REGISTER FOR 2021 FARMS FOREVER TODAY!
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Join us in celebrating 29 acres of newly acquired farmland!
This year's Farms Forever virtual event will be Wednesday, October 6th through Saturday, October 9th. We will be sharing highlights about our newly acquired farmland leading up to our event and throughout Farms Forever week. Be sure to join our FB and Instagram pages so you can follow along, share with your friends, and help us build momentum for a successful event. Our goal is $28,000 this year and we need your help! Register for our online auction to bid on exciting travel packages, jewelry and artisan items, wine tastings and so much more! |
Be sure to head over to our Farms Forever Event Page for more information on 2021 Farms Forever, including our list of this years Sponsors!
Then check out our Online Auction website HERE.
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Donate to Farms Forever!!!!
Helps us reach our fundraising goal of $28,000 by October 9th! We have decided to opt out of having a physical event for Farms Forever again this year. Are you passionate about preserving our rich, local farmland? Not sure if you want to participate in purchasing items from our auction? Or maybe you want to show your support any way you can? While we miss connecting in person, we are still offering an opportunity to purchase a "ticket" in lieu of attending the event. Your financial contribution helps to support our mission to preserve working, affordable farmland like the recently acquired James Family Historic Farmland, rich in agricultural history in the South Sound. Invest now for future generations. Thank you for your continued support and generosity! Ways to Donate:
PO Box 12118 Olympia, WA 98508 Memo: 2021 Farms Forever
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In an effort to raise more awareness about our organization and what we do to preserve farmland in our community, we are asking community members that love what we do to please share information about our organization with your friends and family. You can share with your friends and family by inviting them to like our social media pages (Facebook & Instagram), join our newsletter mailing list, (Newsletter contact form at the bottom of this webpage!) and register for our auction.
The Board is also wanting to encourage new donors to actively participate by donating to Farms Forever this year. They are challenging new donors with a match campaign. For every dollar raised, the Community Farm Land Trust Board of Directors will donate an additional dollar up to $2,000 for a total of $4000 for New Donor Donations! |
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Be a Farms Forever Local-vore!!!
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Join us for our Farm Forever Week Kick Off event by shopping, dining and drinking out at participating local businesses. Feel good while you simultaneously support local businesses and the preservation of local farmland! Participating businesses have agreed to donate a portion of their sales on Wednesday October 6 for our Farms Forever Local-vore event.
Head downtown & start your day with a juice/smoothie at StellarJuices (They also have some yummy food!), then head on over to Olympia's cutest (newer) boutique, Lark to find that fall flair that your wardrobe has been missing. After you've worked up an appetite shopping, have lunch at Well 80 Brewhouse where they will be donating 10% of food sales for the day to CFLT. From there,Whitewood Cider is a hop, skip, and a jump away to quench your thirst with their mouthwatering selection of delicious ciders. If you haven't had enough yet, its about time that you change things up and head over to Tumwater to visit CFLT's Development Manager, Jeanine for a delicious local brew from Triceratops Brewing Company. Go let the dogs out before you head over to Octapas Cafe for some apps and delicious dinner on the Capitol Lake. Be sure to save room for dessert, at everybody's local favorite, Sofie's Scoops for made from small batch made from scratch gelato using only quality ingredients like local grass fed dairy & seasonal and organic fruit. Mark your calendars! Be a Farms Forever Local-vore! Treat yourself while you get out and about in the Olympia area and support the CLFT's mission of preserving local farmland. Take pics throughout your day, tag us in your photos, and use the hashtag #FarmsForeverLocal-vore! |
Shop Out, Dine Out, Drink Out at these Participating Businesses on Oct. 6th & be a Farms Forever Local-vore!
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DONATE AUCTION ITEMS FOR FARMS FOREVER TODAY!!!
Deadline for donations submissions SEPTEMBER 6th! Do you have items or services you would like to donate to our auction? We are still accepting in-kind donations for 2021 Farms Forever online auction. We are looking for items within the following general themes:
Interested in donating? Fill out our AUCTION PROCUREMENT FORM! Questions about donations, please contact Jeanine. |
How To Prepare For Emergencies On Your Farm
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Head over to our Event Page to learn more! RSVP for the Event HERE!
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Patrick Knouff, Emergency Management Coordinator, City of Olympia
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Nora White, Education and Outreach Specialist, Thurston Conservation District
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Don McMoran, Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator and Director, WSU Skagit County Extension
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Kristen VanValkenburg, AgrAbility Coordinator, WSU Skagit County Extension
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The New Fresh from the Farm Guide is finally here!
We are so excited to announce the 2021 Fresh from the Farm Guide: A South Sound Food & Farm Resource Guide is now hot of the presses and just in time for market season! You may have noticed that we have a new name this year and along with that we have some great new features inside as well. We've redesigned & rebranded in an effort to make our publication even more user-friendly while celebrating the rich agricultural diversity of our land, our farm products/services, and our farming community. We hope you enjoy it and it becomes a staple to all things farm and food in your community! Be sure to check our Facebook Page for lists of places you can pick up this year's guide near you! We are already looking for cover artist for next year's guide. If you or someone you know is interested in this opportunity, please contact jeanine@sscflt.org!
