Good Rain Farm

10/12/2026

How does the Scholarship Fund work? Well fundamentally I believe and operate the farm with the belief that food is a human right. I don't ask questions and I don't need you to explain yourself, to justify your need. there is no scholarship application- the "coupon code" is freely published and used. I trust you because you trust me. the need for food is fundamentally a basic need. We approach Financial Access from several angles because life is nuanced and complicated. We offer payment plans to aid in cash flow & budgeting needs. we accept government assistance programs: SNAP/WIC etc. we offering sliding scale pricing where market pricing is based on many different data sets and selected very intentionally to support consumer food access and pay me & employees the most dignified wages we can swing (it's still not enough but that's often beyond consumer & farmer influence). often those who select the lower price point are directly supported by those who choose the higher price point and thus the sliding scales nearly always average out to even. our Scholarship fund is simple - grants and individuals like you contribute to a pot of money - what qualifies for scholarship mirrors the same restrictions as SNAP and includes home delivery: because many folks are homebound or limited in transportation options and they also deserve local, fresh veg. I supported and advocated for our local PNWCSA Coalition to be able to use SNAP & DUFB funds towards home delivery so my fellow farmers can also support this level of physical & financial access. I serve on the Oregon Hunger Free Taskforce and The Policy Committee of The National Young Farmers Coalition and engage with Friends of Family Farmers towards these ends, toward that foundational belief that food is a human right AND farmers deserve dignified wages/treatment.

10/08/2026

Testing out the new drainage dry creek bed project in action. I might cut some logs or fill an old planter pot with sticks to help slow the water flow and ensure the chemical reaction needed to break down sanidate. Also might build a pond at the end and work on protecting this fence post in the video. Near the end of the video I pan back up to the ducks, they heard running water and waddled on over to investigate. This is what we farmers do- observe over and over again I observe insect damage, plant health, the soil. I spend a lot of time just watching but trust me the wheels are churning inside my head.

10/07/2026

it's Farmer Michelle's Birthday!!!!! 🎂🎉🍩🥳 Celebrate with me and let's raise some money so we can continue nourishing community! it's a double whammy when budget cuts and new restrictions limit folks access to programs such as SNAP /AND/ the cost of operating a farm is rising as well ❤️‍🩹 Grants are fewer and farther between and thus more competitive - that's okay a lot of folks are deserving of supported access to healthy, local food, Food is a Human Right after all. So please join me by contributing a gift to our scholarship fund on our website (I have a cheaper transaction % fee + ¢ than GoFundMe) or find me Michelle on PayPal and gift via friends & family. let's stretch our dollars and put them to work repairing Good Rain Farms forever farmland AND feeding community!!! 🌱 💕

10/06/2026

I am working on a drainage project upfront, I keep hearing all this cheeping, I look around 👀 These ducks keep multiplying! I honestly to God thought this black female was gone & dead. I looked all around and couldn't find her. 45 days later ☠️

09/22/2026

09/21/2026

wet / fermented seed saving. not all plants need to go through this process. this is just one of many methods and processes. tomatoes are a prime example of wet & fermented seed processing. I often snacked on many of the tomatoes flesh as I squish their guts/seeds out into canning jars, I fill it up with water. 2 parts water to 1 part seeds & tomato juice 🤷🏼‍♀️ it doesn't need to be exact. they ferment for 2-4 days. these are 3 days old. they often develop a mold or scoby layer that you see me pouring off. floating seeds are likely underdeveloped and will result in sickly plants. let those seeds go. I rinse under cool water, then spread them out on paper plates, paper towels, cardboard, whatever you have that will help allow some breathability and wick moisture away from the seeds. in a few days they'll be dry and I'll transfer them into seed packets for storage. OH! ALWAYS LABEL, LABEL, LABEL!!! We all think we'll remember and no one ever does! lol 🙃

Thanks Another spring for the dry farmed tomatoes 🍅💖🥰

09/21/2026

wet / fermented seed saving. not all plants need to go through this process. this is just one of many methods and processes. tomatoes are a prime example of wet & fermented seed processing. I often snacked on many of the tomatoes flesh as I squish their guts/seeds out into canning jars, I fill it up with water. 2 parts water to 1 part seeds & tomato juice 🤷🏼‍♀️ it doesn't need to be exact. they ferment for 2-4 days. these are 3 days old. they often develop a mold or scoby layer that you see me pouring off. floating seeds are likely underdeveloped and will result in sickly plants. let those seeds go. I rinse under cool water, then spread them out on paper plates, paper towels, cardboard, whatever you have that will help allow some breathability and wick moisture away from the seeds. in a few days they'll be dry and I'll transfer them into seed packets for storage. OH! ALWAYS LABEL, LABEL, LABEL!!! We all think we'll remember and no one ever does! lol 🙃

09/09/2026

Happy, luxurious lives. 🦆

Complete with a muddy pond (I swear, this is how they prefer it!), free-ranging through their private forest field, and getting tucked in at night cozy, dry, safe, and well-fed. 😋

And, as is true for all of us - or perhaps in a more privileged way - they experience one bad moment: death.

Honestly, I hope I go easily in my sleep. But the reality is that some of us, and some of them, experience long, drawn-out deaths filled with days, weeks, or months of pain.

Here on our farm, good environmental stewardship and humane animal husbandry includes death.

Sometimes that means coming upon an unhealthy or injured animal who needs to be released from their suffering. Sometimes it means recognizing that our flock has grown beyond what our housing and available forage can responsibly sustain.

Our ducks are very prolific mamas and fiercely protective with stinky attack poops to prove it. 😂 Once one of these ladies decides she’s going to hatch some babies, you really can’t dissuade her!

And so, as we prepare for the more indoor winter months ahead, it’s time to cull the flock, fill our freezers, and stock up for the community gatherings ahead. 🎄🍗🍲

If you’re curious about who and where your food comes from, want to engage with the deeply personal and impactful reality of eating meat, or want to witness and/or learn the skills of dispatching and processing an animal, I invite you to join us for one of our two poultry processing workshops.

There will be plenty of birds for participants to take home, too, so you can fully immerse yourself in this cycle of life: death, stewardship, relationship, and nourishment.

I’m deeply grateful to everyone who has participated, will participate, or simply chooses to witness this process with reverence.

I offer respect to those who have chosen to opt out of meat consumption, and I honor those willing to participate in and reckon honestly with the full truth of what it means to consume meat.

A’ho. 🙌🏼🦆

09/05/2026

Field grown Shiitakes and more! my friend Justin O'Dea who works at WSU received a Western SARE Research Grant. I helped by submitting a letter of support and signing on to participate in the research project. I'll have to submit data and give my testimonials and fill out surveys I'm sure, but I get compensated for that time and effort which is great cuz that money can go towards the initial infrastructure and equipment costs that it takes to set this up. this year and for a few years I'll need to go access the right type of wood out in the wild and chainsaw down and bring it back and prep it but hopefully in the future our Stream Care expansion includes some Red Alder grove plantains and those will be perfect for mushroom growing!
The process looks like this:
1. harvest in Feb/March
2. Cure for 2-4 weeks
3. Drill, inoculate, seal with food grade wax
4. soak (April & late June ish)
5. pile and hang
6. repeat steps 4 & 5 almost twice a year for 2-3years
7. line up in a little lean too position between the t-posts, wait for fruiting
8. harvest! 🥳
something like this, I am NEW to this 🤷🏼‍♀️ but i.like mushrooms so.... let's skoden!!!