PUYALLUP, Wash. — Specialty and gourmet foods generate retail revenues of $30 billion annually in the United States. Northwest farmers will have a chance to tap into this growing market at an upcoming conference on value-added processing. The New Food Entrepreneur Conference will be presented by Washington State University’s Small Farms Team on April 1 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Two Washington State University scientists have received a grant for a three-year research and educational effort to bridge the historic gap between environmentalists and farmers. Their projects are part of a $700,000 grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to Farming and The Environment, a community-based coalition. Peter Goldmark, Farming and The […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Organic certification of a research plot at Washington State University’s Vancouver Research and Extension Unit will help WSU support the state’s growing organic agriculture industry. The 2.1- acre plot is the first WSU property to receive organic certification from the Washington State Department of Agriculture. The land will be immediately used for […]