Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms | October 2, 2013

October 5 & 6, 2013 • 10am - 4pm ACRES OF FUN FOR EVERYONE!

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Deb Bundy - dbundy@skagitpublishing.com editorial & Farm profiles

tricia plymale photographers

scott terrell, frank varga, 2012 photo contest winners design & layout

fawn floyd advertising operations

holly chadwick, fawn floyd, Jody Hendrix, julia matylinski, dana perry, karen sheppard media consultants

Stephanie Harper, abby jackson, danielle koagel, Michelle O’Donnell, Kathy Schultz, Katie Sundermeyer, Paul Tinnon, John Williams

Welcome..................................................... 3 Farm Profiles Begin....................................... 4 Cascadian Farm............................................ 4 Challenger Ridge.......................................... 4 Double O Ranch........................................... 4 Eagle Haven Winery...................................... 5 Gordon Skagit Farms..................................... 6 Hedlin Family Farm....................................... 6 Hemlock Highlands Ranch.............................. 7 2013 Farm Map........................................... 8 Sponsors & Donors Thank You Page................. 9 La Conner Flats............................................ 10 RoozenGaarde.............................................. 10 Sakuma Bros. Farms...................................... 11 Samish River Dairy........................................ 11 Schuh Farms................................................ 12 South Fork Farms.......................................... 12 Taylor Shellfish Farms.................................... 14

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15867 Beaver Marsh Road • Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Hours: Mon-Sat 9am-6pm and Sun/Holidays 11am-4pm 2013 Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms

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welcome This free event is a once-a-year opportunity for family farms across Skagit County to open their barn doors just for you! Come explore and learn down on the farm!

During the festival weekend you can participate in a very special celebration and share in the bounty of local agriculture, as well as connect with the farmers that provide a variety of locally grown foods and goods.

You will learn how these farms maintain their generational heritage while participating in activities including farm tours, harvest markets, educational displays, demonstrations, kids' activities, corn and hay mazes, animal exhibits, pumpkin patches, hayrides, food, music and lots of fun.

The festival is your chance to talk to your farmers and follow your food from the field to the table. This one-of-a-kind event offers a hands-on experience learning what it takes to run a farm, from growing crops to feeding animals and supplying products to the public. Our farmers look forward to sharing their knowledge and products with you and your family! Use the easy-to-follow farm map on page 8, relax and enjoy the scenic drive as you visit the farms of your choice.

For more information, visit our website at: www.farmtour.com, check us out on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/FestivalofFamilyFarms and follow us @FarmTour at: www.twitter.com. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy the abundant Skagit Valley at the peak of autumn’s harvest.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Tricia Plymale Executive Director Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms

Support the Festival & become a VIP! Donate $25 or more to the Festival of Family Farms and experience the weekend as a VIP! As a thank you gift, donors receive a VIP wristband that gives you access to exclusive VIP activities, coupons and free goodies during the weekend tour.

VIPs will also receive Official Festival reusable shopping totes filled with Skagit goodies, including discount coupons, samples and a variety of local items. VIP bags are available at Burlington Outlet Shoppes at The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

All donations from our VIP event benefit the Festival of Family Farms in our mission to promote Skagit County agriculture by cultivating the bond between farmers and the community through education and hospitality.

SUPPORTING LOCAL FARMING AND AGRICULTURE IN THE SKAGIT VALLEY The Port of Skagit has been a strong supporter of the local agricultural industry since the port was formed nearly 50 years ago.

•Port grants for agricultural research over the years have led to numerous improvements in local farming.

•The port’s investment in a commercial kitchen has widened marketing opportunities for local products.

•The port is a sponsor of the Festival of Family Farms and Kneading Conference West.

•Port property is the home of Viva Farms.

The Port of Skagit welcomes additional businesses and commerce opportunities at its facilities and looks forward to working with the agricultural community as we move forward to achieve our mission of Good Jobs for Our Community.

Good Jobs for Our Community.

PO Box 348 • 15400 Airport Drive • Burlington, WA 98233 • 360.757.0011 • www.portofskagit.com goskagit.com

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FArm profiles CASCADIAN FARM

360.853.8173 www.cfarm.com 55931 State Route 20, Rockport VIP: FREE pumpkin of your choice

• Blueberry pruning • Educational talks Paid activities: Scarecrow making and U-pick pumpkin patch.

Learn: Organic farming and organic blueberry production specifics.

Retail: Pumpkins, jams, frozen berries and more.

Food: Organic homemade ice cream, espresso, hot cider, soup, sandwiches and more.

Miles from I-5: 40 Directions: From I-5 take exit 230.

Go east 40 miles on Hwy. 20. Just past milepost 100 (3 mi. east of Rockport) watch for Cascadian Farm’s roadside stand on your left.

