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July 7
Intensive Grazing for Grass-Fed Livestock Production
Everett, WA
www.snohomish.wsu.edu/calendar.htm
6:30-9:00 PM, WSU Snohomish County Extension, 600 128th St SE. Learn how to
manage healthy pasture for maximum nutrition. Instructor: Bobbi Lindemulder,
certified farm planner and proprietor of
West Valley Beef.
Cost: $35 per farm, organization or business (up to 4 per farm);
pre-registration required. For more information contact Kate Halstead at
425-357-6024; or email: khalstead@wsu.edu.
*******
July 7 & 11
How to Stay Down on the Farm – Farm Transition Workshops
Mount Vernon, WA
http://csanr.wsu.edu/calendar/details.asp?event=2175
WSU Mount Vernon Northwest Research & Education Center, 16650 SR 536. Farm
transition training for agricultural professionals on Monday, July 7, followed
by a daylong workshop for farmers, farm families and agricultural business
owners on Friday, July 11. Registration: $50 for Ag Professionals Workshop; $35
for Farm Families Workshop. For more information contact Mary Heinricht at
360-572-4356; or email:
washingtonaginstitute@earthlink.net.
*******
July 8-29
Comprehensive Organic Gardener Program
Issaquah, WA
www.seattletilth.org/classes-and-workshops/cogjuly08
Pickering Barn, 1730 10th Ave NW. Intensive multi-session program teaching
organic vegetable gardening methods and practice. The curriculum merges
scientific and practical information with an emphasis on experiential learning
and hands on practice. This session of the program will focus on planting fall
and winter gardens. Cost: $205 for Tilth members, $235 for nonmembers. For more
information call 206-633-5045 X 2; or email:
register@seattletilth.org.
*******
July 9
Good Food
Seattle, WA
12:00 Noon-1:30 PM, Seattle City Council Chambers, 600 4th Ave. Free screening
of Good
Food, a new documentary by Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin about
sustainable food and farming in the Pacific Northwest. To arrange a screening
with the filmmakers, email:
info@movingimages.org.
*******
July 10
Chehalis Farmers Market Association Annual Dinner
Chehalis, WA
www.communityfarmersmarket.net
6:00 PM, Olympic Club Theater. Dinner and screening of Good Food,
followed by a conversation with the filmmakers. Tickets: $15 for dinner and
film. For more information call Brenda Book at 360-880-9546; or email:
info@communityfarmersmarket.net.
*******
July 10
Farmer Field Day & Picnic
Mt Vernon, WA
http://cahnrsnews.wsu.edu/reportertools/news/2008/nwrec-fieldday-2008-06.html
4:00 PM field tour; 6:00 PM picnic dinner. WSU Northwestern Washington Research
& Extension Center, 16650 SR 536. RSVP at 360-848-6143.
*******
July 10
Community Gardens Bike Tour
Seattle, WA
www.bikingpugetsound.com
6:30-9:00 PM. Meet at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N. Join Bill
Thorness, author of
Biking Puget Sound,
and Willi Galloway, Organic Gardening Magazine West Coast Editor, for a
12-mile bike tour of Seattle community gardens. For more information contact
Bill Thorness at 206-783-5122; or email:
bill@thorness.com.
*******
July 11, 25 & 26
Garden of Goo
Renton, WA
www.kingcd.org/pro_vol.htm
9:00 AM-Noon, King Conservation District
Wetland Plant
Nursery. Learn about growing native plants for stream and wetland
restoration projects. Activities include starting plants from seed and cuttings,
and transplanting and maintaining nursery stock. For more information contact
Jacobus Saperstein at (425) 277-5581 X 126; or email:
acobus.saperstein@kingcd.org.
*******
July 12
City Chickens Coop Tour
Seattle, WA
www.seattletilth.org/events/citychickenstour
12:00 Noon-4:00 PM, Self-guided tour of backyard chicken coops, primarily in
West Seattle. Talk with chicken keepers about building coops, the varieties of
birds they keep and the eggs they provide. For a colorful article about a
previous tour see
Custom Coops. Maps can be purchased in person starting early July from the
Seattle Tilth Association Office, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Room 120. Cost: $30 per
family, or $25 for Tilth members. For more information contact Emi Morgan at
206-633-5045 X 2; or email:
emimorgan@seattletilth.org.
