2016 Eat Local Month Guide

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Restaurants LOCAL SPECIALS ALL MONTH!

Markets EAT LOCAL, FROM LOCAL!

Events & Passport EAT. DRINK. GET STAMPED!

Celebrate

LOCAL FARMS AND FOOD

Farm Tour Lead Sponsors

Farm Tour Supporting Sponsors

Choose local businesses taking action for a healthy community.

www.eatlocalfirst.org

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• Order the Eat Local Month special at participating restaurants (see back)

• Purchase $10 in local food at participating grocers/markets (see back)

• Attend a featured* Eat Local Month event (see page 3)

3. Get 8 stamps for a chance to win a grand prize package! Get 12 stamps and be entered twice!

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Open House Good to Go Meat Pies Oktoberfest Chuckanut Brewery

Saturday, 9/17 Chef in the Market* Bellingham Farmers Market Saturday, 9/24 Farm Day Skagit River Ranch

Saturday, 9/30Sunday, 10/1 SeaFeast* Zuanich Point Park *Earn your passport stamp at these events.

Home Brewing 101 Onyx Coffee Bar

F I N D A L L T H E TA S T Y D E TA I L S AT E AT L O C A L F I R S T. O R G

Eat Local Month

• Get 8 stamps for your chance to win • Get 12 stamps and be entered twice!

• See the list of prizes on pg. 2

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Wednesday, 9/13 45th Anniversary Cliff House

Seed to Cheese Ferndale Farmstead

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• Insulated wine bottle carrier, wine key chain, and 2 Govino wine glasses from Seifert & Jones Wine Merchants • Chuckanut Brewery growler • BreadFarm loaf card • Gusto Wood Fired Pizza t-shirt • $25 Pizza’zza gift card

Friday, 9/9-9/18 Bellingham Beer Week Various locations

Saturday, 9/10 Whatcom County Farm Tour* See map for locations

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Sunday, 9/4 Farm Fund Hootenanny* Boundary Bay Brewery

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• $25 Electric Beet Juice Co. gift card • Bellingham Farmers Market artisan tea towels • BreadFarm loaf card • $25 Old Town Café gift card • $30 Maikham gift card

Weekends in Sept starting 9/3 Harvest Happens BelleWood Acres

Thursday, 9/8 WSU Master Gardner Foundation presents: Putting your Garden to Bed WSU Extension Office

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Grown, raised, or produced in Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan or Island Counties. It is fresher, more nutritious, better for the environment, supports local economy, and supports your community.

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Mondays in Sept starting 9/5 WE GROW Market Stand NW Youth Services

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• $20 in Terra Organic & Natural Foods dollars • Galley Fare salmon fillet & salmon sausage package • Breadfarm loaf card • Cliff House hat • $50 Infusion Cuisine gift card

Thursdays in Sept starting 9/1 The Market After Hours* Bellingham Farmers Market

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Eat Local Month makes eating local easy, we invite you to join in the fun and deliciousness – take the Eat Local Month Challenge, head out for the Whatcom County Farm Tour, try out a new restaurant, and join us for the Eat Local Month kick-off celebration – the Farm Fund Hootenanny on September 4.

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Whatcom, Skagit, San Juan & Island Counties

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September is a special time in Northwest Washington.

In the height of the harvest season, Eat Local Month reminds us to celebrate the bounty we have here and support the good folks who grow, raise, and prepare our food by buying locally grown food from local businesses. Keeping your food dollars here keeps our friends and neighbors in business, saves farmland, and is the key to a vibrant local food scene!

Taste your Place!

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• BreadFarm loaf card • $30 Ciaó Thyme gift card • Brandywine Kitchen hoodie • Avenue Bread hoodie • $25 Keenan’s at the Pier gift card • $25 Old Town Café gift card

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Submit your passport by October 1st: Take a photo and email it to diana@sustainableconnections.org

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Choose local businesses taking action for a healthy community.

Whatcom County Farm Tour Guide

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BELLINGHAM FARMERS MARKET

1100 Railroad Ave, Bellingham Bellinghamfarmers.org The nationally-recognized Bellingham Farmers Market is the perfect place to start your Farm Tour! Pick up a Farm Tour Map, talk face-to-face with local farmers selling at the market; and check out the delicious variety of produce, meats, cheeses and more being grown and produced right in Whatcom and Skagit Counties. Stop by our Demo Days booth to learn new recipes for school lunches and ask us questions about how to prepare local veggies. The market is open from 10am-3pm.

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JOE’S GARDENS

3110 Taylor Ave, Bellingham joesgardens.com

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Come on out to Ten Fold Farm, a Certified Naturally Grown 9.5-acre family farm, practicing old-world planting and tending techniques. Learn about the wide variety of heirloom and non-GMO vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers we’re growing this season. We will be touring the vegetable gardens during the farm tour and will be offering a look on how farm planning can help local farms and homesteads in the area. And of course, please try our wonderful produce at the info booth!

