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i spent yesterday morning with the ever-amazing and generous Lorna Velasco at her Sariwa Farm. i gifted her one of my pies; it was an uneven trade as she educated me on soil AND gave me HELLA starts. salamat, ate!!! thank you for yesterday, ate lorna 💜
i have my own basil corner now with thai and italian basil 🙏🏾😍 i was also gifted kamatis (tomato), okra, sitaw (green beans), and pakwan (watermelon). i’m hoping to get ampalaya (bittermelon) and kalabasa (squash) from sariwa for future pies 😉 stay tuned!!!
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Somewhere on top of the “must have list” for Filipinos lies garlic. Many of us can go our whole lives using tons without diving too deep on how many varieties there are, how hard they can be to grow, and the people that dedicate their lives to these gems. Yesterday our team received 6 out of 600 or so varieties: Romanian, Roja, Killarney, Music, Montana, and Asian Tempest (we just call it Tempest😄). All from three amazing producers that our dear friend Ari of Kamayan Farm connected us with during this pandemic: Emma from Rising Sign Farm, Andrew from Regeneration Farm, and Lorna from Sariwa Farm .
Some things we’ve learned:
They’re as different as wines, but perhaps create less of an attraction to your partner (unless their into that)
Every Garlic we tasted will eventually be gone locally in a few months (a kind of creativity building/prescribed torture like appreciation).
Preservation for Winter is on high alert.
Garlic like this, from people like this—is a microcosm of the economics of our entire food system appreciated through the lens of this true heirloom of culture. In other words, yes friends— it’s most definitely worth it.
Vero Vergara of Sweet Hollow Farm, Lorna Valesca of Sariwa Farm and
Velasco Arts, and Anna Chotzen of Viva Farms will all be speaking on "Farming in the Context of Food Justice" at UW Nutritional Sciences Program's Autumn Seminar. The event is co-hosted with WSU Food Systems Program and will be this Thursday, October 17 in Kane Hall at 1:30pm.
This week's seminar: "Farming in the Context of Food Justice" is a special session co-hosted with the WSU Food Systems Program. We welcome guest speakers: Vero Vergara from Sweet Hollow Farm,
Washington Young Farmers Coalition and ROAR Seattle; Lorna Valesca, owner of Sariwa Farm, Velasco Arts and Viva Farms; and Anna Chotzen from Viva Farms. Thursday, Oct 17 in Kane Hall at 1:30 p.m.
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Want to meet some charismatic pigs and tour these beautiful fields? Please join us TONIGHT Monday July 8th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm for SVT’s Monthly Potluck and Farm Tour with Tuk Muk Farm, Sweet Hollow Farm, and Sariwa Farm located on the Viva Farms property in Woodinville! We’ll be taking a tour of these three unique farm operations and eating delicious food.
Getting there/Parking:
16215 140th Pl NE, Woodinville, WA 98072
Look for the signs for Classic Nursery and Tonnemaker's to find the correct turn off 140th Pl NE. Drive all the way down the dirt/gravel road. There is a parking area where the road starts to curve to the right. Please park there.
We welcome all SVT members and the public so whether you’ve never been to a potluck or are a long-time attendee, we hope to see you there! Bring a dish or drink to share or just bring yourself. For the first hour, we’ll do introductions and share food. The second hour will be a farm tour.
Photo credits/descriptions: (1) Sweet Hollow Farm's beautiful fields in moonlight (2) a sweet pig with its tongue out Tuk Muk Farm, and (3) Sariwa Farm's chayote plants newly tucked into the ground.
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It’s CSA sign-up time! 🥬🍓🥒🍆🍅🥕🥦
Our CSA shares are delivered Wednesdays at multiple locations within Skagit County and Seattle. Large (3-4 person) and small (1-2 person) boxes available with 8-10 different varieties of organic produce each week. Sign up and help us empower aspiring farmers and create a strong and just local food system.
Early bird discount until April 1st! Use code EARLYBIRD19 at checkout.
50% discount for SNAP (EBT) beneficiaries! Visit our website for more details.
Featuring produce from Alki Market Garden, Arado Farms, Arguta Farm, Boldly Grown Farm, Bountiful Fields Farm, Cabrera Farms, Coriander Creek Farm, Earth Fire Farm, Elder Heron Farm, Farias Farm, Flower Head Farm, Pure Nelida Farm, Regeneration Farm, Regino's Farm, Sabino's Farm, Sariwa Farm, Silva Family Farm, Sweet Hollow Farm, The Crows Farm, Tom's Greens, Tops and Bottoms Farm, Tuk Muk Farm, and Well Fed Farms, Skagit