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Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland is currently seeking applications for our Development Director position. Position: Development Director Classification: 40 hours/week; Exempt Reports to: Executive...
View ArticleThe Dirt Issue 34 – Farm Succession
Transferring the farm Many factors contribute to a successful agricultural industry, but one you may not have thought of is farm succession. Currently, families operate 99 percent of U.S. farms. The...
View ArticleThe Dirt Issue 35 – Surface Drainage
Surface Drainage Explained Anyone driving past Skagit Valley farmland has seen them, V-shaped ditches snaking through a field to empty into a field-bordering, usually roadside ditch. Their purpose is...
View ArticleFrom Allen’s Desk Issue 2 – February 2019
Welcome to our semi-annual update “From Allen’s Desk”—a look at what’s happening in the world of Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland. SPF’s mission of preserving farmland, while simply stated, is...
View ArticleSPF’s Public Comments on the Proposed Avalon Development
Click here to view our comments submitted to Skagit County. The post SPF’s Public Comments on the Proposed Avalon Development appeared first on Skagtonians to Preserve Farmland.
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Call to Action! SPF Needs Your Help!
We need your help! E-mail the Skagit County Board of Commissioners by Tuesday, February 19th! The Board of Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland does not do this often, so know that when we ask for your...
View ArticleThe Dirt Issue 36 – Do Farmers Get Spring Fever?
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. These words from an old proverb have a certain poignancy when faced with another dreary, dark, and deeply cold day, but all of us relish the...
View ArticleYou did it! (Developers Withdraw Application)
You Did it! Thank You! With an average of 20 phone calls and emails a day over the last three weeks, your voices let the proponents of the proposed Avalon development and the Board of Skagit County...
View ArticleThe Dirt Issue 37 – All About Potatoes
Skagit County’s #1 Crop By far the most popular vegetable grown in the U.S., potatoes have been grown in Skagit County from the earliest days of European settlement. The first recorded crop of...
View ArticleThe Dirt Issue 38 – Cover Cropping
Keeping Soil Healthy When most of us think about farmland, we think about crops planted, harvested and marketed. After all, it’s these cash crops that—ideally—make farming economically viable. But, to...
View ArticleOur Spring 2019 News Bulletin is Here!
Our Spring 2019 News Bulletin is now available here: http://www.skagitonians.org/wp-content/uploads/Spring-2019-News-Bulletin.pdf The post Our Spring 2019 News Bulletin is Here! appeared first on...
View ArticleThe Dirt Issue 39 – Breeding Wheat for Greater Nutrition
Nutrition for Health As scientific research delves ever deeper into the relationship between nutrition and health, it has become evident that good nutrition is key not only to surviving, but also to...
View ArticleThe Dirt Issue 40 – Till vs. No Till
Till? Or No-Till? SPF’s fervor to protect Skagit County farmlands starts with the soil itself. The remarkable characteristics and high nutritive value of native soils has been well known and celebrated...
View ArticleFrom Allen’s Desk Issue 2 – February 2019
Welcome to our semi-annual update “From Allen’s Desk”—a look at what’s happening in the world of Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland. SPF’s mission of preserving farmland, while simply stated, is...
View ArticleSPF’s Public Comments on the Proposed Avalon Development
Click here to view our comments submitted to Skagit County. The post SPF’s Public Comments on the Proposed Avalon Development appeared first on Skagtonians to Preserve Farmland.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Call to Action! SPF Needs Your Help!
We need your help! E-mail the Skagit County Board of Commissioners by Tuesday, February 19th! The Board of Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland does not do this often, so know that when we ask for your...
View ArticleThe Dirt Issue 36 – Do Farmers Get Spring Fever?
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. These words from an old proverb have a certain poignancy when faced with another dreary, dark, and deeply cold day, but all of us relish the...
View ArticleYou did it! (Developers Withdraw Application)
You Did it! Thank You! With an average of 20 phone calls and emails a day over the last three weeks, your voices let the proponents of the proposed Avalon development and the Board of Skagit County...
View ArticleThe Dirt Issue 37 – All About Potatoes
Skagit County’s #1 Crop By far the most popular vegetable grown in the U.S., potatoes have been grown in Skagit County from the earliest days of European settlement. The first recorded crop of...
View ArticleThe Dirt Issue 38 – Cover Cropping
Keeping Soil Healthy When most of us think about farmland, we think about crops planted, harvested and marketed. After all, it’s these cash crops that—ideally—make farming economically viable. But, to...
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