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Graphics for the 2024 Dry Farming Fair and Washington Water Resilience Farm Tour Series.
Farm Tour: Focus on Dry Farming

July 24, 2025 - Join us for a special farm tour focused on the dry farming trials here at 21 Acres, including tomatoes, squash, and dry beans. You'll learn how farmers grow produce varieties that need zero irrigation and taste absolutely delicious. 

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A handful of seeds.
Organic Seed Production Workshop

September 21, 2024 - 21 Acres is happy to host the Organic Seed Alliance's Organic Seed Production Workshop, with a special focus on seed cleaning. This workshop will cover the basics of organic seed production, with an emphasis on seed cleaning techniques.

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Promotional artwork for Robert Dash's author presentation at 21 Acres on 10-12-24.
“Food Planet Future” with Robert Dash

September 18, 2024 - Join us for a beautiful visual tour of everyday foods! Photographer, writer, and Orcas Island resident Robert Dash will speak about and share images from his newly published book, Food Planet Future: The Art of Turning Food and Climate Perils Into Possibilities.

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Graphics for the 2024 Dry Farming Fair and Washington Water Resilience Farm Tour Series.
Dry Farming Fair & Farm Walk

May 9, 2024 - Join us for a special farm tour focused on dry farming trials here at 21 Acres, along with the chance to taste test dry farmed versus irrigated tomatoes and to gain valuable information from our partners.

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Sammamish Farms owner Erik Goheen plants lettuces starts.
Featured Farmer
Featured Farm: Sammamish Farms

January 6, 2024 - Sammamish Farms aspires to be a local-first farm that provides high quality fresh ingredients for a wide variety of kitchen types. Owner Erik Goheen is committed to the regenerative farming ethos, working to improve the ecosystem...

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Beekeeping on a snowy winter day at 21 Acres
Featured Farmer
Featured Farmer: 21 Acres Bee Club

November 22, 2023 - The 21 Acres Bee Club cares for our bees year round...

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A flock of geese explore a flooded field in early 2022.
Local Food Systems
Extreme precipitation threatens food security and drives up local food costs 

July 1, 2022 - As farmers face surging fuel and input costs, unseasonal cold weather and precipitation in Washington State throws a wrench into already complicated food pricing. 

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Chelsea Mahan-Icenhour made this delicious baked salmon with herb butter from the cookbook "Best of the Best."
Local Food Systems
Book Review and Recipe: Baked Wild Salmon with Herb Butter (From Best of the Best)

March 31, 2022 - Join volunteer Chelsea as she cooks her way through Best of the Best: The Best Recipes from the 25 Best Cookbooks of the Year! This baked salmon with herb butter is quick and delicious.

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Aveen Thoohan writes about Eat for the Planet, a book about how our food affects our ecosystems.
Local Food Systems
Book Review: Eat for the Planet

February 11, 2022 - Deep dive into how eating not only affects your health--it's also a major part of the way we impact our planet in this book review by volunteer Aveen Thoohan.

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