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Welcome to the WSU Small Farms Team Website!

The Small Farms Team works with communities and individuals across Washington to foster a profitable farming system, to promote land and water stewardship, and to ensure that all Washingtonians have unrestricted access to healthy food. On our site you will find resources for farmers and the general public alike. Visit our site regularly to keep up to date with the latest events and news in our farming community, to learn about sustainable community-based food and farm systems, and to see what exciting projects the WSU Small Farms Team is working on right now.

Washington State University Small Farms Team provides research-based information and educational programs for farmers, consumers, decision-makers, and others involved in local food systems. The team is a statewide affiliation of professionals from WSU, state agencies, and non-governmental organizations.

Our primary goals are to:

• Build public support for agriculture
• Preserve Washington farmland for food and fiber production
• Help farmers adopt practices that are sustainable- economically, socially and environmentally
• Unify farmers and consumer in developing local markets and community food access

The Small Farms Program is a program of the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources in WSU Extension and the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences. The program focuses on education resources for farmers, outreach to communities, and team-based research with farmers.

Small Farms Program awarded WSU Faculty Diversity Award

WSU's Small Farms Program is the 2010 recipient of the Faculty Diversity Award. Our immigrant farmer program is grounded in the fact that immigrant and women farmers are the fastest growing demographic sector of U.S. agriculture.

WSU Small Farms Program awarded grants to support new generation and immigrant farmers in Washington State

Two U.S. Department of Agriculture grants will help our Small Farms Program support and assist beginning and disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Together the grants will support and strengthen the Small Farms Program's innovative immigrant farmer program. Read the press release here.

Flood Information

Current River Flows and Predictions

National Weather Service Northwest River Forecast Center

Snoqualmie River near Carnation

Flood Recovery Information

Washington State University Extension has compiled a list of WSU Extension educators and Web sites that offer relevant, timely information to help with the aftermath of devastating floods. Click here for more information.

Small Farms
Featured Program

Upcoming Events

Washington Farm Finder

To find farms in your area, or to see what products are available right now, visit the Washington Farm Finder. If you would like to add your farm to the list contact Doug Stienbarger.

Farmwalks

The 2011 farmwalk schedule is here!

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