Owners: Jim and Haryln Meyer.

Farm Fact: Cascadian Farms’ main crop is blueberries. The berry’s superior nutritional value and taste is enjoyed fresh in summer and frozen all year. In autumn, the bush’s leaves are one of the few in the Northwest to turn bright red.

CHALLENGER RIDGE VINEYARD & CELLARS

Type: Organic berry farm, pumpkin patch and roadside stand.

425.422.6988 www.challengerridge.com 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete

Premises: 28-acre organic farm in the North Cascades foothills and roadside stand.

VIP: 20% off wine purchases

History: The farm has used organic methods since its founding in 1972.

Much of the forest and riverbank around the farm is in the Upper Skagit Bald Eagle Natural Area, home to hundreds of eagles in winter. In 2006, managers Jim and Harlyn Meyer won the Washington Tilth ‘Farmer of the Year’ award.

FREE Festival activities: • Hayride tour • Pumpkin decorating • Self-guided walking tours

Owners: Ryan and Dan Costanti, Doug Spady, Ken Schueller, Jon Tellefson and Doug Brasher.

Type: Vineyard.

Premises: 67-acre estate with tasting room, vineyards, picnic sites, camping, fishing and cascade trail.

History: Challenger Ridge was homesteaded in the early 1900’s, vines were planted in 1999 and it was purchased by the current owners in 2006.

FREE Festival activities: • Wine tasting • Walking tours • Educational maps with vineyard maintaintenance and winemaking process details • Opportunity for kids to feed the chickens (we have roots as a chicken ranch and sustainable farming practices are very important to us) • Goat petting zoo • Kids' scavenger hunt throughout the vineyard with prize upon completion • Brix reading information • Grape stomping • Bowling on Bocce ball courts

DOUBLE O RANCH & OVENELL’S HERITAGE INN & LOG CABINS 360.853.8494 www.ovenells-inn.com www.doubleoranchllc.com 46276 Concrete Sauk Valley Road, Concrete

VIP: FREE loaf of Harvest bread

Miles from I-5: 30 Directions: From I-5 take exit 232.

Go east on Hwy.. 20 to Concrete. Turn right on Concrete Sauk Valley Road.

Cross the bridge and continue left 2 miles. Ovenell’s Heritage Inn and Double O Ranch are on the right.

Owners: Jason and Cindy Kleinhuizen Free Samples: Wine tasting and juice. (Ranch); the Ovenell family (Inn & Cabins).

Learn: Learn the process of wine making from grapes to wine.

Type: Cattle ranch and meat sales.

Retail: Wine and wine gifts.

Food: Available.

Farm Fact: Challenger Ridge is the largest vineyard growing Pinot Noir in Washington.

Miles from I-5: 35 Directions: East on Hwy.. 20. Turn left at mile post 85 and right on Challenger Road.

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Premises: 580-acre cattle ranch and wildlife preserve with AAA-rated accommodations available (pine log cabins, antique-filled farmhouse with view of Mount Baker).

History: The original 713 acres were purchased by James T. Ovenell and Harold Pierson in the 1940’s and named the P&O Hereford Ranch. By 1960, James and Mary Ovenell were sole owners and the name changed to

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FArm profiles Double O Ranch. In 1997, a B&B and log cabins were added. The farm is now in its fourth generation.

FREE Festival activities: • Equipment and educational displays featuring year-round ranch activities, calving and health care • Hayride farm tour through pastures, cattle, CREP project and timberlands (see deer, elk and woodland birds) • Children’s games, money pit and coloring station with scenes from Ranch and Inn • Educational and wildlife-focused children’s games by Futurwise (Saturday only) • ”Carving a Ranch From the Wilds” farm history and antique equipment display • See ultrasound exam of live steers for carcass quality • Interact with Conservation District’s

Blossom, the pink squirrel • Pet Skye and Champ, the Clydesdales and Secret and Firecracker, the mini ponies • Visit the ducks, chickens and geese • See herd bulls and weaned calves up close • Self-guided educational scavenger hunt for the whole family Free Samples: Homemade sweet breads, jams, honey and coffee.

Learn: Conservation project along the river, calving, animal health, pasture and timber management, ranch wildlife and quality grades of meat. Learn how beef production and conservation projects affect lives around us across the country and throughout the world.

Retail: Beef orders, USDA-inspected beef by the package, jam, harvest

bread and honey.

Food: Beverages, smoked Double O Ranch beef brisket or pulled beef sandwich meal including coleslaw, beans and corn; hamburgers and hotdogs for the kids.

Farm Fact: Maine-Anjou cattle originated in France. They were imported to Canada in 1968 and the US in 1969. The Ovenells began breeding them in 1969. The typical color is red and white spotted.

