Peace of Mind for Farmers
Understanding Crop Insurance for the Small Farm Join WSU Regional Small Farms and North Olympic Development Council for a FREE webinar on USDA Crop Insurance, covering how to assess farm risks and choose the right coverage to protect your crops from weather, disease, pests, and market shifts. Learn about available and underutilized USDA programs geared […]
Grant Writing for Agricultural Producers Part 2
This is part two in the Grant Writing for Agricultural Producers series. The first class focused on grants from a broad view, covering all the steps in writing a grant and their relevancy to farm businesses. A link to a recording of the class can be found at the Regional Small Farms YouTube channel here: […]
Soil Testing and Soil Health
The focus of this class is familiarizing new and beginning farmers with the importance of soil testing. The speaker will be Bryan Custer, farmer-owner of Fat Turnip Farm in Hansville, WA. He will walk farmers through how to take a soil test and how to read the soil test results. The class will then focus […]
Agricultural Entrepreneurship
This is an in-depth farm and food business planning course. We will walk you through the necessary steps to create a business plan for an existing farm-based business or a completely new enterprise. Join weekly online classes with a statewide cohort of new and beginning farm businesses, hearing from a full line-up of guest experts […]
Farmstand Design and Operation
Join WSU Regional Small Farms for an online class focused on Farmstand Design and Operation. This class is ideal for farmers looking to start a farmstand or those who already have one and want to learn from the experiences of other farmers. Clare Menard, a former farmer with extensive experience in managing and expanding farmstands, […]
Grant Writing for Agricultural Producers
Join WSU Regional Small Farms for our next online class: Grant Writing for Agricultural Producers. This class is for farmers, agricultural producers, and agricultural organizations who would like to improve their grant writing skills. It's specifically for new and beginning farmers who have little to no experience with grant writing, especially when it comes to […]
Dirt Talk: Winter Cutworms
Farmers across the Olympic and Kitsap Peninsulas are reporting damage to winter crops due to winter cutworms (Noctua pronuba), an invasive pest that arrived in our area about 10 years ago. Are you noticing some unexpected nibbling or complete destruction of some of your winter crops? Join WSU Regional Small Farms online for this information […]
End of Season Sweetpotato Grower Round Table
Join WSU Regional Small Farms in an end of season sweetpotato grower round table. Did you grow sweetpotatoes this year? Are you interested in learning from the experiences of farmers who did? Join us for this end of season discussion. Harvest will be complete and it's an excellent time to talk about what went right […]
Cover Crops for On-farm Water Conservation
Cover Crops for On-farm Water Conservation and No-till Seed Drill Demonstration Presented by Clallam County Conservation District and WSU Extension Regional Small Farms Program. Free! Farmers who attend the event may be eligible to receive free cover crop seed for their farms from the Clallam Conservation District. In agriculture, cover crops are plants that are […]
Whole Farm Planning
We’ll cover a broad range of topics and decision-making tools for you to create a successful small farm enterprise. Whether you are just exploring the opportunities available or already have an existing operation, you’ll learn what it takes to create, sustain, and grow a viable small farm or food business. Course Objectives: To gain knowledge […]
Jefferson County Farm Tour
ABOUT FARM TOUR The 22nd Annual Jefferson County Farm Tour is presented by The Production Alliance in partnership with WSU Jefferson County Extension and local farmers, with support from Jefferson County Farmers Markets, Jefferson Land Trust, The Food Co-op, and Chimacum Corner Farmstand. Our Mission ● Celebrate locally grown food, fiber, and farm-made products ● […]
2nd Annual Sweetpotato Field Day
WSU Mount Vernon Northwest Research and Education Center 16650 WA-536, Mount Vernon, WA, United StatesJoin WSU Regional Small Farms and WSU NWREC at the 2nd Annual Sweetpotato Field Day! Visit the sweetpotato trial fields at the WSU Northwest Research and Extension Center in Mt. Vernon to see side by side comparison of common commercial varieties, Washington farmer recommended varieties, new wireworm resistant lines and unreleased breeding lines from the […]