2021 Annual Meeting
Thank you for attending our Annual Meeting. The PowerPoint presentations from CFLT and Jennifer Davis are below if you couldn't make it to the meeting.
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Thank you for supporting the Community Farm Land Trust. I hope you and your family are doing well.
You are hearing over and over, these are unprecedented times. Our normal daily tasks like going to the grocery store are now a difficult endeavor. Leaving the safe bubble of your home, standing in line to get into the store, wearing a mask, one-way aisles, social distancing at the checkout, and plexiglass between you and the cashier are your new normal. Who could have predicted that there would be empty shelves in the grocery stores?
I’m sure all these challenges made you re-think the way you are doing your shopping. Now more than ever, buying your food locally in less crowded venues like farmers markets, farm stands, or picking up CSA boxes benefits you and your family and supports our local farmers.
Kirsop Farms (on Thurston County land preserved by the Community Farmland Trust), Harbor Roots Farms in Grays Harbor County, and many more farms in our area not only provide fresh, vibrant, local food for our community but to our food banks too.
The Community Farm Land Trust supports these farms with educational outreach and partnerships that increase opportunities for the farms and farmers. But most importantly, your support helps us preserve farmland forever and ensure it’s affordable and farmed now and by future generations of farmers in the South Sound.
We have already preserved 186 acres of farmland, and with your help and donations and grants from our community the Community Farm Land Trust’s accomplishments in 2020 include:
You are hearing over and over, these are unprecedented times. Our normal daily tasks like going to the grocery store are now a difficult endeavor. Leaving the safe bubble of your home, standing in line to get into the store, wearing a mask, one-way aisles, social distancing at the checkout, and plexiglass between you and the cashier are your new normal. Who could have predicted that there would be empty shelves in the grocery stores?
I’m sure all these challenges made you re-think the way you are doing your shopping. Now more than ever, buying your food locally in less crowded venues like farmers markets, farm stands, or picking up CSA boxes benefits you and your family and supports our local farmers.
Kirsop Farms (on Thurston County land preserved by the Community Farmland Trust), Harbor Roots Farms in Grays Harbor County, and many more farms in our area not only provide fresh, vibrant, local food for our community but to our food banks too.
The Community Farm Land Trust supports these farms with educational outreach and partnerships that increase opportunities for the farms and farmers. But most importantly, your support helps us preserve farmland forever and ensure it’s affordable and farmed now and by future generations of farmers in the South Sound.
We have already preserved 186 acres of farmland, and with your help and donations and grants from our community the Community Farm Land Trust’s accomplishments in 2020 include:
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We need your support to continue the Community Farm Land Trust’s work to expand programs that benefit local farmers and residents in Thurston, Lewis, Mason, and Grays Harbor Counties.
2020 has taught us that we are a community and we must support one another and work together. I hope that you can make a gift to the Community Farm Land Trust this holiday season.
Thank you for everything you do to support our farming community today and every day! I hope you have a joyful holiday season and please stay healthy and safe.
With gratitude,
Patrick Rofe, Executive Director
P.S. Your gift today will ensure we keep abundant, productive, sustainable farmland in our area that will provide healthy food for our community.
2020 has taught us that we are a community and we must support one another and work together. I hope that you can make a gift to the Community Farm Land Trust this holiday season.
Thank you for everything you do to support our farming community today and every day! I hope you have a joyful holiday season and please stay healthy and safe.
With gratitude,
Patrick Rofe, Executive Director
P.S. Your gift today will ensure we keep abundant, productive, sustainable farmland in our area that will provide healthy food for our community.
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Check out our video explaining the different ways the Community Farmland Trust helps preserve local farmland!
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Our Mission: Promoting vibrant local food and farming systems through community supported farmland preservation strategies, educational outreach, and partnerships that increase opportunities for farms and farmers to flourish.
Our Vision: Abundant, productive, sustainable local farmland providing healthy food for our community and contributing to a vibrant, viable farm economy. 
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From a 1 acre urban garden that produces over 10,000 pounds of food a year to hundred acre parcels associated with dairies or livestock production, Thurston county has – and needs – a diversity of farms and farmers. Farmland provides local foods, local economies, and open space. Future plans for the county define how many new roads, sewers, and schools will be needed, but what about farmland? As Thurston County continues to grow, development pressure on farmland will only increase.
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Support Farmland
We save farmland because our community enables us to do so.
Thank you for your trust in our stewardship of your contribution toward promoting farms and farming forever in our region. 
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Get InvolvedThere are many ways that you can support local sustainable farms. Volunteer opportunities are plentiful, so you're sure to find a way to share your skills and enthusiasm.
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