EAGLE HAVEN WINERY & PERKINS apple orchard 360.856.6986 360.856.6248 (winery) www.eaglehavenwinery.com 8243 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley

VIP: FREE caramel apple, wine glass or half gallon of apple cider

Miles from I-5: 8 Directions: From I-5 take exit 232.

Go east on Cook Road 4 miles and turn left on Hwy. 20. Continue 4 miles and turn right on Sims Road. The farm and winery are on the left.

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FArm profiles Owners: Jim, Tom and Sue Perkins.

Type: Apple orchard, winery and vineyard.

Food: Caramel apples, hot chocolate and baked goods.

Farm Fact: When you plant an apple seed it will never grow the same kind Premises: 40-acre orchard with 40 of apple it came from. Apples from varieties of apples, along with 5 acres seeds are called chance seedlings. To of lush vineyards and view of the replicate a variety of apple you must North Cascades all around. The winery use a graft or a bud to get the same features an old world tasting room apple. and scenic wine garden with seating and picnic tables. Outdoor pavilion amphitheater for concerts, wedding GORDON SKAGIT FARMS and events.

360.424.7262 www.gordonskagitfarms.com History: The Perkins family planted 15598 McLean Road, Mount Vernon the first orchard in 1972. They planted the vineyard in 2000, opening the VIP: FREE small pumpkin, gourd doors to their one-of-a-kind winery, or apple at Welcome Booth bin tasting room and award-winning wines.

FREE Festival Activities: • Hayride • Meet the farmer sessions • Guided tour with information on vineyard care and apple trees in the northwest Free Samples: Apples, pears, cider and wine.

Learn: Care and techniques of apple production as well as wine making from vine to bottle and vineyard tours.

Retail: Many varieties of apples, pears, apple cider, honey, jelly and jams.

Seven kinds of grape wines, four kinds of fruit wines and winery merchandise.

Miles from I-5: 4 Directions: From I-5 take exit 226.

Go west on Kincaid and right on South 3rd Street (stay in center lane). Straight through light at 1st Street and over Skagit River Bridge. Left at first stop-

FRESH SHELLFISH OYSTERS • CLAMS • MUSSELS GEODUCK • DUNGENESS CRAB SCALLOPS • PRAWNS • SALMON HALIBUT • PICKLED HERRING 2182 Chuckanut Drive • Bow

OPEN 7 DAYS • 9 AM-6 PM PICNIC & BBQ AREA

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light onto Wall Street (curves right and becomes McLean Road) Continue 3 miles and farm is on left.

Retail: Heirloom pumpkins, gourds, ornamental corn, apples, handmade willow baskets, u-pick apples and u-pick pumpkins.

Owners: Todd and Eddie Gordon Type: Wholesale growers and sellers (pumpkins, Jonagold apples, spinach seed, grass seed, cabbage seed, turnip seed, wheat and barley and squash) and resale growers (pumpkins, squash, apples, gourds and ornamental corn).

Premises: Farm stand and fields with views of Mount Baker.

History: Gordon Skagit Farms was founded in 1936 by Ed and Amelia Gordon. Their son, Ed Jr., and his wife, Betty, took over operations in 1955. In 1969, Todd and Eddie began growing pumpkins and started running the farm in the 1980s. They now grow 60+ acres of pumpkins with wholesale customers from Alaska to Seattle and retail customers worldwide.

FREE Festival Activities: • Corn maze • Haunted room • Autumn scenery paintings • Demonstrations of practical and ornamental steel forging techniques

by Adair Orr • Honey bee education booth by Bruce Bowen Bee’s (Sunday only) • Pumpkin Carving Contest (Saturday, October 2nd). Drop off pumpkins from 9am - noon; weigh-in at noon.

Prizes for biggest and smallest.

• “Squash 101/Apples 101“ - the nutritional value of squash, pumpkins and apples, basic cooking information and quick and healthy recipes

Food: Apple cider and baked goods provided by La Conner Culinary Arts program.

Farm Fact: One cup of fresh cubed pumpkin has only 30 calories, giving it a "Grade A" for calorie counting.

HEDLIN FAMILY FARMs 360.466.3977 www.hedlinfarms.com 12275 Valley Road, Mount Vernon Farmstand: Corner of Chilberg Road and LaConner-Whitney Road VIP: FREE veggie sampler with Hedlin’s farm-fresh vegetables

Miles from I-5: 10 Directions: From I-5 north take exit 230. Go west on Hwy. 20 and turn left on La Conner-Whitney Road. Continue 4 miles and farm is at east entrance to La Conner. From I-5 south take exit 221. Follow signs to La Conner (about 8 miles) and farm is at east entrance to La Conner.

Free Samples: Apples.

Owners: David Hedlin and Serena Campbell.

