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Country Aire Natural Food Market

Country Aire Natural Food Market

EAT LOCAL MONTH SPONSOR For more than 45 years, Country Aire Natural Food Market has been your one-stop shop for healthy food choices, supplements and natural health care products. Whether you are looking for the best selection of organic, gluten free & vegan products on ……. READ MORE

Eat Local Month: Experience joy and purpose while eating local for a resilient food future

Eat Local Month: Experience joy and purpose while eating local for a resilient food future

Eat Local Month is back for a second year! Join Eat Local First Olympic Peninsula collaborative partners as they support and share the work of local farmers, fishers, ranchers, chefs, restaurateurs, grocers and others supporting our local food system during Eat Local First month. Follow ……. READ MORE

Local Food and Farming in September

Local Food and Farming in September

CLALLAM AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, July 8, 2021 – With the 2021 growing season underway, farmers markets in full-swing and communities reopening, the Eat Local First Olympic Peninsula Collaborative is pleased to announce September is Eat Local First month.  This is the second year the Collaborative ……. READ MORE

Eat Local! Campaign starts July 11th.

Eat Local! Campaign starts July 11th.

Port Townsend, co-sponsored by Lopez Island, Fidalgo Island and San Juan Island. Imagine the supply lines for food shipped to the Olympic Peninsula disrupted, as happened during the pandemic. Now imagine instead a large-scale, vibrant local food system with tens of farmers producing all the ……. READ MORE

NOW collecting applications!

NOW collecting applications!

Now Accepting Applications We are now accepting applications for our 2nd annual North Olympic Peninsula Eat Local First Month.  Apply Today to get the most of our advertising efforts.

Meet Your CSA Farmer Campaign – Connecting Consumers to Community Supported Agriculture Farms in WA State

Meet Your CSA Farmer Campaign – Connecting Consumers to Community Supported Agriculture Farms in WA State

Demand for Local CSA Shares Expected to Remain Strong WASHINGTON STATE, February 25, 2021 –  With the 2021 growing season underway the Eat Local First Collaborative announces the launch of its Meet Your CSA Farmer campaign now through March 31, 2021. The campaign features a ……. READ MORE

Grateful for these examples of generosity

Grateful for these examples of generosity

Our partners at Olympic Culinary Loop share the following insights into some BIG hearted parts of our local food system who – despite all the challenges of operating during COVID – have dug extra deep to serve up reasons for us to be giving Thanks ……. READ MORE

Governor proclaims October Seafood Month

Governor proclaims October Seafood Month

Read all about it! Travelers to the Olympic Peninsula can follow the Olympic Culinary Loop to find local farms and producers and savor food all along the coast from shellfish to produce and more. “We encourage visitors to “eat their way around the 330-mile Loop in smaller ……. READ MORE

Soft Step Farm

Soft Step Farm

About Us – My name is Pierce, and I am Soft Step Farm. I’ve been farming full time for 7 years and am excited to be starting my own farm right outside of Port Townsend. Guided by organic principles, I grow with the aim to minimize ……. READ MORE