WHATCOM COUNTY, WA -- At the end of October, nearly 1000 third grade students met farmers, ate local food, and learned about the importance of agriculture in Whatcom County. In the words of one volunteer, the Whatcom Farm Circle is unmatched in value. If you aren’t familiar with this ...
WHATCOM COUNTY, WA -- Each year the education committee of Whatcom Family Farmers hosts a field trip experience for Whatcom County third graders to learn where their food comes from and meet the farmers who grow it. The Whatcom Farm Circle (WFC) field trip has become so popular that ...
New to Washington State is a program to connect people in agriculture with resources available to them to help with a broad range of injuries that occur on and off the farm. Based in Skagit County and operating out of the WSU-Skagit Extension office, Kristen Hinton-Vanvalkenberg is the program ...
Lynden, WA – Whatcom Family Farmers launched the Virtual Farm Circle today, transforming the traditionally in-person event to an online activity for this fall in response to pandemic restrictions. The online activity uses a set of three illustrated maps, showing a dairy farm, raspberry farm and seed potato farm, to ...
Jewel Plagerman was crowned as the 2020 Whatcom County Dairy Ambassador in a virtual coronation in April. Each year a new Dairy Ambassador is chosen to represent the local dairy community, focusing on education, promotion, and advocacy. Through a series of interviews and competitions, the Whatcom County Dairy ...
Hundreds of kids from around Whatcom County will get to experience a really cool event. Dillon Honcoop spoke with Gavin Willis of Whatcom Family Farmers on the Farming Show, to get the details about Farm Circle. Whatcom Family Farmers partner with people from the dairy, berry and potato industries in ...