Learn: General history of pumpkins and Halloween.

Type: 400 acres farmed under both

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FArm profiles conventional management and certified organic production. Includes Fresh Market (heirloom tomatoes, mixed fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh herbs and flowers produced for sale through the farm stand, farmers markets, CSA subscription and to local restaurants); Commerical Crops (wheat, pickling cucumbers, peas, beet, spinach and cabbage seed) and Organic (wheat, barley, green chop and field corn).

Italian sausage with our own farm-fresh Highland cattle for beef and breeding peppers and onions, hot spiced cider stock since the early 1990s, with many and cocoa. grand and reserve champions in their line. The family has loved and understood Farm Fact: If you eat sauerkraut in the value of Scottish Highland cattle for Germany, coleslaw in New York or five generations. kimchee in Korea, there is a good chance the seed that produced the FREE Festival activities: crop was grown in the Skagit Valley.

• Guided hayride • Petting pen with baby Highland calves • Scottish Fiddler Valorie Newson HEMLOCK HIGHLANDS Premises: 70-acre market garden, performance (Saturday 12-3pm) RANCH farm stand and organic fields. Farmstead • Bagpipers performance (Sunday 360.856.5817 features original 1913 home built by 12-3pm) www.hemlockhighlands.net Rasmus and Pothea Koudal, barns and • Self-guided educational walk 8110 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley greenhouses, including original 1946 • Educational displays and talks on greenhouse built by Elizabeth Hedlin. the care of cattle VIP: Raffle and coupon for $10 • Kids' coloring contests and Highland off Highland beef order History: Founded in the early 1900s art activities by grandparents Rasmus and Pothea • Face painting & scavenger hunt Koudal, Hedlin Family Farms is currently in its third generation.

Paid activities: Pony rides (Saturday

and Sunday 12-3pm) Retail: Highland beef and Highland arts and crafts.

Food: Hot chocolate, hot apple cider, fresh baked goods and lunch available Saturday and Sunday.

Free samples: Highland beef (Saturday and Sunday 1-3pm) Learn: Facts about Highlands and their history as well as how a cattle farm operates and what it entails to run a Highland cattle ranch.

Farm Fact: Highlands are great mothers; they team up with other cows in a herd to fend off coyotes and other predators that threaten their calves.

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FREE Festival activities: • Pony and hay rides • Vegetable art and Veggie Racing • Greenhouse and farm tours • Live music • Meet Farmer Dave Miles from I-5: 8 Free Samples: Farm-fresh pickles and sauerkraut.

Directions: From I-5 take exit 232.

Go east on Cook Road 4 miles and Learn: Tour farm and greenhouses. turn left on Hwy. 20. Continue 4 miles Learn about tomato, pepper and basil and turn right on Sims Road. Hemlock production, conservation practices and Highlands is first building on the right. wildlife habitat protection.

Retail: Corn, heirloom tomatoes, basil, sweet and hot peppers, beets, chard, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, spinach, green beans, onions, shallots, pumpkins, squash, flowers, local pickles, sauerkraut, relish, bread, eggs, milk and cheese.

Owners: John and Jean Bates.

Type: Highland cattle beef and breeding farm.

Premises: 45-acre beef cattle operation with views of the Skagit Valley and North Cascade Mountains.

Food: Fresh-picked organic corn on the History: Hemlock Highlands’ family cob, bratwurst with local sauerkraut, farm has been raising registered Scottish goskagit.com

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• Please wash hands after touching animals.

Free hand washing stations are available at each farm.

• No smoking please.

• These are working farms, please use good judgment and safe practices during your visit.

• This is an outdoor event, please dress for the weather, for comfort and for fun.

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A. TAYLOR SHELLFISH FARMS 2182 Chuckanut Drive, Bow Shellfish Farm & Retail Store

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F. HEDLIN FAMILY FARMs 12275 Valley Road, Mount Vernon Farmstand: Chilberg Road and La Conner-Whitney Road FRUITS, VEGETABLES, SEED, FLOWERS & GREENHOUSE

B. SAMISH RIVER DAIRY & GOLDEN GLEN CREAMERY 15098 Field Road, Bow DAIRY & HANDCRAFTED CHEESES

G. LA CONNER FLATS 15978 Best Road, Mount Vernon GARDEN, NURSERY STOCK, BERRIES, POTATOES & SEED CROPS

C. SAKUMA BROs. FARMS & MARKET STAND H. GORDON SKAGIT FARMS 17790 Cook Road, Burlington 15598 McLean Road, Mount Vernon BERRIES, VEGETABLES, PUMPKINS, FLOWERS & MARKET STAND PUMPKINS & GOURDS, APPLES & ORNAMENTAL CORN D. DOUBLE O RANCH & OVENELL’S HERITAGE INN & LOG CABINS 46276 Concrete Sauk Valley Road, Concrete MAINE ANJOU CATTLE & GRAIN-FED BEEF

