Stories of Working Landscapes

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Inaba Produce Farms

Lon Inaba explains the history of the Yakima Valley farm and continuation of family values: nurturing the workers, the crops and the insects that pollinate.

Locati Farms - Walla Walla Sweet Onions

From a small seed business to a 500 acre semi-organic farm, Michael Locati protects the legacy of the Walla Walla Valley’s onion.

Paradise Fibers

With her family, Kate Painter followed her dream to a simpler life on a sheep farm and created a successful business that supports fiber arts around the world.

Sakuma Brothers

Three generations of the Sakuma family have built a fruit business operating in two states with a farm, research laboratory, and processing and packaging plant.

Shepherd’s Grain

Fred Fleming and business partner Karl Kupers are Food Alliance certified, use no-till farming, and sell their Washington wheat to local markets.

Thundering Hooves

Formerly a struggling conventional wheat farmer, Joel Huesby uses innovative techniques on his successful organic beef, chicken and turkey ranch.

Left Foot Organics

A non-profit founded by Ann Vandeman provides opportunity for developmentally disabled adults and connects them to their community through organic farming.

Tenmile Creek Watershed Restoration Project

Dorie Belisle and her husband John worked with neighboring farms to protect the salmon and the agriculture on the Tenmile Creek Watershed.

JEA Farms, Ltd.

John Aeschliman promotes rich, moist soil in dry country using direct-seed or no-till farming to grow wheat.

Moccasin Lake Ranch

Preservation, conservation and production all blend together on Moccasin Lake Ranch which covers over 2200 acres in north central Washington.

Read, Deanna and Jeremy Smith Family Farms

Read Smith protects his topsoil with no-till farming on his ranch in eastern Washington’s Palouse region.

Two Rivers Farm

Nancy Denson and Nick Stemm celebrate the coexistence of the cultivated and the wild on their farm by supporting a balance between harvest and natural setting.

Blue Heron Farm

Anne Schwartz and husband Mike have been farming organically in Washington for nearly 30 years and promote local markets as a way to rejuvenate rural America.

Colvin Family Ranch

Fred Colvin balances conservation and restoration with grass fed cattle ranching on his 640 acre property in western Washington.

Double J Ranch

Peter Goldmark draws on his scientific and farming background to run his grass finished yearling and wheat breeding ranch in Washington's Okanogan Valley.

Full Circle Farm

Andrew Stout and Wendy Munroe own and run a community supported agriculture farm, with the help of interns, to provide local produce to the Seattle, WA area.

The Ranchers Stewardship Alliance

 

Wallowa Resources

Working with key agencies and private citizens, Wallowa Resources is making a difference in the long-term economic and ecological health of Wallowa County, Oregon.

Gibbs' Organic Produce

Grant Gibbs has been farming organically since 1975 and keeps it simple by selling his produce, grass-fed chickens, hogs and beef only to local markets.

Hedlin Family Farm

Dave Hedlin encourages long-range vision on his Skagit Valley farm and has joined with other local growers to preserve farmland, open spaces and wildlife habitat.