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SUMMARY:Propagating and Growing Sweetpotatoes in the Pacific Northwest Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Interested in growing sweetpotatoes on the Olympic and/or Kitsap Peninsulas? Want to learn how and take part in an on-going research trial? Based on the experience of a handful of local farmers and trials at the WSU Mount Vernon Research Center\, Sweetpotatoes can be a viable crop in our northern maritime climate. The WSU Regional Small Farms Program is working in partnership with the Research station to bring trials to our area that are focused on finding sweetpotato varieties that are resistant to wireworm damage and that have other traits that benefit small scale organic farmers.\n\n\nShrijana Shrestha\, graduate student at the WSU Mount Vernon Research Center\, will share methods of producing sweetpotato cuttings from storage roots for planting in the late spring\, and provide growing tips. Producing sweetpotato cuttings on the farm saves money and reduces the likelihood of introducing new diseases to the farm through purchased planting stock. This class is the first in the series of remote and on-farm classes and field days that will be offered on all aspects of sweetpotato cultivation and related topics. \n \n\nThere is still space in our on-farm trials for more participants! Growers must be willing to grow a 30-40 foot row. Sweetpotato roots and one on one troubleshooting help will be provided\, along with the classes offered. Contact Laurel Moulton laurel.moulton@wsu.edu for more information.\n\n\nPhotos of growing and clipping sweetpotato slips at Wild Edge Farm\, Clallam County
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/regionalsmallfarms/event/propagating-and-growing-sweetpotatoes-in-the-pacific-northwest/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kellie%20Henwood":MAILTO:kellie.henwood@wsu.edu
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SUMMARY:L&I Farm Internship Program & Farm Interns
DESCRIPTION:Join WSU Regional Small Farms for our latest online educational event all about the L&I Farm Internship program and a discussion around what farms should know about having interns. Presented by Christina Rodriguez\, Agricultural Employment Specialist & Cesar Sanchez\, Farm Internship Program Coordinator for Washington L&I. Discussion topics for the event include: \n\nUpdate on L&I Farm Internship Program\, what farms need to know and how to apply\nWhat L&I looks for when they do their on-farm check-in with participants\nAdditional overview of the basic legalities of having interns on your farm\nQ&A from farmer audience\n\nWhen: Tuesday\, April 11th 3:30pm – 5pm\nWhere: Online Zoom – link to be sent out after registration\nAudience: Farmers and Producers\nRegistration: This is a free online event\, but you must register to receive Zoom link \n \nMore about the L&I Farm Internship Program:  \nThe Farm Internship Program allows interns to safely work on small farms\, learn about farming practices\, and obtain hands-on experience. Farmers pass on vital knowledge to a new generation. For full information about the program please visit the L&I Farm Internship Program website.  \nWSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs who contact Jess Sappington (345 6th St. Suite 550\, Bremerton WA / jess.sappington@wsu.edu / 360- 228-7308) at least two weeks prior to the event. 
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/regionalsmallfarms/event/li-farm-internship-program-farm-interns/
CATEGORIES:Business of Farming
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SUMMARY:Spring Pasture Management &  Goat Kidding at Bowman Farms
DESCRIPTION:Join farmers Mark and Nancy Bowman of Bowman Farms in Port Angeles for an on-farm tour on April 18th from 1pm – 4pm. Mark and Nancy will be sharing their expertise on spring pasture management and goat kidding.  WSU Extension and Clallam Conservation District staff will be onsite offering best management practices for spring pasture management. \nDirt Talk Farm Walks provide farmer-to-farmer education to promote the exchange of ideas and innovations related to sustainable and organic farming in our region. This farm walk is open to all beginning and current farmers\, not to the general public. \nTopics to be discussed during the Farm Walk: \n\nGoat kidding:\n\nBest practices for optimal animal health\nBreeding considerations\n\n\nSpring pasture management:\n\nPlant and grass ID\nRotational grazing\nManaging stubble height\, harrowing\, mowing and more\n\n\n\nRegistration Details \nDate: April 18th\, 1pm – 4pm (in-person event!)\nLocation: Port Angeles\, WA – Address will be provided to registered attendees\nAudience: Farmers\, Homesteaders and Producers Only\nRegistration link: \n \nPlease only register for the farm walk if you plan to attend as there is limited space for this event. If you register and are unable to come we kindly as that you inform us at least 48 hours before the event so that we may open up registration to other interested farmers.\nIf you go to register and there are no spaces available\, please email jess.sappington@wsu.edu to be put on our cancellation list. \n  \nMore about Bowman Farms: \nBowman Farms is a 17-acre livestock ranch dedicated to pasture raised meat goats and beef cattle.  Bowman Farms was established in 2016 by owners Mark and Nancy Bowman with the goal of raising healthy\, grass-fed livestock for wholesale and retail consumption on the Olympic Peninsula.  As grass farmers\, they take a long-term approach to rehabilitating their fields to increase fertility and production for year-round\, non-irrigated animal rotations. \nWSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs who contact Jess Sappington (345 6th St. Suite 550\, Bremerton WA / jess.sappington@wsu.edu / 360- 228-7308) at least two weeks prior to the event. 