*******
July 12
University District Farmers Market 15th Anniversary Celebration
Seattle, WA
www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org
10:00 AM-1:00 PM, NE 50th and University Way NE. The U-District Market will
celebrate with a free “Berry Spectacular” anniversary party honoring the amazing
variety of berries grown in the Pacific Northwest. For more information contact
Chris Curtis at 206 632-5234; or email:
chris@seattlefarmersmarkets.org.
*******
July 12
Helping Hands Farm Stream Restoration Work Party
Carnation, WA
www.cascadeharvest.org/helpinghands.htm
10:00 AM-2:00 PM, stream restoration in conjunction with
Stewardship
Partners. Register by July 7 with Tim Bernthal at 206-783-3088; or email:
tbernthal@gowebway.com.
*******
July 13
Bean, Grain & Edible Seeds for Homestead or Small Farm
Corvallis, OR
www.sunbowfarm.org/workshops
10:00 AM-3:00 PM, Sunbow Farm, 6910 Plymouth Dr. Growing, harvesting, storage
and marketing of grains, beans and seeds on a homestead scale, plus an
introduction to the
Southern
Willamette Valley Bean and Grain Project. Instructor: Harry MacCormack, who
is currently growing black, pinto, adzuki, soy, lentil, red and garbanzo beans,
eight rye varieties, 4 triticale varieties, 12 wheat varieties, 4 varieties of
quinoa, three of amaranth, plus buckwheat and sunflowers. Cost: $30; $25 college
students. Fees payable at the door, but pre-registration required. To
pre-register email: sunbow@peak.org.
*******
July 13
Roots and Shoots: Skagit Valley Farm Tour
Skagit Flats
www.ncascades.org/programs/seminars/course.html?workshop_id=898
Meet some of the Skagit Valley's leading small farmers and get a
behind-the-scenes look at the practices that sustain their operations. The tour
will be guided by Chef Charles Claassen, head of the North Cascades Learning
Center's culinary program and coordinator of the Institute's
Foodshed Project. Cost: $95. To register or request additional information
call 360-856-5700 X 209; or email:
nci@ncascades.org.
*******
July 17
Protecting Family Lands
Canby, OR
www.osalt.org/events
6:00-9:00 PM,
Natural
Harvest Farm. Approaches for passing gardens, farms, ranches, nurseries,
forests, and even habitat and riparian areas on to future generations. Cost: $15
for the first person and $10 for each additional person from same household.
Pre-registration required by July 10. For more information call 503-263-8392; or
email: education@osalt.org.
*******
July 18-20, 2008
Sequim Lavender Festival & North American Lavender Conference
Sequim, WA
www.lavenderfestival.com
Farm tours and conference hosted by Sequim Lavender Growers Association. For
information call 877-681-3035; or email:
info@lavenderconference.com.
*******
July 19 & 20
Vashon Lavender Harvest Celebration
Vashon, WA
www.vashonlavender.com/vilgacelebration.html
Tour farms and learn about 28 varieties of lavender grown by members of the
Vashon Lavender Growers Association. Tickets: $3.00, available at
Vashon Island Farmers Market.
*******
July 20
Chef in My Garden
Portland, OR
www.growing-gardens.org/donate/chef-in-my-garden.php
4:00-9:00 PM, fundraising dinner for Growing Gardens with Chef Eric Bechard of
Alberta Street Oyster Bar & Grill and special guest, NPR correspondent Ketzel
Levine. Tickets: $125 per dinner ($80 is tax-deductible). For information call
503-284-8420; or email:
info@growing-gardens.org.
*******
July 21
WSU Puyallup Field Day
Puyallup, WA
http://cahnrsnews.wsu.edu/reportertools/news/2008/puyallup-fieldday-2008-06.html
Noon-3:00 PM, WSU Puyallup Campus, 7612 Pioneer Way E. Comprehensive overview of
research underway on pastured poultry, breed trials, and chicken processing.
Also information on compost utilization, the integration of livestock and
pasture rotations, and an overview of organic canola trials. Free and open to
the public. For more information contact Betsy Fradd at 253-445-4654, or Andy
Bary at 253-445-4588.
*******
July 21
Farmer-to-Farmer Series: Dignam’s Piggery
Stanwood, WA
http://snohomish.wsu.edu/ag/workshops/workshops08.htm
10:00 AM. Jim Dignam, WSU Livestock Advisor and swine breeder extraordinaire,
will expound upon everything swine. Topics covered include farrowing, weaning,
raising your own bacon, health care, feedstocks, and housing. Cost: $15 per
person. Pre-registration required. For more information contact Kate Halstead at
425-357-6024; or email: khalstead@wsu.edu.
