In collaboration with the WSU Clallam County Extension Farm to School team, Lincoln High School was awarded a 2025 Waste Not Washington School Award from the WA Department of Ecology to implement a waste prevention project at their school. Their project aims to integrate waste prevention into several areas, including hospitality education, school food service […]
Farm to School is gaining traction in Clallam County thanks to the efforts of the Port Angeles School District and the WSU Clallam County Community Health team, as well as support from WA SNAP-Ed and Action for Healthy Kids’ Healthy Meals Incentives Grant. This school year, students will enjoy a different locally sourced and farm […]
The Waste Prevention Program at WSU Clallam Extension has been busy this last year! With a new School Garden Educator position added to this funding, our staff have been able to spend a lot more time working with youth on food waste prevention and composting topics in classrooms and school gardens. At Franklin […]
POSITION DESCRIPTION – WSU Regional Small Farms Agricultural Research Technician Working Title: Sweetpotato Research Field Assistant Appointment Status: 12-16 hours per week Effective Dates: March 15, 2024 – October 15, 2024 Office Location: WSU Clallam County Extension, 1914 W 18th St. Port Angeles WA 98363 Description: The WSU Regional Small Farms program supports a thriving […]
Calling all young designers! WSU Clallam County Extension is partnering with the Port Angeles Farmers Market on the Farmers Market’s 2024 sticker design contest. The Port Angeles Farmers Market is looking for young artists in the Port Angeles and Joyce areas to design stickers that will be sold as a fundraiser at the […]
POSITION DESCRIPTION – Clallam County Extension SNAP Educator Working Title: SNAP-Ed Program Assistant Appointment Status: 17 hours per week Effective Dates: March 1, 2024 – September 30, 2024 Office Location: WSU Clallam County Extension, 1914 W 18th St. Port Angeles WA 98363 Description: WSU Clallam County Extension offers programming that improves the quality of […]
You’ve seen them around. Maybe you’ve donated some canned soups after a grocery store run or some fresh fruit from your yard. Maybe you’ve picked up some grocery items on your way back from work or snagged a snack on the way to class in the morning. The Little Free Pantry (LFP) network in Clallam […]
In observance of Taste Washington Day, on October 4, Clallam Farm to School and the Port Angeles School District kicked off the first of many local food taste testing events in Port Angeles Schools. According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, Taste Washington Day is an annual celebration of farm to school connections and […]
With the hard work of WSU Clallam County Extension SNAP-Ed staff, a local Farm to School Consultant, and School District leadership, The PASD was awarded a $109,000 Healthy Meals Incentives grant to make lasting, student-led change to school nutrition between September 2023 and September 2025. The Healthy Meals Incentives Grant is made possible through a […]
Join Bob Cain, whose master’s and doctoral theses were based on how plants produce their own fungicides in response to infection, and how soil fungi produce antibiotics, respectively, to learn about common fungal disease issues on the Olympic Peninsula and how to treat them with organic and conventional fungicides. He will discuss the environmental conditions […]