Port Townsend now has online farmers
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Local Port Townsend Raspberry Special
World Peace Produce
Local Port Townsend Raspberry Special $10/flat (6 and a half pints)
Less than 15 mins: How To Make Raspberry And Ginger Cheesecake
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
OrganicNation TV: Four-Season Farming in the Pacific Northwest
The OrganicNation TV crew follow the life-cycle of an organic zucchini plant from seed to harvest with Colinwood Farm manager Jesse Hopkins.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Harvindar Singh Port Townsend Farmers Market Director 2001-2005
2001-2005 Port Townsend Farmers Market Director, Harvindar Singh, takes a stroll through the last market of the season and his career.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
To market, to market, to buy local goods
By Allison Arthur of The Leader
April 29, 2009
Fresh from an International Farmers Market conference last weekend in San Francisco, Port Townsend Farmers Market Manager Will O'Donnell was excited Monday about the market opening Saturday, May 2.
It was the farmers market that brought O'Donnell and his wife, Kate Dean, who is Small Farms program director for the Washington State University Extension in Port Hadlock, to Jefferson County a decade ago.
And it's the same farmers market - a market that has grown in that decade from 15 to 70 vendors and from $80,000 to $800,000 in annual sales - that is keeping the family in Jefferson County, in an Uptown home not far from the market.
While the worldwide economy might be in the doldrums, O'Donnell says the future of the farmers market is bright.
"Our success rate is off the charts, and that's due to the fantastic and enlightened community we have. We have the perfect demographics for a farmers market," he said of a community that is middle-aged, highly educated and interested in healthy foods. (Read More)
April 29, 2009
Fresh from an International Farmers Market conference last weekend in San Francisco, Port Townsend Farmers Market Manager Will O'Donnell was excited Monday about the market opening Saturday, May 2.
It was the farmers market that brought O'Donnell and his wife, Kate Dean, who is Small Farms program director for the Washington State University Extension in Port Hadlock, to Jefferson County a decade ago.
And it's the same farmers market - a market that has grown in that decade from 15 to 70 vendors and from $80,000 to $800,000 in annual sales - that is keeping the family in Jefferson County, in an Uptown home not far from the market.
While the worldwide economy might be in the doldrums, O'Donnell says the future of the farmers market is bright.
"Our success rate is off the charts, and that's due to the fantastic and enlightened community we have. We have the perfect demographics for a farmers market," he said of a community that is middle-aged, highly educated and interested in healthy foods. (Read More)
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