Beecher's Flagship Program
Contact: Alison Leber
104 Pike Street, #200
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-322-1644 X 12
Email:   alison [at] flagshipprog.org
Web:    http://www.beechershandmadecheese.com/flagship_index.php
The Flagship Program supports non-profit organizations and educates people about the benefits of pure, all-natural food. Their "Pure Food Kids" workshops are aimed at educating fourth through sixth grade students about the prevalence of food additives and their possible health risks.

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Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources
Contact: Chris Feise
CSANR
Washington State University
7612 Pioneer Way
Puyallup, WA 98371-4998
Phone: 253-445-4626
Fax: 253-445-4579
Email: csanr [at] wsu.edu
Web:  http://csanr.wsu.edu
In 1991, the Washington State Legislature created Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (CSANR) to promote healthy farms, food and people. Since its inception, the center has been working with communities to foster approaches that are economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially responsive.

The CSANR facilitates new linkages and better communication between diverse interest groups, WSU units, growers, agencies, industry, environmental groups, and the public. It identifies funding sources, research gaps, and needs; coordinates research and education grant proposals; and facilitates and recommends new research and education programs that sustain agriculture and natural resources. The CSANR also provides factual information on relevant issues to a diverse audience through conferences, newsletters, on-farm documentation, tours, and projects.

The main programs of the CSANR are Biologically Intensive Agriculture & Organic Farming (BIOAg), Climate Friendly Farming, Community Capacity Building and Conflict Resolution, Education on Farming & Food Systems, Policy Research & Education, and the Small Farms Program.

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Food $ense CHANGE
Contact: Susan Hauck
200 Mill Ave S., Suite 100
Renton, WA  98057-2980
Phone: 206-205-3217
Email:   susan.hauck [at] metrokc.gov
Web:    http://king.wsu.edu/nutrition/change.htm
Food $ense CHANGE improves the nutrition of limited income children and their families by teaching a nutrition curriculum in the garden. The program is enhanced by gardening, cooking and other hands-on activities. In addition to teaching classroom lessons, primarily in elementary schools, CHANGE instructors act as a support system and resource for teachers as they incorporate nutrition education into their daily classroom work. CHANGE instructors also participate in school family nights and other family or adult outreach activities.

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Organic Agriculture Systems
Contact: Dr John Reganold
College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-6243
Phone:509-335-8856
Email:  reganold [at] wsu.edu
Web:   http://academics.wsu.edu/fields/study.asp?ID=ORGAG
WSU offers the nation's first organic agriculture degree program. The program prepares students for careers in organic farming and related industries, such as pest management, agricultural economics, food science, and marketing. Classroom study is augmented with hands-on experience at WSU's organic teaching farm.

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Quillisascut Farm
Contact: Rick and Lora Lea Misterly
Quillisascut Farm
2409 Pleasant Valley Road
Rice, WA 99167
Phone: 509-738-2011
Email: loralea [at] quillisascutcheese.com
Web: http://www.quillisascutcheese.com
Quillisascut is a 36 acre working farmstead cheese business, that was licensed by WSDA in 1987. In 2002 we started the Quillisasut Farm School of the Domestic Arts to teach people about where there food is grown. In the early years our focus was Culinary students and professionals but we are now adding sessions for people interested in learning more about farming in conjuction with WSU and the Cultivating Success program where particpants can recieve credits or continuing education units from WSU.

Weekend workshops are held for individuals or groups (schools, restaurants, who have an interest in learning more about how food is grown. Some of our emphasis: what is "local seasonal" food?  how to create menus using these foods, politics of the plate, wild foods, food processing (jam, pickles, canning, drying, freezing, lacto fermented)
 
A couple examples:  In 2004 and 2005 we worked with WSU in a professional development project funded by Western SARE that brought university and non-profit food and agriculture educators from Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana to Quillisascut Farm for a week to learn about food system applications and many of the pieces that are components of a food system. Here is a link to a website with information on that program.

In April of 2007 eight students and an instructor from Westsound Academy in Poulsbo, Wa spent a weekend helping with garden prepartions and planting, and leaning about our lifestyle on the farm. They all had a chance to milk goats and learn how to make cheese and join in on discussions about how we farm and how it shapes what a community eats.

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RavenCroft Garden
Contact: Sally King
Box 170
Startup, WA 98293
Phone: (360) 794-2938
Email:  ravencroft [at] ravencroftgarden.com
Web: http://www.ravencroftgarden.com/
RavenCroft Garden is a rare gem in the midst of surrounding city, suburban and rural landscapes. We are an Educational Center, Connecting People Plants and the Earth. RavenCroft offers a unique opportunity to experience and learn from the life of a “croft”, a small -holding of land that is able to sustain the life upon it, from the smallest microbe to a human family. By learning to work with nature we have learned to cultivate personal, community and global health. Join us, meet the plants and share in the wisdom and knowledge to Cultivate Life!

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Sunfield Education Association / Sunfield Farm
Contact:
PO Box 85
Port Hadlock, WA 98339.
Phone: 360-385-3658
Email:   info [at] sunfieldfarm.org
Web:    http://www.sunfieldfarm.org
Sunfield Farm provides learning opportunities for all ages interested in creating balance between nature, agriculture, and our human needs. Programs are developing for youth from public and independent schools with a focus on sustainable agriculture and environmental education. The farm will also be home to a pre-K through 8th grade Waldorf School. The heart of the project is the 50-acre working biodynamic farm.

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Washington FarmLink
Contact: Mary Embleton
Cascade Harvest Coalition
4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Room 123
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-632-0606
Email:   mary [at] oz.net
Web:    http://www.cascadeharvest.org
Washington FarmLink, a program of the Cascade Harvest Coalition, is the state's leading program to link aspiring farmers and landowners and helps build sustainable farming operations. FarmLink addresses barriers that farmers face in keeping their land in farming and answers the call for more technical assistance and education. FarmLink helps ensure that working farms remain in agricultural production and helps facilitate the transition of farms to the next generation by connecting people with the resources and technical expertise necessary to achieve these goals through: (1) a farmer-landowner matching service; (2) educational workshops; (3) a comprehensive one-stop resource center; and (4) one-on-one assistance.

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Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation
Contact: De Arbogast
P.O. Box 9716
Seattle, WA  98109
Phone: (360) 387-7498
Email:   info [at] wwfrf.org
Web:  http://www.wwfrf.org
 
Since 1991, the WWFRF foundation has funded tree fruit research at the Northwest Research & Extension Center in Mount Vernon, WA.  The public is invited to view over 11 fruit varieties in our seven acre fruit display garden located at the Center... the results of over 40 years of research trials.  Our two annual Field Day Events (March & October) provide the opportunity for hands-on demonstrations of pruning & grafting techniques, proper rootstock selection, espalier design and taste-testing of our fruit varieties.

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Farm to School Online
http://www.farmtoschool.org

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
http://www.leopold.iastate.edu


NEWS ARTICLES

Planting a Vision
http://www.schoolnutrition.org/Index.aspx?id=2812


Education category edited by Tim Crosby

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