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Where fine food begins Dog Mountain Farm serves the Snoqualmie Valley community and Seattle area by providing Certified Naturally Grown farm-fresh vegetables, fruit, eggs, herbs, flowers, and poultry meat.
On the farm We are not a U-pick farm, but we are happy to sell directly to you at the farm. Check our fresh list to see what is available and be sure to call before you make the trip. We welcome visitors to the farm! Buy produce fresh from the garden, enjoy a tour of our vegetable, herb, and flower gardens, the orchard, vineyard, and greenhouse, or just relax amid the beautiful Cascade Mountain view, peace, and quiet. It’s best to call in advance to ensure we are home. 425.333.0833 or 425.417.3947 We use sustainable, organic growing practices—no synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or hormones/antibiotics. Our poultry range free in pasture all day long and eat a certified organic feed as well. For more information about the Certified Naturally Grown and Salmon Safe certification programs, please visit their Web sites: http://www.naturallygrown.org/
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The Omnivore's Dilemma and In
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Farm News January 11, 2010 There is something magical about the winter solstice. I love the holidays that bring gatherings of friends and family over seasonal food and gift giving. While the festivities are something I always look forward to, the subtle changes that signal the changing seasons offer as much excitement. Most don't even notice until the days are obviously longer and the early spring flowers start to bloom, like our witch hazel that adds a heavenly perfume to the January air. But I'll tell you who never misses it...our chickens. Every year, our girls stop laying in November and then, like someone flips a switch on the solstice, they start laying again. It's just one of those amazing secrets of Mother Nature. But it brings immeasurable joy when we find that first egg of the new year. We actually dance around and celebrate, thanking our girls profusely. Now we're getting over five dozen eggs a day from the chickens and ducks! Today, the first goose egg arrived!! If you'd like to buy our eggs, we offer a poultry CSA and egg share with drop points in Seattle and the Eastside. If you're into making New Year's resolutions or just looking for more information on how you can affect positive change toward a more sustainable world, the Organic Consumers Association has a new campaign that you might consider--Breaking the Chains. This campaign is focusing consumers' attention on how each purchasing decision can lead to a safer, greener, and more equitable society. I think people are starting to wake up. Whether it's a very personal decision to change to a more healthy diet, or a recognition that our local foodshed needs to be sustained, or a concern for our environment, our little farm is beginning to feel the effects of this growing awareness. People are seeking us out, and I don't mean just stopping at our farmers market booth. They are driving one to two hours to see our farm and how we grow food or raise our animals. Generally, they ask lots of questions, and are often apologetic for their queries, but I love it! Bring it on. We're very proud of our agricultural practices and humane treatment of our animals. We think our products are the finest quality--fresh and nutritious--and our customers agree. But we're just a little farm, making a difference for a few people. There needs to be more of us! You shouldn't have to drive two hours to put fresh, wholesome food on the table! In a recent article, "It Takes a Community to Sustain a Small Farm," the author makes several important points. We not only need more farmers, we need grocery stores that will carry local products; we need neighborhood butchers that buy from local farmers, like Bill the Butcher in Woodinville; and we need local processors of these local ingredients. Making and keeping our local economy vibrant means keeping the local dollars in the community. If you haven't seen the video series "As We Sow" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) about the demise of the hog farmers in Iowa, I encourage you to take a few minutes. Consolidation of our food system by corporations has destroyed the lives of family farmers, a way of life, and freedom of choice for Americans. Soon, we will have pigs on the farm. Beautiful, heritage pigs called Gloucestershire Old Spot. A breeding pair is being flown here from the Ozarks Mountains of Missouri. Now, you ask, why on Earth would we do that? The answer is that very few breeders of heritage pigs are left. What's so special about heritage breed pigs? They haven't been adapted for large, confinement operations. They still have the ability to forage and live outdoors in adverse conditions, so they are perfect for our small wood lot. Of course, we'll provide shelter and daily care. They'll have names and will be socialized like many of the animals on our farm. But best of all, we'll have our own source of pork, farmers will have a local source of weaner pigs, and you will have another option for buying pork and supporting this local farm. But before those little pigs arrive, we have two dairy goats coming the end of January. A Nigerian Dwarf named Party Girl and a Toggenburg named Trixie. They are being bred, so we'll have goat kids by June and milk for drinking and making cheese by August when the kids are weaned. With all these wonderful additions to the farm, you have no excuse not to visit! Join us for a farm dinner, attend a cooking class, send your kids to our summer day camp, and bring your class or scout trip for a tour. Cindy Gloucestershire Old Spot sow and piglets
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