I. SCHUH FARMS 15565 State Route 536, Mount Vernon BERRIES, VEGETABLES, PUMPKIINS & SQUASH

E. CHALLENGER RIDGE VINEYARD & CELLARS 43095 Challenger Road, Concrete WINERY & VINEYARD

K. SOUTH FORK FARMS 19115 Dike Road, Mount Vernon ALPACA BREEDING, BOARDING & SALES L. CASCADIAN FARM 55931 State Route 20, Rockport organic berry farm & pumpkin patch M. HEMLOCK HIGHLANDS RANCH 8110 Sims Road, Sedro-Woolley HIGHLAND CATTLE BEEF & BREEDING N. EAGLE HAVEN WINERY & PERKINS apple orchard 8243 Sims Road, Sedro Woolley APPLE ORCHARD, WINERY, RETAIL STORE & VINEYARD

J. RoozenGaarde 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon FLOWER & BULB GROWER

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Special thanks to supporters of the 2013 Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms! major sponsors:

SKAGIT PUBLISHING

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Circle of Friends Donors: Platinum Plus Tractor Sponsor

$25,000 Skagit County Platinum Tractor Sponsor

$5,000 Port of Skagit Silver Tractor Sponsor

$2,000 General Mills

$1,000 WA State Potato Commission Skagit Farmers Supply

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Valley Freightliner Norm Nelson, Inc. Ron and Jan Wesen Osborn International

$100 All West Select Sires Chuckanut Valley Veterinary Clinic, Inc. Chrishaven Trees Columbia Bank D&D Seed Company, Inc. Delaval Direct Distribution Reisner Distributor Company Stowe's Shoes and Clothing Skagit River Steel & Recycling Skagit Transportation

Goods and Services

Northwest Farm Credit

Skagit Publishing Western Washington Agricultural Association WSU Skagit County Cooperative Extension KAPS Radio & KBRC Radio The Outlet Shoppes at Burlington

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Board of Directors

Skagit State Bank

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Dahl’s Valley Electric Inc. Linda Becker Pat Rimmer Tire Center, Sedro-Woolley Saltchuk Resources Skagit County Farm Bureau WA Red Raspberry Commission goskagit.com

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President: Jennifer Schuh Vice President: Tami Sakuma Treasurer: Jean Bates Secretary: Jen Hart Board Members: Konnie Mccutchin, Kristen Hinton, Cindy Kleinhuisen, Don Mcmoran Executive Director: Tricia Plymale

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FArm profiles LA CONNER FLATS

360.466.3190 www.laconnerflats.com 15978 Best Road, Mount Vernon VIP: 10% off at the Farmstand

garden (a popular rental for summer weddings) includes a fresh market farmstand, pasture for livestock, plants for Northwest Washington and for vegetable trials, flowers, roses and cultural methods for success in Skagit Valley.

• Self-guided tours of display gardens • Many covered areas in case of rain • Cider making and Children’s Make-a-Garden • Knowledgeable staff to answer all your gardening questions Free Samples: Cider

Premises: The granary houses a kitchen with food service amenities for weddings, parties and meetings. A new retail produce shed is accessible from the parking lot. They sell produce, fresh eggs and local non-produce products from neighbors: Pleasant Valley Farms, Bruce Bowen’s Honey and Dona Flora. They place high priority on crop rotations, sustainability, and continued investment so that the 6th, 7th and 8th generations will have the same opportunities.

Learn: See many landscaping ideas and plants. Learn culinary herbs that grow well and how to use them, varieties of vegetables and cultural methods that work here. Talk with the owners about farming in the Skagit Valley and its future.

Miles from I-5: 3.5 Directions: From I-5 take exit 226. Go west on Kincaid and right on South 3rd Street (stay in center lane). Go through light at 1st Street. and over Skagit River Bridge. Left at first stoplight onto Wall Street (curves right and becomes McLean Road). Continue 3 miles and left on Beaver Marsh Road RoozenGaarde is about .25 mile on the left.

Owners: The Roozen family Type: Flower and bulb grower.

Premises: Located in the heart of Retail: Seasonal produce, flowers and Skagit Valley’s fertile farmland, the Miles from I-5: Approximately 9 fresh eggs all grown on the premises, retail shop and 3.5-acre display garden feature an authentic Dutch windmill.

Pleasant Valley Farms pickles and Directions: From I-5 north take exit sauerkraut, Bruce Bowen’s Honey and They are open year round and serve as 221. Cross over freeway and turn right History: Isaac and Margaret Jennings Dona Flora products. the retail division of Washington Bulb on Fir Island Road, which becomes Best arrived in the area in 1869. They Company.