*******
July 22
Farm Walk: Farming for Bees, Beetles and (True) Bugs
Lebanon, OR
http://calendar.oregonstate.edu/event/19730
2:00-5:00 PM farm walk, 5:00 PM potluck; Persephone Farm. Detailed, hands-on
look into the identification, biology, and ecology, of native bees, bugs and
beetles and the on-farm habitat that supports them. Hosted by the OSU
Farmscaping for Beneficials Project. Free BYOB (bring your own bug) event.
To register contact Gwendolyn Ellen at 541-737-6272; or email:
gwendolyn@science.oregonstate.edu.
*******
July 23-26
2008 Master Gardener Mini-College
Corvallis, OR
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/mg/mini-college
Classes on bee management, organic gardening, winter vegetable gardening,
alternatives to pesticides, sustainable landscaping, and much more. Cost: $60
three days; $25 one day, plus meals. 10% early registration discount deadline
June 6. For more information email:
minicollege2008@gmail.com.
*******
July 24
Maintaining a Healthy Summer Garden
Lake Oswego, OR
www.tilth.org/Research/OEC/classes.html
6:00-8:00 PM,
Luscher
Farm. Instructor: Kathy Dang, Oregon Tilth. Learn how to maximize the bounty
of your summer garden with water-wise gardening, weed control, and integrated
pest management techniques. Cost: $20. Register online via the weblink above.
For more information call 503-675-2549; or email:
ec@tilth.org.
*******
July 24
Living on the Land Workshop Series
Creswell, OR
http://calendar.oregonstate.edu/event/20019
First in a four-part series of weekly workshops.
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July 27
Durable Food Systems Boot Camp
Forest Grove, OR
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/668390
9:45 AM-3:00 PM, Gardens of Nana Cardoon. Instructors: Harry MacCormack of
Sunbow Farm and Lyn Martin, who initiate the Food Sectors Facilitation group for
Ten Rivers Food Web.
Hone skills needed to build a locally based food system at neighborhood and
small community levels. Cost: $30 payable on day of the conference. Garden lunch
provided for a $5 donation. To pre-register and get directions email Charlene
Murdock at nanacardoon@earthlink.net.
*******
July 28
Tilth Farm Walk: Alm Gardens
Everson, WA
www.tilthproducers.org/farmwalks.htm
Noon-3:30 PM, Alm Hill
Gardens, 3550 Alm Rd. Gretchen Hoyt and Ben Craft will introduce their
farm's strategies for season extension, crop diversity, berry production, and
direct marketing. Research taking place on the farm in coordination with WSU
will be highlighted, including integrated pest management and field trials of
several varieties of fruits and vegetables. A new cooperative agreement being
forged between the owners, the farmers, and a new generation of farmers will
also be discussed. Farm walk offered in both English and Spanish. Cost: $10 for
Tilth Producers members; $15 for non-members. Register on-site or pre-register
by mailing a check with your farm walk choice to Tilth Producers, PO Box 85056,
Seattle, WA 98145. For more information call Nancy Allen at 206-442-7620; or
email: nancy@tilthproducers.org.
*******
July 28-Aug 1
Farm Culinary 101—The Sustainable Kitchen
Rice, WA
http://quillisascut.com/farm-school/farm-culinary-101
Quillisascut Farm, 2409 Pleasant Valley Rd. Hands-on professional development
program for culinary students and food professionals. During week-long programs,
participants will milk goats, make cheese, help care for farm animals,
transplant vegetables, harvest produce from the gardens, and visit neighboring
farms. Tuition: $695; register via weblink above. For more information contact
Lora Lea Misterly at 509-738-2011; or email:
rmisterly@ultraplix.com.
*******
July 29
Farm Walk: Predators, Parasitoids and Native Pollinators in the Orchard
Mosier, OR
http://calendar.oregonstate.edu/event/19731
2:00-5:00 PM. The walk will feature two orchards with insectary plantings,
hedgerows, flowering cover crops to encourage beneficial insects. Matthew
Shepherd of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation will talk about
native pollinators in the orchard and Munk Bergin of Pest Management Systems
will discuss other orchard biological pest management techniques. Free BYOB
(bring your own bug) event. To register or request additional information
contact Gwendolyn Ellen at 541-737-6272; or email:
gwendolyn@science.oregonstate.edu.
