Agroforestry Farm Tour Held at Raising Cane Ranch
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Returning to Raising Cane Ranch for the second year yielded a new crop of 28 attendees curious to see alley cropping and other agroforestry practices in action.
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Snohomish River Film Festival Held at Luckie Farms
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Back in January/February, a group of brave storytellers joined virtually for a two week training that generated 12 digital stories now known as “Tales of Two Rivers.” This group of stories was split between the Snohomish and the Stillaguamish basins within Snohomish County. On Thursday, June 9, the first of two film festivals was held to feature the Snohomish basin stories.
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Agroforestry Grows in Snohomish County
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With the planting of a “multifunctional riparian forest buffer” the Pilchuck Julia Park is a new home to thousands of beautiful native trees and shrubs as well as hundreds of food producing trees and shrubs for the public to enjoy.
Read MoreWebinars Held in May 2020 - Beavers, Climate Resilience and the Nourse Tree Farm Story
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Watch from the safety and comfort of your living the webinars we hosted in May 2020 on beavers, climate resilience and running a tree farm.
Read MoreAgriculture Team Service Update for April 2020 due to COVID-19
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Here’s the latest from our Agriculture Group about services that they are able to provide during the stay at home order.
Read MoreGot Flooding? Agroforestry can help.
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Agroforestry systems can help farmers of any size adapt to these new weather patterns, lessening the negative impacts that they have across the landscape. Integrating more trees into the farming landscape provides cover that can intercept rainfall, increases the amount of rain that filters into soils, and reduces the quantity, speed, and peak flow of runoff.
Read MoreLaunching Agriculture Resilience into Action
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The Plan acts as a resource to help farmers plan for a future with both drier and wetter climates, as well as challenges that come with an ever-increasing population. It advocates for preserving farmland and greenspace that can act as both a buffer and balance to the sprawling suburbs that are quickly sprouting up.
Read MoreLand Building Is A Legacy Project - A Day at Paca Pride
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Around a dozen folks enjoyed this summer day farm tour where David Capocci engagingly educated people curious about regenerative agriculture - a way of farming that regenerates the land.
Read MoreCountry Living From Sunrise to Sunset
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2019’s Country Living Expo and Cattlemen’s Winter School is in the books with Dr. Temple Grandin as the special guest. Bonus: Check out our two Facebook Live videos!
Read MoreWorking Buffers Video
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Watch our new Working Buffers video to understand how planting trees and shrubs on your property can make a difference in soil health, water quality and habitat for birds and wildlife.
Read MoreSCD Receives Historic Climate Science Grant Funding
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We are excited to announce historic funding received for youth education through the Governor’s Office.
Read MoreAgriculture Resilience & the Photovoice Story
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Traveling the back roads of Snohomish County, you’ll pass a variety of scenic farms. Farms have been a crucial component of the landscape, history, and economy of this county and most of Puget Sound, and will hopefully remain so. The types of farms and the products grown vary and farm stability relies on resilience to adapt to changing markets, climatic variations, consumer preferences and rising land and equipment costs.
Read MorePhotovoice Event an Inspirational Evening with Decision-makers and Local Farmers
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Agriculture Resilience: A Photovoice Exhibition presented a unique opportunity for decision-makers and the public to listen to farmers express their concerns for the future through photography.
Read MorePhotovoice for Agricultural Resilience: Farmers educate decision-makers through photos.
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Seven farms took part in the Photovoice Project hosted by the Snohomish Conservation District and The Nature Conservancy. Through a series of four workshops, participants responded to two questions - "Why is agriculture important to our community?" and "What are the major challenges facing agriculture?" - through photos and discussion.
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