTHY FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
  • Union of Concerned Scientists - Urge the USDA to Support Modern Agricultural Methods
  • Prevent the Organic Label from Greenwashing. Ask the USDA to Protect Consumers, Not Industrial Fish Farmers

SOIL HEALTH

  • "From the Oil Age to the Soil Age" - wonderful, accessible Powerpoint presentation. (Growing grass well = recapturing carbon = reducing global warming big time)
  • Carbon Farmers of America - Growing Grass/reducing Global Warming - "powerful stuff " - SJI farmer Bruce Gregory
  • Soil Carbon Coalition - EXCELLENT links to info about soil carbon capture. We can do it! - Thanks for all the info, Bruce!
  • Tom Philpott/Grist post on Vandana Shiva, healthy soil info/ Terra Madre 2008 - great article!
  • Vandana Shive - Navdanya International - Seeds, Food Security & Sustainability
  • Terra Madre - MANIFESTO ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE OF FOOD - Go here for pdf download

FAQ & Info

contact Land and Sea Convivium at slowfoodlandandsea@gmail.com

The Benefits of Membership

What Do My Membership Dues Support?

Get Inspired - Read about Project Sprout

Slow Food /Terra Madre gets political

SFUSA Blog Nov. 08

Another Way to Help

Our Neighbors -Slow Food Convivium Links

  • Salish Sea Fidalgo Island/Anacortes
  • Slow Food Small Green Island - Orcas Island - Elise Anderson - orcaskids@centurytel.net
  • North Olympic Peninsula
  • Slow Food Seattle
  • Fourth Corner Slow Food - Bellingham and Whatcom County
  • Slow Food International
  • Slow Food USA

To read more about Farm to Institution & other programs:

  • Lopez Island Farm Education (L.I.F.E.) program:
  • Seattle PI - Farmed Out

Marinkovich's FISH FOR TEETH

  • Halibut helps non profit children's dental assistance in the San Juan Islands

New Friends from Slow Food Nation Event 2008

  • American Corn Grower's Association - very much a friend to farmers
  • celebration of the exceptional taste of good, clean and fair food. San Francisco CA

Organic Certification

  • Oregon Tilth
  • Organico de Mexico
  • California Certified Organic Food (CCOF)
  • Organic Certification - Large Retailers and Fake Organic Products

Tilth

  • Washington Tilth Producers
  • Washington Tilth Association
  • Oregon Tilth

Things you might want to know : GATT Treaty, WTO, and Codex Alimentarius

  • Codex Alimentarius - Wikipedia
  • Codex info - Alliance for Natural Health
  • Codex A. info on positive and negative effects
  • History of GATT
  • GATT - Environment Versus Trade
  • GATT Treaty - Info on Uruguay Treaty, the WTO, and small farmers
  • GATT - Agreement on Agriculture
  • GATT and Agriculture
  • How GATT undermines food safety regulations
  • Rural Women the WTO and Globalization
  • Indian Farmers Rally Against GATT, Bio-Patents
  • Background on Cargill Inc - the Transnational Business Giant
  • Who Owns What in the Organic Food Industry
  • Cyber Help for Organic Farmers
  • Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE)

Slow Food Programs & How to Join

  • Slow Food Programs
  • History & Mission of Slow Food
  • How to Join

Slow Food Terra Madre

  • international gathering of farmers, producers, cooks, & academics - Oct. 2008. Housing, in-country travel, and meals provided, delegates cover transportation

Presidia & Slow Food programs

  • Presidia & Slow Food Programs

Renewing America's Food Traditions Alliance (RAFT)

  • alliance to maintain the incredible food diversity of North America

Slow Food - University of Gastronomic Sciences

  • located in Parma and Bra, Italy

Related Sites & Publications

  • Cornucopia Institute - Especially good info on the "organic" packaged foods you buy + up to date news alerts & more
  • Soy report and scorecard - If you use soy - Read This!
  • UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS - Green Cuisine Publication
  • Food & Water Watch Alerts
  • Amy Wynn - Buy Local and other Friday Harbor columns
  • Thundering Hooves - (Grass Fed) Meat Cuts and How to Cook Them
  • Mother Earth News / Real Food page
  • Index of Farmer's Mkt./CSA vegetables & RECIPES - Green Earth Institute
  • Eat Well Guide - online guide to farms, markets, restaurants, co-ops, etc.
  • DVD - The Future of Food
  • Grist - Online Environmental News & Commentary
  • Real Milk - Washington state untreated milk/cheese/yogurt retailers guide
  • Small Farmer's Journal
  • 100 Mile Diet - website of James McKinnon & Alisa Smith, authors of Plenty
  • Pasture Perfect - (Grass-Fed info)
  • Countryside & Small Stock Journal
  • Eat Wild - Grass Fed Basics
  • Sustainable Table - online guide to local/sustainable/organic
  • Green Earth institute
  • Outstanding in the Field - Jim Denevan
  • Spoons Across America - The Dinner Party Project
  • HARVESTING THE LIGHT - the wonderful photographic book documenting the Skagit County farming region

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Our wonderful friend farmer Keith Bolin, at Biordi Imports in San Francisco with Gianfranco Savio

Our wonderful friend farmer Keith Bolin, at Biordi Imports in San Francisco with Gianfranco Savio
Keith Bolin (right), life-long farmer and Pres. of the American Corn Growers Association (click photo for link), a leading voice in the pursuit for renewable energy sources, as well as farm and trade policy, issues such as seed patent law, GMO policies and other issues that affect farmers. The ACGA is a voice representing the interests of farmers without the influence of agribusiness interests. Keith, and his friend Illinois farmer Jim Braun, inspired us, and we hope to have these brave men as guests to our island someday soon. (And Biordi Import owner Gianfranco Savio is from the same region of Italia as Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini, rides a bike to work, and was very kind and helpful during our visit to the Slow Food Congress/Nation!)

LAND LOOKING FOR FARMERS-FARMERS LOOKING FOR LAND

THE ARC IS DEVELOPING A LIST OF LANDOWNERS LOOKING FOR FARMERS TO LEASE LAND AND FOR FARMERS LOOKING FOR LEASING OPPORTUNITIES.
Example of the listings:
Owner of 80 acres (50+ fenced) on Lopez Island is looking for a couple or individual interested in farming. Housing, good infrastructure, beef animals, existing customer base and central location makes this an ideal opportunity for someone wanting to work on or develop a farm enterprise.


CONTACT PEGGY BILL, AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE COORDINATOR
Phone: 360-378-2906
Email: info@sjcarc.org

FOR MORE INFORMATION; IF YOU HAVE LAND TO LIST; OR WANT TO BE LISTED AS A FARMER.
- Courtesy Eliza Buck. Thanks Eliza!

ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG FARMERS!!!
NEWLY LISTED (5-21-10)

The Blog "The Irresistable Fleet of Bicycles" has an extensive list of available farming opportunities, and VERY MUCH more,
especially for young farmers
.
Links to join you to other young farmers, read more about The Greenhorns film and movement - all sorts of things you really need to see,
including young farmer mixers in WA coming up in early October!











To Contact Land & Sea, San Juan Island's Friday Harbor WA Slow Food Chapter

Email: slowfoodlandandsea@gmail.com
or call 360-317-5890 Linda / 360-472-0880 Maureen