{"id":16156,"date":"2026-06-24T15:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/clallam\/?page_id=16156"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:00:36","slug":"farm-to-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/clallam\/farm-to-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm to Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eating local food provides numerous environmental, economic and health benefits, but businesses and institutions don&#8217;t always know how or where to source local ingredients. WSU Clallam County Extension&#8217;s Farm to Community Program provides buyer-farmer matchmaking and food brokerage services, otherwise known as Value Chain Coordination, to make buying local the easy choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Value Chain Coordination?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Value Chain coordination is a market-based approach that develops local and regional food systems by making connections among businesses along the food supply chain, resulting in improved community outcomes and increased economic opportunity for food businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.agclassroom.org\/media\/uploads\/LP838\/Food-Supply-Chain.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Value Chain Coordination on the North Olympic Peninsula <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"1056\" data-id=\"15959\"  src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/thumbnail_Julia-Thurston_Stellar-J-Farm_image1-792x1056.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/thumbnail_Julia-Thurston_Stellar-J-Farm_image1-792x1056.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/thumbnail_Julia-Thurston_Stellar-J-Farm_image1-396x528.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/thumbnail_Julia-Thurston_Stellar-J-Farm_image1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/thumbnail_Julia-Thurston_Stellar-J-Farm_image1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/thumbnail_Julia-Thurston_Stellar-J-Farm_image1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"594\" data-id=\"15954\"  src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/IMG_0579-792x594.jpg\" alt=\"Farm to School program image: Women talking in kitchen with bell peppers\" class=\"wp-image-15954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/IMG_0579-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/IMG_0579-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/IMG_0579-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/IMG_0579-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2026\/05\/IMG_0579-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"594\" data-id=\"11307\"  src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/03\/SalmontoFoodBank-scaled-1-792x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/03\/SalmontoFoodBank-scaled-1-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/03\/SalmontoFoodBank-scaled-1-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/03\/SalmontoFoodBank-scaled-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/03\/SalmontoFoodBank-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2023\/03\/SalmontoFoodBank-scaled-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>More information coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does Value Chain Coordination work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>More information coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eating local food provides numerous environmental, economic and health benefits, but businesses and institutions don&#8217;t always know how or where to source local ingredients. 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