Are you passionate about local agriculture, healthy food systems and connecting your community with the resources available to them? If so, we need you as part of the KCAA team! We are looking for individuals who are willing and able to donate time and energy towards furthering agriculture here on the Kitsap Peninsula. In addition to attending required board meetings (occurring on the 4th Tuesday of each month), board members are asked to participate in at least one committee and…

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Taken from West Sound Home & Garden – April 4, 2019 – Featured, The Garden – Comments: 1 Text by Suzanne O’Clair Photography by Molly Shurtleff Newcomers and longtime Kitsap residents alike can overlook some of the most treasured local assets: the hard-working farmers and their land. Tucked in here and there on back roads are families who have been in West Sound for generations farming the land, growing food and figuring out how to make farms survive as times change….

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The Washington Historical Trust has opened an application window into its Heritage Barn Initiative Grant. If your farm is applying for the this grant and would like to request support from KCAA, please contact us at [email protected]. The KCAA strives to support our local farmers through programming, scholarship assistance, resources and educational opportunities. We are also willing and able to give support to farms going after grants for projects – specifically those aimed at strengthening the local food system, providing…

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Join the KCAA for a screening of the documentary, “Farmers For America” at the Slippery Pig Brewery during the Kitsap Great Give on Tuesday, April 24th from 6pm to 9pm. There is no charge for this event, but donations are gladly accepted. Kids are welcome and encouraged to attend. They are the future of farming! About the Film: Farmers For America is all about supporting young farmers. We face a unique moment in America’s agricultural. The average age of the…

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Below is the listing for our 2017 – 2018 Cultivating Success courses. For current class registration on any of these topics please visit the WSU Kitsap Small Farms Page.