Twisp, Wash. — Explore a small scale, value-added dairy operation featuring 30 cows and eight hundred acres of organic grain and hay production for both cows and off-farm sales. Methow Creamery owners Ron VanderYacht and Elise Knight sell Grade A organic milk and cream locally as well through stores in Spokane, Chelan, Federal Way, and […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – The nearly $300 billion Farm Bill, enacted by a second House and Senate override of President George W. Bush’s veto this past week, will provide critical funding for agricultural research in Washington state, said Ralph Cavalieri, associate dean and director of the Washington State University Agricultural Research Center. The bill includes more […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Discover the benefits of “solar tractors” at an upcoming Farm Walk on the Palouse. Zakarison Partnership is a diversified crop and livestock farm situated on 600 acres north of Pullman. Wheat, barley, oats, hay, locker lambs and pastured poultry are produced on the family-run farm. To reduce petroleum inputs Eric Zakarison uses […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University, the first institution in the country to offer an academic major in organic agriculture, is now offering the nation’s first online certificate in organic agriculture.
PULLMAN, Wash. — Student presentations and a tour of the Washington State University organic farm will be featured at the Organic Farm Project Field Day Thursday, July 27. Activities begin at 9 a.m. and run until noon at the organic farm inside Tukey Horticultural Orchard located on Airport Road on the east side of the […]
Pullman, Wash. — Washington State University has received approval from the state Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Agriculture and Food Systems starting this fall. Five majors will be offered, including the nation’s first major in organic agriculture systems. The new interdisciplinary degree will integrate coursework from all agricultural […]