Road. Continue 9.5 miles and farm is Food: Baked Potato Bar purchased the farm in 1884 and first on the left. From I-5 south take exit History: Washington Bulb Company crops were oats, hay and potatoes. The 230. Go west on Hwy. 20 6 miles, turn farm has produced horses, chickens, was founded by Dutch emigrants Farm Fact: The garden site was the left on Best Road, continue 2 miles and cattle, hogs, grain crops, peas, carrots, first in Skagit Valley to have vegetables, William and Helen Roozen in 1955. we are on the right.

Established with only 5 acres of land, potatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins, seed which George Calhoun produced and the family now farms nearly 2,000 shipped to Seattle by boat. crops (clover, cabbage, mustard and Owners: The Hart family. acres (including 1000 acres of tulips, spinach), hay, nursery landscaping daffodils and irises) in addition to stock and agri-tourism. The granary Type: A diversified family farm of 230 and family home were built in 1914 growing fresh cut flowers year round RoozenGaarde acres specializing in fresh produce and by Bob’s great grandparents. under 15 acres of greenhouse space.

800.732.3266 nursery stock. Potatoes, berries, seed RoozenGaarde was founded in 1985 as www.tulips.com crops, cereals, herbs and cut flowers the company’s retail division and FREE Festival activities: 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon are also grown. The 11-acre display display garden. It has grown in size • Guided walking tours of produce over the years and the area is now gardens and vegetable trials VIP: FREE 10-pk of tulip bulbs designed and planted with 135+ (unique variety not for retail sale) flower varieties and more than a Highest Quality • Local Shrimp quarter million bulbs during autumn months for a spectacular spring bloom.

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Dungeness Crab • Fresh Fish • Clams • Mussels • Oysters for Every Taste Shrimp • Scallops • Smoked Fish

DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS WITH LOCAL SEAFOOD! Locally owned & operated by local fishermen & women.

360.707.2722 | 18042 Hwy 20 | Burlington | www.SkagitFish.com

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Free Festival Activities: • Bulb planting seminars (Bulbinars) • Bulb farming machinery from the past and present • Watch us design, layout and plant the display garden • Garden “practice planting” area

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FArm profiles • Demonstrations on wine barrel and container planting • Scavenger hunt and picnic areas Paid Activities: Plant a pot.

Learn: See how we plant and harvest bulbs, how to care for them, tricks to prevent critters from eating them and much more in our bulb planting seminars. Learn about our sustainable practices and how we “force” tulips in our greenhouses 365 days a year.

Gather ideas from our display garden layout for your own home garden.

Free Samples: Selection of sweet treats and warm refreshments.

Miles from I-5: 1 Directions: From I-5 take exit 232.

Go west on Cook Road 1.1 miles and market stand and entrance to parking lot is on the left.

Owners: The Sakuma family.

Type: Fruit production, nursery, plant propagation and processing facility.

Premises: 1,500 acres History: The Sakuma family has been growing strawberries in Skagit Valley since 1935 and has four generations of family members involved in the business.

Retail: Gardening tools and accessories, FREE Festival Activities: home decor, gift items, Tulip Festival • Meet our farm managers merchandise, fresh cut flowers and Fall planting bulbs (tulips, daffodils, irises, • Children’s barrel train ride hyacinths and crocuses).

• Kids' mini tractor pull • Hayride farm tour • Hay seek Farm Fact: RoozenGaarde and the Washington Bulb Company is the largest • Pie eating contest (11:30am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm Saturday and grower of tulip, daffodil and iris bulbs in Sunday) North America.

• Pot your own berry plant • Large farm equipment display • Face painting

SAKUMA BROs. FARMS & MARKET STAND 360.757.8004 www.sakumamarket.com 17790 Cook Road, Burlington VIP: FREE bag of apples

Food: Fresh berries, home-baked goods, waffle cone ice cream, milk shakes, sundaes, smoothies, Berrylicious Cake and grilled corn.

Farm Fact: Sakuma Bros. Farms is one of the largest commercial berry farms in Washington.

SAMISH RIVER DAIRY & GOLDEN GLEN CREAMERY 360.766.6455 www.goldenglencreamery.com 15098 Field Road, Bow

VIP: 15% off total purchase

Miles from I-5: 5.5 Directions: From I-5 take exit 231. Go north on Chuckanut Drive 4 miles. Cross Samish River, turn left on Field Road 1.25 miles and dairy is on the left.

Owners: Steve Hilborn (Dairy); Goran and Kelly Krave (Creamery). Managed and Operated by the Jensen Family Doug, Brandy, Vic and Judy.

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Free Samples: Fresh berries, homebaked goods, honey from Belleville Honey Co., fresh salsa and chips.

