The San Juan Islands Conservation District provides free information, technical assistance plus farm and forest planning to all landowners within the County with assistance from the Natural Resource Conservation Service office in Mount Vernon. Farm and forest planning consists of a site visit, natural resource inventory, a discussion of property owner goals, and recommendations in the form of a conservation plan to achieve those goals.
These recommendations are voluntary with no implementation obligation. If you are a landowner in San Juan County and would like information regarding your property (soils, land cover, parcels, aerial photographs), or would like technical assistance in creating a farm or forestry plan, contact our certified Farm and Forest Planner Bruce Gregory at 360-378-6621 or email him at info@sanjuanislandscd.org.
See our program page on Farm and Forest Planning for a sample plan.
FREE AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS RECYCLING EVENTS - FALL 2010
Saving the Farm Manure: Some things never change!
Quote from “The Pacific
Homestead,” April 4, 1918, Portland, Oregon.Correspondent in Hoard’s Dairyman writes:
“In these days when starving nations are pleading with us to produce as much as possible on our farms, the man who deliberately leaves his manure under the eaves, where its rich fertilizing value may be washed away by rain, shows distinctly a lack of patriotism. I know of farmers who leave manure piled alongside the barn from spring until fall. By that time is has depreciated about as much as it possibly could. No poorer place could be contrived to leave the valuable crop producing qualities of manure.”
Poultry
The following is great information from the Kitsap Conservation District for starting farmers and those who raise chickens.
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Agricultural Resources Committee (ARC)
Helping encourage and support agriculture in the San Juan Islands. The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) provides administrative and financial support to the Agricultural Resources Committee (ARC) through an inter-local agreement with San Juan County.
Please call Peggy Bill the San Juan County ARC Coordinator at the EDC (360) 378-2906
or visit www.sjcarc.org