What better way to enjoy family fun, exercise and nutrition?
Pick-your-own farms near Bremerton:
– Posted July 1, 2024
More about SNAP at Bremerton Community Farmers Market
Use Market Match to match your EBT dollars spent at the farmer’s market EBT dollars can be used to purchase plant starts and seeds too!
New to gardening?
Lettuce is easy to grow, requiring minimal care. It doesn’t need frequent fertilization and can be planted in various soil types. Lettuce is high in Vitamin A and K. Vitamin A is important for eye health and Vitamin K boosts brain health.
Don’t have a garden?
Plant in a pot! Kale: Kale adapts well to container gardening. In addition to being rich in Vitamin A and K, Kale is a good source of Vitamin C which helps the immune system.
– Posted June 1, 2024
GOT PLANTS FOR 2025?
The annual Master Gardener Foundation of Kitsap County Plant Sale is the primary fundraiser for the WSU Kitsap County Master Gardener Program. The sale’s proceeds pay for the supplies, tools and reference materials used at MG demonstration gardens (which grow thousands of pounds of produce for our local food banks each year), the MG children’s programs and the MG Virtual and Farmers’ Market clinics. WE ARE SEEKING DONATIONS OF HEALTHY, WELL-ESTABLISHED PERENNIALS IN ONE-GALLON POTS THAT WILL BE APPEALING TO PURCHASERS IN EARLY MAY. YOU CAN POT YOUR OWN OR HAVE THE HELP OF OUR SALVAGE TEAM. Our customers generally will not buy flowering plants unless they know the color of their flowers, so please ensure that you have have noted the flower color of any plant to be donated.
– Posted here May 20, 2024
For assistance at the 2024 Kitsap Fair!
4-h fair superintendent positions needed:
– Swine
– Photography
– Livestock judging
– Herdsmanship
– 4-h fair admin help
Contact Lis Nilsson for more information at elisabeth.nilsson@wsu.edu
– Posted here May 3, 2024
SNAP EBT Token
Go to Market info booth to swipe your EBT card for any amount & get tokens.
SNAP Market Match
Swipe your EBT card at the market info booth and you will get up to $25 more to spend in SNAP Market Match each day you shop at the farmers market.
WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program
WIC Participants with FMNP get:
All WIC participants can now use Fruit & Vegetable Benefits at the market too!:
Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program
Seniors with FMNP get $80 per season to spend between June 1 and Oct 31.
– Posted here April 1, 2024
See our own Anna McClelland in the latest issue of Washington State Magazine (2 pieces)!
Schooling on Salmon [excerpt below]
Kitsap County Extension Water Stewardship programs
Schooling on Salmon
by Becky Kramer
When coho and chum salmon return to spawning grounds in Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, “salmon docents” are there to greet them.
The docents provide streamside education about the salmon’s life cycle, migration, and habitat needs, helping local residents appreciate and protect the natural wonder in their midst.
“Many people in our community have never seen the salmon runs,” says Anna McClelland, interim water stewardship coordinator for Washington State University’s Kitsap County Extension program, which trains the docents.
Read the full articles above!
– Posted February 6, 2024
The Regional Small Farms Team would like feedback from farmers in Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap Counties for our 2024 / 2025 Class Schedule!
*** PLEASE NOTE – THIS SURVEY IS FOR CLALLAM, JEFFERSON & KITSAP COUNTY FARMERS. IF YOU DO NOT CURRENTLY OR PLAN TO FARM IN ONE OF THOSE THREE COUNTIES, PLEASE DO NOT ENTER RESPONSES INTO THIS FORM ***
– Posted January 29, 2024
December, 2023
Please join Kitsap 4-H in this county wide COMMUNITY SERVICE project!
Bremerton Foodline is in URGENT need of food.
If you are able please consider donating.
Contact kitsap.county4h@wsu.edu to arrange a pick up.
– Posted December 15, 2023