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Learn about local farms and producers in this section -- keep up on seasonal developments, what's growing and what's for sale. When you go looking for local food, find farms and producers on Sound Food's Local Farm Map.
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Tani Creek Farm |
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Written by Nancy Fortner
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 15:29 |
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The Tani Creek trio of Max, Amber and Jonah is changing the face of farming on Bainbridge Island. Not only are they fresh-faced young people who have taken up the passion of growing food on our fair isle not known for fostering young farmers, they practice a method of land stewardship that goes way beyond the term organic.  Tani Creek Farm's beautiful produce, after starting from raw ground only last year, is testimony to not only the hard work of double digging all the beds but to the sustainable and regenerative aspects of the farming style they practice. The three met in Eugene and each of them interned at different farms in Oregon, where they were exposed to the concepts of biodynamic farming. All report learning biodynamic principles not in school, but from the mentoring they received from the farmers they worked with. The philosophy of biodynamic farming utilizes a full circle approach that puts back what is taken from the land, planting by the zodiac calendar, and taking cues from nature for nourishing the soil and creating a lush, complimentary growing environment without the use of pesticides. Max’s parents provide the land on the south end of the island, where the three live and work alongside Max’s parents and brothers. In a very short time Max, his family and Amber and Jonah have created a self sustaining landscape, with ponds that capture the runoff from other areas, including the house roof; pond water is then used for irrigation. There are neat double-dug rows of raised beds and several hoop houses for heat loving crops like tomatoes. The outlying areas are fruit and nut orchards of baby trees, growing amidst companion plants of beneficial weeds and flowers. They make several biodynamic natural potions from animal parts, herbs and minerals to provide the supportive biota which is then sprayed onto the fields and plants and used to inoculate compost heaps. I saw several hand tools probably known to other farmers but not on display in the usual nurseries that make double digging by hand easier than with just a shovel. |
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Ferry Farm Stand in the news |
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Written by Carolyn Goodwin
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Tuesday, 08 July 2008 16:57 |
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Sound Food's Ferry Farm Stand is receiving lots of attention from the local media. Read all about it in the Bainbridge Review and the Kitsap Sun, and then come down to the ferry terminal to see for yourself every Wednesday from 5 pm to 6:15 pm.
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Sound Food’s “Ferry Farm Stand” offers fresh local produce at the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal |
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Written by Carolyn Goodwin
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 19:49 |
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Pilot project makes it easy for ferry commuters to purchase locally-grown produce every Wednesday beginning June 25
Ferry commuters departing the busy 4:40 pm and 5:30 pm ferries from Seattle to Bainbridge Island will soon be able to grab a bag of fresh local lettuce, some crisp sugar snap peas, and a box of sweet Island strawberries before they get in their car or board their bus or bike. A new “Ferry Farm Stand” will open every Wednesday evening beginning June 25 at the Bainbridge ferry terminal, offering a variety of locally-grown produce in convenient $5 bags.
A project of the local non-profit group Sound Food in partnership with Sustainable Bainbridge and the Chamber of Commerce, the Ferry Farm Stand is a pilot project to encourage Kitsap commuters to eat more food grown close to home. All of the food sold at the Ferry Farm Stand will be picked fresh at farms on Bainbridge Island and in North Kitsap. Sound Food will provide all of the staffing, organization and promotional support so that 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the farmers.
“We wanted to find a way to make it easy for people to buy local food – especially those who can’t make it to the Farmers Market on Saturday,” said Sound Food founder Sallie Maron. “What better place than right where they get off the boat on their way home to dinner?”
The Ferry Farm Stand will be located near the Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce’s yellow information station between the terminal and the Kitsap Transit buses. “This couldn’t have happened without the support of the BI Chamber and Kitsap Transit,” Maron said. “Both groups were excited about the opportunity and offered us the use of their space to make it happen.”
Produce will come from many of the local farms that sell at the Bainbridge and Poulsbo Farmers’ Markets. For the Farm Stand’s debut on Wednesday June 25, the produce will come from Butler Green Farms and Laughing Crow Farm. Offerings will include Butler Green’s salad mix, tender young carrots, sweet sugar snap peas, and Laughing Crow Farm’s fresh garlic and garlic scapes. If the weather cooperates, the Farm Stand may also offer the first local strawberries from Karen Selvar’s Day Road farm. Everything will be packaged in $5 increments to streamline transactions and get commuters on their way. There will be recipes and information available for each week’s offerings at the Sound Food website, www.soundfood.org.
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'Good Food’ documentary featuring Washington farmers premiers at SIFF |
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Written by Admin
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Monday, 05 May 2008 21:42 |
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Seattle International Film Festival – May 1, 2008 – Something remarkable is happening in the Pacific Northwest; family farms are making a comeback. These farms, the farmers, ranchers, cultivators, and the food they produce, are the focus of a new Moving Images documentary, Good Food, which premieres at the Seattle International Film Festival June 4th at 7 p.m. Food, where it comes from, how it is grown and processed is becoming more important for everyone, and Good Food introduces us to the local farmers and ranchers, distributors and restaurants that are building a sustainable food system for the Pacific Northwest. The film makes the important personal connection between the source and your table.
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Lopez Farms delivering pasture-raised lamb and pork to Bainbridge on April 25 |
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 10:47 |
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Bruce Dunlop from Lopez Island Farms wrote to say that he'll be delivering his pasture-raised meats (sold frozen, by the cut) to the Island on Friday April 25. He sent an order form that needs to be completed and returned before that date. Anyone interested in getting a copy of the form can email us at
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or Bruce directly at
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. Here's what he wrote about Spring on Lopez and his coming delivery:
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