*******
July 31
Seattle Tilth’s Garden Feast
Seattle, WA
www.seattletilth.org/events/gardenfeast
7:30-10:00 PM, Seattle Tilth Demonstration Garden, Good Shepherd Center, 4649
Sunnyside Ave N. Fundraising feast in Seattle Tilth’s organic garden. Eat right
where your dinner was grown. Cost: $100 minimum suggested donation per person.
To register see weblink above. For more information contact Laura Niemi at
206-633-0451; or email:
lauraniemi@seattletilth.org.
*******
August 2
City Chickens 101
Seattle, WA
www.seattletilth.org/classes-and-workshops/citychickens101
10 AM-12:30 PM, Good Shepherd Center Room 140 (the Wallingford Senior Center).
Introduction to chicken husbandry in an urban and suburban setting. Cost: $32;
$25 for Seattle Tilth members. Pre-registration required. Download form at
weblink above. For more information call 206-633-5045 X 2; or email:
register@seattletilth.org.
*******
August 6
Farmland Preservation Task Force Meeting
Goldendale, WA
http://ofp.scc.wa.gov
Public meeting of the Office of Farmland Preservation Task Force, Goldendale
Grange, 228 East Darland St. For information contact Steve McGonigal at
360-407-7474 or Lori Gonzalez, Administrative Assistant at 360-407-6200; or
email: smcg461@ecy.wa.gov.
*******
August 6-10
Introduction to Small Acreage Sustainable Farming
Rice, WA
www.quillisascut.com/farm-school/intro-to-farming
Quillisascut Farm, 2409 Pleasant Valley Rd. Learn from experienced value-added
producers through a hands-on, immersion course in small scale sustainable
farming. This workshop also benefits school teachers implementing place-based
learning or school gardens. Participants stay in the farm school, with
bunkhouse-style lodging, meals and all course instruction included in tuition.
Cost: $595 (transportation not included). WSU continuing education units or
academic credit available for an additional fee. For more information contact
Lora Lea Misterly at 509-738-2011; or email:
rmisterly@ultraplix.com.
*******
August 11
Farmer-to-Farmer Series: Bob’s Corn Maze, Ricci Farm
Snohomish, WA
http://snohomish.wsu.edu/ag/workshops/workshops08.htm
10:00 AM. Learn what it takes to develop a corn maze on your farm including
planning the design, planting, development, and maintenance. You’ll also learn
about liability issues with bringing the public on your farm as well as
insurance, marketing, and ‘people’ herding. Cost: $15 per person.
Pre-registration required. For more information contact Kate Halstead at
425-357-6024; or email: khalstead@wsu.edu.
*******
August 25
Farmer-to-Farmer Series: Carlton Farm
Everett, WA
http://snohomish.wsu.edu/ag/workshops/workshops08.htm
10:00 AM. Find out how this small, diverse family farm thrives on the edge of
suburbia. Growing everything from beans to zucchini as well as flowers and
pumpkins, the Carlton family has learned what it takes to turn a struggling
dairy into a successful market farm. Special focus on hoop house production.
Cost: $15 per person. Pre-registration required. For more information contact
Kate Halstead at 425-357-6024; or email:
khalstead@wsu.edu.
*******
September 6
Seattle Tilth Harvest Fair
Seattle, WA
www.seattletilth.org
10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Tilth Gardens, Good Shepherd Center; 4649 Sunnyside Ave N.
Celebrate Seattle Tilth’s 30th anniversary at the Harvest Fair! A full day of
festivities will include: Seattle’s original organic Farmer’s Market and the
Tomato Tasting Tent; urban mini goats and backyard chickens; fall veggie
gardening classes; crafts in the Children’s Garden; presentations on topics such
as climate change, food preservation and urban wildlife; goods at the harvest
marketplace such as plants, tools, and delicious local organic food; live music
and dancing. Everyone is welcome for this fun urban hoedown! For more
information contact Liza Burke at 206-633-5045; or email:
lizaburke@seattletilth.org.
