by Jessamyn Tuttle
Karen Neugebauer, chocolatier and owner of Forte Chocolates, entered the chocolate business purely by accident. With three business degrees and 11 years working at Costco, she wasn’t looking for a new occupation. But when a back injury sidelined her she was forced to do something else to allow herself time to recover. She
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STANWOOD – The annual Country Living Expo and Cattleman’s Winterschool returns on Saturday, Jan. 28, offering more classes than ever. A total of 160 classes and workshops in country living, self-reliance, sustainability, maintenance and more will be available to participants at the all-day event at Stanwood High School.
The classes, taught by local instructors, range from
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On Saturday, Feb. 11, a conference for women in agriculture will be held simultaneously at 16 locations across Washington State. “Women, Farms and Food” aims to provide female farmers with a chance to learn, network and share knowledge about farming.
Margaret A. Viebrock, Director of the Washington State University Extension in Douglas County, is organizing the
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by Samantha Schuller
If you’ve been grumping and muttering under your breath all summer at your unproductive melon vines, short tomato season, and stunted peppers, now is the time to start gloating about our Pacific weather. We here in the Northwest are blessed—that’s right, blessed—with usually mild winters, which means that we get a growable winter
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by Jessica Harbert
Once-dairy farm turned thriving apple orchard, BelleWood Acres has grown from the aspirations of owners Dorie and John Belisle. Home to 25,000 apple trees and a vast selection of farm-made products, BelleWood Acres will expand in 2012 to include Whatcom County’s first distillery, a larger bakery, community space and year-round activities.
The Belisles, who
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On Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 and 2, the public can visit 14 stops during the 13th annual Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms. Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the participating farms and wineries open their doors to show their operations, talk local food and drink, give you a hands-on experience, meet animals,
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The month of September marks the first Eat Local Month in Whatcom County, a new campaign launched by Sustainable Connections’ Food & Farming Program. Organized in relation to a new Eat Local First initiative of Sustainable Connections, the month-long celebration will feature events like featured restaurants that support local farmers, a farm tour, book events,
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“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” -Kahlil Gibran
I have dirty feet. The kind of dirty, summer, gardening feet a lot of folks have this time of year. No matter how much I scrub, some of the dirt is there to stay.
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Common sense gardening
What a super publication. The July/August issue was so right on with old-fashioned common sense gardening tips. In my parents’ day (when ordinary basic soaps were used), wash water went out over the flower beds. Soapy water cured insects on vegetables. Urine was not wasted – it fertilized plants. Cow manure was a
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Self-guided tour on Sept. 10 includes farms, wineries, farmers market
WHATCOM – The annual Whatcom County Farm Tour organized by Sustainable Connections will take place Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and feature a total of 10 farms, two wineries and the Bellingham Farmers Market.
The tour is free and self-guided,
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