Learn: Meet our crop managers and ride the tractor-pulled hayride to learn about our family history and farming operations; ask them questions about growing berry plants. Learn about bee keeping, pollination and honey production.

Retail: Market Stand features berries, apples, pears, preserves, syrups, produce from Sat’s Garden, tea and gift items.

Test Drive a John Deere and Enjoy Big Savings Barnett Implement Co., INC. 3305 Bickford Avenue Snohomish, WA 98290-9216 (425)334-4048

Barnett Implement Co., INC 4220 Old Highway 99 SO Mount Vernon, WA 98273 (360)424-7995

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FArm profiles Type: Dairy with creamery.

Premises: 350-cow (Holstein, Jersey and Guernsey) dairy farm with views of Mt. Baker, Anacortes and Lummi Island. Farmstead cheese, butter and retail store. history: Vic Jensen and Sons Dairy began in 1967, moved to its present location in 1978 and Vic and Judy have farmed their entire married life.

Vic started as a milker on the farm.

Son, Doug, now operates the farm, along with a custom heifer-raising business on the premises. Golden Glen Creamery started in 2004 by making artisan and farmstead cheese and is currently operated by the family. In 2006, the Creamery began making butter. In 2011, the farm and creamery were sold to new owners who retained the Jensen family as managers. With the new partnerships, the farm and creamery have been growing and prospering.

FREE Festival activities: • Tractor rides • Tours of the property • Farm petting zoo • Artificial cow milking - “Squirty Gertie” • Meet the farmers and cheesemakers • Learning stations around farm • Antique tractors and farm equipment • Face painting • Dairied Treasure hunt • Meet the Dairy Ambassador Free samples: Ice cream Learn: Farm and creamery tours and The Search for Dairied Treasure.

Retail: Cheddars, goudas, mozzarella, feta and cheese curds (a.k.a. “Squeaky Cheese”); specialty cheeses and butter.

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started in 2004 when the cheesemakers in Washington State were few and far between; maybe as many as a dozen.

In 2011, there were at least 43 licensed cheesemakers in the state. In 1967, when Jensen’s started the dairy, there were over 1,400 dairies in operation in Washington State, while today there are fewer than 460.

SCHUH FARMS

360.424.6982 15565 State Route 536, Mount Vernon VIP: 10% off Shopping Pass

Miles from I-5: 5 Directions: From I-5 take exit 226.

Go west on Kincaid Street and right on South 3rd Street (stay in center lane).

Straight through light at 1st Street, over Skagit River Bridge and road becomes State Route 536. Continue 3 miles and farm is on right and left sides of road.

Ample parking on south side of State Route 536.

Patch” located on south side of State Route 536.

History: In 1963 the farm grew only green peas for 3 local processors.

With the exodus of processors from the Skagit Valley they became a fresh market farm. Great Pumpkin Patch was a small dairy farm homesteaded by the Hansen family for 4 generations. For the last 15 years it has been farmed by the Schuh family and is now owned by the Schuhs.

FREE Festival activities: • Picnic areas, music and costumed characters • Yellow Brick Road and playground • FFA students in the hen house with chickens, Three Little Pigs and calves • Squash talks hourly from 11:30am 3:30pm - come learn about squash!

• Antique tractor educational hayrides with Farmer Steve – participants receive free ear of hot roasted corn on the cob • See summer U-pick area • Walk down Gravenstein apple path (mature trees from Cedardale Orchard)

jams, cider, gourmet foods and local pickles. Artisan cheeses and butter.

Gourds, pumpkins, cornstalks and fall plants. Great fall and Halloween holiday merchandise.

Food: Hot roasted corn on the cob, chili, ice cream, espresso, hot apple cider and fresh pies.

Farm Fact: In 1998, farms throughout the Skagit Valley produced 15,034 acres of peas for processing; in 2001, that number was greatly reduced to just 5,307 acres.

SOUTH FORK FARMS

360.445.3520 www.alpacasofsouthforkfarms.com 19115 Dike Road, Mount Vernon VIP: 20% off purchase or personalized tour (+3 guests)

Paid activities: Barrel train rides, face painting, u-pick pumpkins, pumpkin balloon playground, corn maze, Recycle Junktion and Mole Hill Mountain, search for the largest pumpkin.

Miles from I-5: 3 Free Samples: Seasonal vegetables, fruit and beverages.

Learn: Meet Farmer Steve and learn Owners: Steve, Susan and Jen Schuh. about farming with the Schuhs. Find out how he sells everything he grows himself. Head to the animal areas and Type: Pumpkins and seasonal produce with roadside stands. U-pick and we-pick. meet the FFA students to learn about the local farm animals.

