Author: SnoValley Tilth

SnoValley Tilth Produce Processing Facility Feasibility Study

By Alison Leber, Leber Consulting. With more than 5 million consumers in the Puget Sound region, there is increasing public demand for locally produced food.  Despite this demand, many King County farms are limited in their ability to provide year-round access to local products because […]

Meat This! (An introduction to buying local meat)

We are lucky to live in such a rich agricultural community. It seems as if there is a never ending supply of amazing veggies, and with easy access to farm stands, most of us can swing into one just as easily as if we were […]

Farm King County – Farm Resources at the Ready

How many hours have you spent searching the world wide web for farm related information? Farm King County launched this past spring as an antidote to the endless internet search.  The foundation of this effort is a web-based directory of farming resources that contains information relevant to starting, […]

Request for Proposals: Feasibility Study and Business Plan

  SnoValley Tilth is excited to announce that we have received funding from USDA Rural Development to lay the groundwork for a produce aggregation and processing facility based in the Snoqualmie Valley. We are seeking proposals for qualified consultants. Please click on link below for […]

Community Roots Day at Carnation Farmers Market

Come to Carnation Farmers Market’s Community Roots Day on Tuesday, June 28th. Stay for an hour or two (or three), support the Carnation Farmers Market and SnoValley Tilth. The last Tuesday of every month is always filled with loads of market fun and lots of fresh […]

Fish Farm Flood Committee Update

What would the Snoqualmie Valley look like if we had the perfect balance of farming and wildlife habitat? How different would it look from how it looks today? As long as farmers have been farming, there have been conflicts about farmland and fish habitat across […]

Guest Post: Pasture-Raised Poultry and Egg Co-op Forming

As you might know, King County Conservation District awarded a grant to fund a Puget Sound Pasture-Raised Poultry and Egg Cooperative (name TBD by committee). A small group of farmers are working out the legal details with KCD and should finish by mid Dec. We also […]

The Tall Chief/King County RFP decision

A message to our membership from the SVT board: A petition has been circulated on our list serve asking the King County Council to rescind the offer to sell the Tall Chief property to the Keller family, multi- generation dairy farmers in the valley. As […]

King County Kitchen Cabinet

The King County Executive’s “Kitchen Cabinet” has now concluded and published its final report. At this time implementation of the recommendations in the report are well under way. Additional info is available here: http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/local-food.aspx There are three specific areas of focus in development of a […]