Current News and Events
Experience Farming Project
Experience a real working organic produce farm.
Spend an afternoon in nature and help us restore the native habitats along the Snoqualamie River!
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| When: |
Saturday, April 11th, 10am - 2pm |
| Where: |
Full Circle Farm, 31904 NE 8th St. in Carnation |
| What: |
In-depth Tour of Farm and Tree Planting |
| Bring: |
Work gloves, muck boots, bottle of water, canvas harvest bag, and a friend! Extra water and farm fresh snack provided. |
| RSVP Please: |
by April 9th tours@fullcirclefarm.com |
Kids are welcome willing to work and with supervision.
For more information, visit www.fullcirclefarm.com |
Environmental Moment
Salmon-Safe Environmental Moment on King FM radio
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Rain Gardens
 Rain
gardens work like a native forest by capturing and infiltrating stormwater from rooftops,
driveways, and other hard surfaces.
Click here to read more about a typical rain garden.
Des Moines Farmers Market
Stewardship Partners is managing the Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market this year. This is the first farmers market in the state to give
preference to farmers using sustainable practices.
Click here for more information.
Stewardship Partners Receives Award from Cascade Land Conservancy
On May 1st, Stewardship Partners along with Wilcox Farms, Jones & Jones, the Nisqually River Council,
and the Nisqually Tribe received the Innovative Conservation
Project Award at Cascade Land Conservancy's annual breakfast.
Union of Concerned Scientists Features Salmon-Safe farm
Local farmer Andrew Stout teams up with Seattle Chef Maria Hines and Salmon-Safe to bring delicious green cuisine to Puget Sound.
Click here for press release . . .
Community Volunteers Help with Restoration Projects
On October 11th Stewardship Partners hosted a volunteer event at Oxbow farm with a group of middle and high school students from the YMCA Earth Service Corps. Over 20 middle school and high school students came out for a day of blackberry grubbing, leek harvesting, and hard work.
Read about the event here: "YESCENE" newsletter excerpt.
Click here to read more about YMCA Earth Service Corps
Another planting event took place at Full Circle Farm portion of PCC Farmland Trust's Ames Creek Farm. This was part of the Helping Hands/Experience Farming Project of Cascade Harvest Coalition and 30 CSA members and community volunteers showed up to plant trees along the Snoqualmie River.
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A YMCA volunteer harvests leeks at
Oxbow farm |
Fruits of steward farmers bring smiles on King County tour
Seattle Times coverage of King County's 10th annual Harvest Celebration Farm Tour highlights work done by Stewardship Partners at Jubilee Farm in the Snoqualmie valley.
Click here for full article . . .
Puget Sound Community Change Card
Stewardship Partners has been selected as a beneficiary of the Puget Sound Community Change Card, an
innovative new project that supports locally owned businesses by offering shoppers a cash rebate
which they share with local non-profits and schools.
By obtaining a Puget Sound Community Change
Card, designating Stewardship Partners as the prime beneficiary, and using it at participating
merchants, you can support our mission and help create a vibrant and sustainable local economy.
Get your card at www.pugetsound.cc and read more about the program on
page 7 of our recent newsletter.
Local Christmas tree farm earns "Salmon-Safe" label for eco-friendly practices
In
recognition of their environmental practices, Carnation Tree Farm is the first Christmas tree
farm in the Northwest to be certified as Salmon-Safe.
Click here for press release . . .
Nisqually Watershed Awarded EPA Grant for
Collaborative Market-Based Conservation
The Nisqually Watershed Sustainability Project was awarded an $883,000 grant from the
EPA for several collaborating partners to promote market-based conservation and sustainable land use in forestry,
agriculture, and residential development that will preserve the habitat and water quality of this relatively pristine
Puget Sound watershed.
Click here for press release . . .
Novelty Hill's Estate Winery certified Salmon-Safe
Stillwater Creek Vineyard, the estate vineyard of Novelty Hill wines, has become the first Columbia Valley vineyard to
achieve Salmon-Safe certification. Stillwater Creek is a 240-acre site on the Royal
Slope of the Frenchman Hills. The site is known for its careful vineyard management and
innovative clonal selection.
Click here for press release . . .
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