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JUNE 8, 2022
VOL. 103, NO. 22
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Local lives in QA, grows in Maple Valley, sells at market
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By Jessica Keller
QA&Mag News editor
After working a 9 to 5 job for a number of years in his 20s, Queen Anne’s Daniel Wolff was ready for a change, preferably in the open air, doing something about which he felt passionate. That turned out to be farming, and now the Seattle transplant grows vegetables primarily in a greenhouse and on small plot of land, about an acre in size, in Maple Valley. Every other Thursday throughout the season, Wolff will sell the fruits of his labor at the Queen Anne Farmers Market throughout the season at his Underground Produce tent. “I’m just excited to be selling in Seattle,” he said. “I mean, I’ve dreamed of being in this position for, like, almost 10 years.” Wolff moved to lower Queen Anne three years ago, although he has been farming for about eight,
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Photo by Jessica Keller Daniel Wolff, owner of Underground Produce, sells veggies he grows in Maple Valley to a customer at the Queen Anne Farmers Market, Thursday. Wolff grows his produce in Maple Valley while living in lower Queen Anne and working other jobs. For more Queen Anne and Magnolia Farmers Market photos, see pages 4 and 5. first learning in Hawaii before transitioning to urban farming in Chicago. “It’s just the opposite of what you expect to do in a big city like
Chicago,” he said. After moving to Washington, he began farming in Bremerton but is transitioning his entire operations to Maple Valley this year.
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Photo by Jessica Keller Magnolia teen Sebastian Daugherty stands on his back porch overlooking the water, last week. This weekend, Daugherty and three other teens will embark on the Race To Alaska sailing competition.
Summer has not yet begun, but Magnolia teen Sebastian Dougherty’s schedule is already full. The 18-year-old just graduated from Bishop Blanchet High School last week and has a trip to Italy scheduled for July 4. Between then, Dougherty and three other Seattle teens are embarking on an adventure of a lifetime as they participate in the Race to Alaska, a 750-mile wind-powered boat race from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska, which is the longest in North America. Daugherty and his teammates, all longtime sailors with years of experience sailing and training between them, will set sail from Port Townsend Monday for the first stage of the race — a 40mile, open-water sail to Victoria, British Columbia, which Dougherty describes as a sprint.
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“I farm in a very dense capacity,” he said. Wolff said he hasn’t had trouble
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Magnolia teen preparing for Race to Alaska sailing adventure with friends this weekend By Jessica Keller
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It’s a lot more about your endurance, really, than going as fast as you can the whole time.” — Sebastian Dougherty, Magnolia teen
After a two-day break to make any repairs to the boat and prepare for phase two, the long-distance voyage to Ketchikan, Alaska, via the Inside Passage. “It’s a lot more about your endurance, really, than going as fast as you can the whole time,” Dougherty said. He said this will be the longest race he and his teammates have ever attempted, but they are
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