*******
September 25-29
Farm Culinary 101—The Sustainable Kitchen
Rice, WA
http://quillisascut.com/farm-school/farm-culinary-101
Quillisascut Farm, 2409 Pleasant Valley Rd. Hands-on professional development
program for culinary students and food professionals. During week-long programs,
participants will milk goats, make cheese, help care for farm animals,
transplant vegetables, harvest produce from the gardens, and visit neighboring
farms. Tuition: $695; register via weblink above. For more information contact
Lora Lea Misterly at 509-738-2011; or email:
rmisterly@ultraplix.com.
*******
November 7-9
Tilth Producers Annual Conference
Bellingham, WA
www.tilthproducers.org/conference.htm
Save the date for this year's Tilth Producers of Washington conference. The
theme will be Farming for the Ages: Exploring Our Roots, Adapting to Change.
Keynote address by Dr Paul Hepperly, Research Director, Rodale Institute. The
conference will also include a WSU symposium on Food Safety and Risk Management
for Farmers.
*******
ONLINE EVENT CALENDARS – PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Bullock's Permaculture Homestead
www.permacultureportal.com
Capital Press Events Calendar
http://capitalpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=86&TM=64583.17
Cascadia Permaculture
www.cascadiapermaculture.com/courses.html
Clackamas Community College Horticulture Events
http://depts.clackamas.edu/hort/events.asp
Corvallis Environmental Center Events Calendar
www.peak.org/~ecenter/Calendar/index.html
Cultivating Success
www.cultivatingsuccess.org
Food Festivals
http://yummynorthwest.com/foodfestivals.htm
Forest Stewardship Event Calendar
http://ext.nrs.wsu.edu/newsevents/forststewardship.htm
Friends of the Trees
www.friendsofthetrees.net
Harvest Celebrations - Cascade Harvest Coalition
www.cascadeharvest.org/HarvestCelebrations.htm
Northwest Agriculture Business Center
www.agbizcenter.org
Northwest Palate Magazine Calendar
www.nwpalate.com/newstext.html
Oregon Food Bank Upcoming Events
www.oregonfoodbank.org/events_and_food_drives
Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust
www.osalt.org/events
Oregon Tilth Organic Education Center
www.tilth.org/Research/OEC/oec.htm
OSU Small Farms Program Events Calendar
http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/events
Pacific Northwest Vegetable Extension Group Calendar
http://mtvernon.wsu.edu/path_team/current_calendar.htm
Seattle Tilth
www.seattletilth.org/classes-and-workshops
Slow Food Skagit
www.slowfoodskagit.org/Slow_Food_Skagit/Events.html
Slow Food Portland Meeting Calendar
www.slowfoodportland.com/meeting
Solar Oregon Events
www.solaroregon.org/events
Sunbow Farm
www.sunbowfarm.org
Tryon Life Community Farm
www.tryonfarm.org/share/calendar
WSU Agricultural Research Center Field Days
www.arc.wsu.edu/fielddays/index.html
WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture & Natural
Resources
www.csanr.wsu.edu/calendar/index.asp
WSU Jefferson County Classes & Events
www.jefferson.wsu.edu/index.php?page=event_calendar
WSU King County Extension Events
www.king.wsu.edu/events.htm
Washington State Fairs
www.wastatefairs.com/fairdates.htm
Whatcom County Farm Friends Events
www.wcfarmfriends.com/go/doc/1579/185587
Yummy Northwest Food Festivals
www.yummynorthwest.com/foodfestivals.htm
ONLINE EVENT
CALENDARS – NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
California Certified Organic Farmers
www.ccof.org/calendar.php
Ecological Farming Association
www.eco-farm.org
International Federation of Organic Agriculture
Movements (IFOAM)
www.ifoam.org/events/calendar.php
Local Harvest
Food & Farming Events Calendar
www.localharvest.org/events.jsp
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
www.attra.ncat.org/calendar/index.php
Northern Nut Growers Association
www.nutgrowing.org/calendar.htm
Organic Farming Research Foundation Upcoming Events
https://ofrf.org/events/events.html
Planet Friendly Calendar of Events - Canada & Beyond
www.planetfriendly.net/calendar
Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture & Food Security
www.ruaf.org/node/513
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education
www.sare.org/events/show_events.asp
Sustainable Industries Journal Events
www.sijournal.com/events
The New Farm Events
www.newfarm.org/depts/classifieds/events.shtml
UC Davis SARE
Calendar
www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/cgi-bin/sarepcal.exe/list_events
US Composting Council
www.compostingcouncil.org/section.cfm?id=7
WiserEarth Events
www.wiserearth.org/event
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