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BELLEWOOD ACRES AND DISTILLING

6140 Guide Meridian, Lynden Bellewoodfarms.com

Joe’s Gardens is a 7-acre, family run farm located in the heart of Bellingham.

Enjoy a guided tour from Nathan or Jason Weston, our proud owners since 2007. Tours will include Q&A about gardening, soil quality, and a quick view of our fleet of restored ‘walk behind’ tractors. Also enjoy a peek at over 40,000 bulbs of garlic being braided! Our retail stand will also be open, so load up on our naturally grown veggies for dinner. Tours on the hour 10am-4pm.

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TWIN BROOK CREAMERY

3705 Mt Baker Hwy, Deming / 8251 Kendall Rd, Maple Falls Twinsistersmarket.com

9728 Double Ditch Rd, Lynden Twinbrookcreamery.com

Twin Sisters Market supports the development of a strong local food system in the Foothills region of Whatcom County by increasing affordable access to locally grown, healthy foods. Twin Sisters Market operates every Saturday, June through October, at Nugent’s Corner and Kendall. Farmers collaborate on supplying produce each week and take turns working the markets. EBT/SNAP & Fresh Bucks accepted!

Twin Brook Creamery is a historic dairy, started all the way back in 1910. In 2007, we began bottling our own milk here on the farm in glass bottles. Bring your lunch for a picnic, take a wagon ride around the farm, visit a historic barn built in 1911, tour the processing facility, pet a baby calf, sample our chocolate milk (and regular too)! And of course, enjoy the beautiful northern Whatcom County scenery.

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MYSHAN DAIRY

6906 Goodwin Rd, Everson Cloudmountainfarmcenter.org

112 H St Rd, Lynden Myshandairy.com

Cloud Mountain Farm Center is a nonprofit educational farm dedicated to building a vibrant local food system. Our programs are designed to help new and beginning farmers, established local farmers and home gardeners grow healthy food, successful crops and farm businesses. Enjoy hourly farm tours, fresh fruit and veggie tasting, and workshops at 11am & 2pm on harvesting fall fruit. Learn about growing your own food from our expert nursery staff and shop our fresh produce for sale.

MyShan Dairy is a small Guernsey dairy North of Lynden. We vat pasteurize, bottle and distribute to 25 stores, from Lynden South to Everett. Cows are fed a non-GMO grass diet and we are currently working to become non-GMO Certified. Come meet and feed our gentle-natured Guernseys, pet the fawn and white colored calves, enjoy a hay ride tour of our farm, learn about A2 milk, see the processing facility, taste the “Golden Guernsey Goodness,” and learn about the health benefits of Golden Guernsey milk.

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10 THE CHEESE SHOP AT APPEL FARMS

1628 Huntley Rd, Bellingham Vewinery.com

6605 Northwest Dr, Ferndale Appel-farms.com

Stop at the winery for the wine and barrel tasting in the production area!

Learn about wine-making, barrels, and taste the same wine from different vintages to compare how wine matures over time. This small winery, owned and operated by one woman, Margarita Vartanyan, produces some of the finest limited edition wines in the region. Enjoy a glass in the tasting room, or outside on the patio with magnificent views of Mount Baker.

Appel Farms started with a young man’s dream to be a dairy farmer. That dream carried him from his home and family in Holland to a bright future in the United States. He established his dream farm in 1967, and later began making cheese. Our passion behind Appel Farms cheese comes from our love of farming, family, the land, and the community that we live in, and that is what we want to share with you!

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4634 Guide Meridian, Bellingham Tenfoldfarm.com

A farm tour isn’t complete without a stop at BelleWood. Tour participants receive a free bin-train ride for the family and a free ticket for the corn maze, which teaches participants about the wonderful agricultural resources we have in Whatcom County. Enjoy a stream walk complete with educational signage describing how farms and fish can thrive together. Tickets are available for purchase to pick apples or experience the corn cannon and new duck run. Join the fun of “HARVEST HAPPENS” at the orchard and enjoy the food in our lovely café.

VARTANYAN ESTATE WINERY

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Eat! Need something quick to grab and go on the tour? Stop by:

11 ULRICH FARM & NURSERY

2194 Ulrich Rd, Ferndale Greenconversion.net Ulrich Farm and Nursery is a small farm, located on the corner of Ulrich and Ferndale Roads in Ferndale. We focus on growing small fruit perennial plants, which we offer for sale. We also grow organic berries, fruits and vegetables.

We follow permaculture principles and attempt to grow in harmony with nature (no till, food forests, guilds, etc.). We have a 1000 sq.Guemes ft. four season Island greenhouse onsite for growing tomatoes, peppers, melons and some tropical fruits, and we also offer specialty tubers for sale.