Premises: 300-acre farm, 5-acre homestead with 100+ year old home, Retail: Barn featuring seasonal pies, fresh produce and flowers, syrups, barn and hen house. “Great Pumpkin 2013 Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms

Directions: From I-5 south take exit 221. Turn left, cross interstate and go west .2 mile. Turn right on Fir Island Road, cross railroad tracks and continue .3 mile. Turn right on Dike Road 2 miles and the farm is on the right.

From I-5 north take Exit 225. Turn right on Anderson Road and left on Old Hwy. 99 South Road. Continue 1 mile and turn right on Hickox Road. Cross railroad tracks and continue .9 mile.

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FArm profiles Originally crop and cattle farming, the present generation has altered its focus to raising championship Huacayan alpacas. South Fork Farms bought its Owners: Gary and Ruth Wiegand. first alpacas in 2004 and quickly grew Type: Alpaca breeding, sales, boarding from 3 acres to 5 acres over a period of 4 years. The farm began breeding services, yarn and fiber products. and agistment services in 2006 and Premises: A small alpaca farm and now has a herd of 40+. The original store surrounded by 70+ acres of “bunk” house for the hired help was beautiful cropland near Conway. remodeled in the 1970s as a rental unit. It is now used for The Bunkhouse Alpacas are raised for their highBoutique (a one-of-a-kind store to quality fiber which is used for Skagit County) which had its grand spinners, weavers and crafters alike.

Service animals only please; alpacas opening in February 2013. and other animals (especially dogs) FREE Festival Activities: do not mix.

• Self-guided walking tour • Education stations History: A third generation family• Informational signage owned farm since the 1800s and • Halter training the farm home was built in 1905.

Turn left on Dike Road 1 mile and the farm is on the left.

Farm Fact: We train most alpacas to eat out of our hands and we've only had to bottle feed 1 cria (baby alpaca) in 9 years of raising alpacas. Eagles often roost in the black walnut trees that shade a few of the pastures. Snow geese and swans come right up to the Learn: Skagit County Fire Protection edge of the alpaca pastures. We use District 3 will be educating about fire protection on farms to kick off National the paca poo in our large garden for bountiful produce of which much is Fire Prevention Week. donated to our local homeless shelter, The Friendship House.

Retail: All things alpaca in The Bunkhouse Boutique; yarn, roving, raw fiber, felted items, cat balls, hair sticks, soap, stuffed animals, children and adult clothing, gloves, scarves and great gifts large and small.

• Spinning demonstrations • Kids play area • Fiber art • Festival’s largest chalkboard • Paca poo (bring your own bucket)

Food: Mexican food cart will provide authentic Mexican lunch items.

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FArm profiles TAYLOR SHELLFISH FARMS 360.766.600 www.taylorshellfish.com 2182 Chuckanut Drive, Bow

VIP: $5 off total purchase of oysters, clams and/or mussels

began farming shellfish in southern Puget Sound in 1890.

FREE Festival Activities: • Meet shellfish farmers • Educational exhibits • Oyster shucking demonstrations • Crab races • Build a fairy house on the beach • Shannon Point Marine Center touch tank • See the world’s only lighthouse made of oyster shells • Kid’s beach

Learn: Information provided about shellfish farming and clean water awareness. Meet shellfish farmers and see photos and educational displays

by Taylor Shellfish Farms, the Skagit Conservation Education Alliance (SCEA), the Skagit Conservation District and the Skagit Valley Backyard Habitat Team.

clams, Dungeness crab (live or cooked); frozen scallops, prawns, salmon, halibut; smoked salmon and pickled herring. Cookbooks, aprons, sweatshirts and more!

Farm Fact: A single adult Pacific Oyster can filter as much as 65 gallons of water each day.

FREE Samples: Steamed Manila clams or barbequed Pacific oysters.

Retail: Fresh oysters (live, shucked and smoked), mussells, geoduck, Manila

Miles from I-5: Approximately 10 Directions: From I-5 south take exit 231. Go northwest on Chuckanut Drive (Hwy. 11) 10 miles to the Oyster Creek Inn. From I-5 north take exit 250. Go south on Chuckanut Drive 9.5 miles.

The farm’s entrance is in the corner of the restaurant parking lot. Drive under the sign, across the bridge and down the hill. Please use caution, one lane road and railroad crossing.

Owners: The Taylor family of Shelton, Washington.

Type: Northwest grown fresh shellfish.

Premises: 1,700 acres of shellfish beds in the tidelands of Samish Bay, with a retail store and shore-side picnic and BBQ area on scenic Chuckanut Drive.

History: Prior to the farm’s purchase in 1991 by the Taylor family, oysters and clams had been farmed here in Samish Bay since 1921. Taylor Shellfish is a fifth generation family farm that 14

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