New PSFN member, Nash’s Organic Produce, has been farming in the Dungeness River Valley for nearly four decades. Farm to Community Coordinator, Emma Brewster, chatted with Nash’s Farm Manager, Kia Armstrong last week about the farm’s history, its current projects, and how the farm is planning for its next generation of managers and the future….
On March 2, PSFN and NABC were honored by a visit from U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Kathleen Merrigan. Merrigan was on her way to Portland State University to speak to students and local leaders about farmer-consumer connections and decided to drop by Seattle to pay a special visit to PSFN/NABC projects. Deputy Secretary Merrigan…
The end of March was PSFN’s first F2T deliverables deadline. The F2T Team had been fretting about how F2T purchases would be affected by the dearth of local produce available this time of year. We joked with meal partners that we were on “the Irish diet” with only potatoes and turnips gracing the pages of…
Yesterday, PSFN hosted the King County Member Training sessions and participated in the F2T Child Care Pilot Kickoff hosted by City of Seattle Early Learning and Family Support Division (ELFS). The events had been booked on the same day for the same time, so we figured, “Why not hold just the events right next door…
This past weekend, PSFN’s Farm to Table (F2T) Coordinator, Karen Mauden, was invited to attend the first ever Tribal Cooks Retreat at Bastyr University. Hosted by Muckleshoot Senior Program (a F2T meal-provider partner) and Northwest Indian College, this 2-day retreat helped “sharpen both knives and healthy cooking skills” of selected tribal cooks working at Muckleshoot…
PSFN’s F2T Team had been fretting a couple weeks ago about the dearth of local produce available this time of year. We joked we were on “the Irish diet” with only potatoes and turnips gracing the pages of our “F2T Local Produce NOW!” fresh sheet. But we forgot that mid-March is a great time to…
Today Karen and Emma, PSFN’s Farm to Table (F2T) team were joined by other members of the F2T Partnership on a tour of 21 Acres in Woodinville. F2T representatives from WSDA and Aging and Disability Services (ADS), as well as senior meal site partner Catholic Community Services (CCS) were all able to make the trip…
On Wednesday, Kathleen Merrigan, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and manager of the USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food effort, paid a special visit to PSFN/NABC projects. Deputy Secretary Merrigan (who made the trip up to Seattle from Portland just for us!) chose to visit Central Area Senior Center (where she was joined…
Everyone enjoying the sun out there? Karen Mauden, Farm to Table Coordinator, and PSFN AmeriCorps member, Emma Brewster, enjoyed a beautiful day with Charlie Thomas of Senior Services at their Central Area Senior Center in Madrona. What a view! Thanks to Site Coordinator and cook, Anthony Herts, for such a lovely lunchtime meal!