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12 FERNDALE FARMSTEAD

2780 Aldergrove Rd, Ferndale Ferndalefarmstead.com

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You’ve heard of farm-to-table, but what about seed-to-cheese? Come experience how the Ferndale Farmstead puts sustainable principles in action to produce their crafted cheeses. Sitting on a 500 acre farm, the Ferndale Farmstead grows their own feed and raises their own cows to produce the milk for their creamery. Tour the facility, walk the farm and learn about the seed-to-table process, with cheese tasting at the end of course!

A Good to Go Meat Pies 11 128 W Main St, Everson & 305 Grover St, Lynden B Twin Sisters Creamery - 6202 Portal Way, Ferndale C Rome Store - 2908 Mt Baker Hwy, Bellingham

Farm Tour

BIKE RIDE!

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Sedro Woolley Join up with the 11 20 Burlington Mt. Baker Bicycle Club for a group 50 mile loop and 7 stops on the tour! Find all the details at www.eatlocalfirst.org 20

This map will give you a general idea of locations. We encourage visitors to use a professional map with more details to aid inMt. travel.

A Google map of Vernon the tour can be found at eatlocalfirst.org.

Free. Family Friendly. Self-guided.

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It takes a special kind of community to grow a store like ours. Thanks to loyal customers who care about local quality, Haggen has been able to support Northwest farms, ranchers, fisheries, businesses and non-profits for over 80 years. Together we make a sustainable local food economy. www.haggen.com • Visit your local Haggen Food & Pharmacy Barkley Village • Sehome Village • Meridian & Illinois • Fairhaven • Ferndale

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Committed to Lunch Dinner sourcing from local farmers Sunday Brunch and vendors.

www.thechrysalisinn.com 360.392.5510

Quality seafood since 1972

3660 Slater Rd, Ferndale | barleansfishery.com | (360) 384-0325

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Restaurants:

GUSTO WOOD FIRED PIZZA CATERING

Each of these restaurants are featuring an Eat Local special with 50% or more local ingredients, all month long. Try a new local restaurant and order the special to earn a stamp on your passport!

1100 Railroad Ave, Bellingham (at the Bellingham Farmers Market)

ASLAN BREWING CO.

804 10th St, Bellingham

1330 N Forest St, Bellingham

AVENUE BREAD

1313 Railroad Ave, Bellingham

BOUNDARY BAY BREWERY & BISTRO 1107 Railroad Ave, Bellingham

BRANDYWINE KITCHEN

1317 Commercial St, Bellingham

CHUCKANUT BREWERY & KITCHEN 601 W Holly St, Bellingham

INFUSION CUISINE

6912 Hannegan Rd, Lynden

KEENAN’S AT THE PIER MAIKHAM

1311 N State St, Bellingham

MALLARD ICE CREAM

PIZZÁZZA

1501 12th St, Bellingham 2418 Alabama St, Bellingham

RAVEN BREADS

331 N State St, Bellingham

5415 Mt Baker Hwy, Deming

COSMOS BISTRO

SIMMERING TAVA

EAT RESTAURANT & BAR

1100 Railroad Ave, Bellingham (at the Bellingham Farmers Market)

TASCA DEL TINTO

111 W Holly St, Bellingham

1200 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham

THE NORTH FORK BREWERY & BEER SHRINE

ELECTRIC BEET JUICE CO.

6186 Mt Baker Hwy, Deming

1530 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham (inside the Public Market)

GOOD TO GO MEAT PIES 305 Grover St, Lynden 128 W Main St, Everson

COMMUNITY FOOD CO-OP

CROSSROADS GROCERY

316 W Holly St, Bellingham

CLIFF HOUSE RESTAURANT

2400 Meridian St, Bellingham

1100 Railroad Ave, Bellingham

OLD TOWN CAFÉ

RIFUGIO’S COUNTRY ITALIAN CUISINE

DIAMOND JIM’S GRILL

BELLINGHAM FARMERS MARKET

1220 N Forest St, Bellingham 315 Westerly Rd, Bellingham

CIAÒ THYME

1151 N State St, Bellingham

Visit these local grocers and markets to find locally grown and produced foods. Purchase $10 in local food for a passport stamp!

1323 Railroad Ave, Bellingham

1100 Railroad Ave, Bellingham (at the Bellingham Farmers Market)

207 Unity St, Bellingham

Grocers & Markets:

TRAPEZE CAFÉ, DELI & BAKERY 1530 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham (inside the Public Market)

ZACHARY DEAN’S ITALIAN 410 W Bakerview Rd #108, Bellingham

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7802 Silver Lake Rd, Maple Falls

HAGGEN

5 Whatcom County Locations, Bellingham and Ferndale

TERRA ORGANIC & NATURAL FOODS 1530 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham

TAKE THE EAT LOCAL MONTH CHALLENGE! Pledge to eat local foods, support local restaurants, support your community and your health with every bite! Free local meal plan + more details at eatlocalfirst.org.