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/regionalsmallfarms/event/spring-pasture-management-goat-kidding-at-bowman-farms/
CATEGORIES:Dirt Talk,Farm Walk,Livestock
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SUMMARY:Lean Farming at Around the Table Farm
DESCRIPTION:Join Kristofer Bejval\, farm assistant at Around the Table Farm in Poulsbo\, where they will be sharing their expertise around maximizing efficiency and minimizing waste in farming processes\, otherwise called lean farming.   \nThis farm walk will take a broad approach to the idea of lean farming at 3 levels.   \n1) the level of the individual farmer  \n2) the level of the team unit  \n3) and the farm system as a whole.   \nWe will discuss logistical avenues for setting up proactive and efficient farm systems\, ways to understand and implement streamlined workflow models\, and will address how to articulate and achieve sustainability goals within the whole farm context.   \nParticipants will identify Quality of Life goals and will discuss methods for achieving them. The class will include a facilitated discussion on efficiency within the farm system and ask attendees to consider ways in which we can proactively integrate efficiency as a value in our day-to-day experience of the farm system. It will invite participants to consider how we can use efficiency not as a competitive shaming force in our day-to-day\, but instead as an invitation towards supporting ease and longevity in our work. The class will include a farm tour with an emphasis on lean farming concepts in our small-scale draft-powered flower and vegetable production farm.  \nDirt Talk Farm Walks provide farmer-to-farmer education to promote the exchange of ideas and innovations related to sustainable and organic farming in our region. This farm walk is open to all beginning and current farmers\, not to the general public.  \n  \nRegistration Details \n Date: April 26th\, 2023 @3pm – 5pm (in-person event!) \nLocation:  Poulsbo\, WA – Address will be provided to registered attendees \nAudience: Farmers\, Homesteaders and Producers Only  \nRegistration link: Please only register for the farm walk if you plan to attend as there is limited space for this event. If you register and are unable to come\, we kindly ask that you inform us at least 48 hours before the event so that we may open up registration to other interested farmers.    \n \nIf you go to register and there are no spaces available\, please email jess.sappington@wsu.edu to be put on our cancellation list.  \n  \nKristofer Bejval Bio:  \nKristofer grew up in rural Kitsap County in the woods of Seabeck\, around horses and with a big garden. They are a white settler of Czech and Italian heritage. Kristofer has been immersed in small-scale organic agriculture since 2016\, working at farms of varying scales across the country and running and managing their own flower and vegetable production market garden for two years in Jefferson County.   \nCurrently\, Kristofer works as an EMT in Jefferson County and as a draft horse teamster at Around the Table Farm in Poulsbo. Their agricultural background has included an emphasis on systems thinking\, labor management\, efficiency\, and lean farming as a way to maintain small-scale production farms. They believe good systems can lead to better quality of life for farmers.  \n  \nWSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs who contact Jess Sappington (345 6th St. Suite 550\, Bremerton WA / jess.sappington@wsu.edu / 360- 228-7308) at least two weeks prior to the event. 
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/regionalsmallfarms/event/lean-farming-at-around-the-table-farm/
CATEGORIES:Dirt Talk,Farm Walk
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