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Whatcom County Farm Tour
The Whatcom County Farm Tour will be held on Saturday, September 14th, 2024 from 10:00 AM-4:00 PM! Each of the locations will offer a unique opportunity to meet the folks who grow and raise our food and learn more about how that food makes it from the farm to our plate. This self-guided event is FREE for all ages! Start your self-guided tour at any of the 16 participating farms! Each farm has something unique to offer so be sure to read about each location below.
What to bring:
- A water bottle (stay hydrated!)
- A cooler with ice to store all your goodies from the farms
- Layers (check the weather!)
- Closed toe shoes (highly recommended!)
- Sun protection (hat, sunscreen, sunglasses)
PLEASE NO PETS
For farms’ biosecurity and the safety of livestock, pets are NOT allowed on tours. If traveling with pets, keep them safely in your vehicle at all times. Service animals that are (1) trained to perform a task directly related to a person’s disability and (2) under the control of their handler at all times, are welcome.
Keep Farms Healthy!
To ensure the health and safety of our animal friends, farmers may ask you to step through a sanitizing footbath or wear disposable booties while exploring the farm. Thank you for your cooperation!
Farm Tour Locations
Grace Harbor Farms & Steensma Creamery (co-hosting)
Farm Tour Participant Details
All About Alluvial Farms
Alluvial Farms is a 45 acre first generation family farm specializing in hogs, hemp, and house wine. We have been in business since 2015 and on this land since February 2018. Our mission is to provide high quality pork, hemp based self care products, and grapes to the Puget Sound community. Our vision is one of ecological stewardship and resilient local food sheds.
Visit Alluvial Farms for: Visit pigs and a pig farmer in the field, meet baby pigs and pig mom’s and dads.You’ll learn why pastured pork grown at Alluvial Farms is the most delicious thing you have ever eaten (if you eat pork). You can visit with our youth staff from Mt. Baker High School and learn how employment on local family farms supports local youth. You’ll also how Alluvial Farms upcycles pork livers into a pet treat subscription for dog parents across the country, and upcycles pork fat into a high value, extremely effective skin care product, Oinkment. Shop all our products in our farm store!
Address: 6825 Goodwin Rd, Everson
All About Bellingham Flower Farm
Visit Bellingham Flower Farm for: Come see the flower farm! Bellingham Flower Farm recently expanded onto 10 acres at Nugents Corner. Once an organic vegetable farm, this place is in the process of becoming a blooming oasis. Come learn how to harvest seeds from dahlias to create your own variety and see the developing flower farm in person.
Address: 5709 Putnam Rd, Everson
All About Cascadia Mushrooms
Organically farmed & wild foraged mushrooms from Whatcom County since 2005. Cascadia Mushroom‘s mission is to bring the Northwest Washington community the best in fresh gourmet & medicinal mushrooms as well as an eye-opening experience in the fields of mycology & mushroom cultivation. Fresh mushrooms, DIY growing kits, compost & more!
Visit Cascadia Mushrooms for: Come to the mushroom farm for a sneak peak into the world of mushroom cultivation! See all phases of the growing process in our year-round facility, sample some of our delicious mushrooms cooked on Tam Tam Pizza, and take home your own mushroom growing substrate if you want to cultivate your own fresh organic mushrooms at home!
Address: 4771 Aldrich Rd Bellingham
All About Christ the King Foodshare and Farm
The CTK Food Share and Farm uses a team of faithful volunteers to manage several acres of donated farmland and greenhouses to provide fresh produce to 26 different food organizations throughout Whatcom County. Beginning in 2007 with a small group of volunteers tending raised beds, we’ve grown to over 700 volunteers donating 6,300+ hours a year to donate over 115,000 lbs. of produce last year to local food banks and meal programs. We also collect food from local businesses and community members and distribute that where it is needed. We are always looking for gaps to fill in the food safety net and ways to come alongside organizations in Whatcom County to increase access to food for our friends, neighbors and community. For more information or to volunteer check out ctkserves.org/farmteam.
Visit Christ the King Foodshare and Farm for: Come explore the CTK Foodshare and Farm which exists to support over 32 local food banks and food systems! You heard that right, all 98,000 lbs of food we grew last year was given away to these important organizations all throughout Whatcom County. Come check out our “Tomato Jungle” greenhouse, our almost 4 acres full of vegetables, and enjoy our beautiful view of Mt. Baker. We will have a project for the kids, hotdogs and chips, and tours done by our volunteers! There will also be an opportunity to learn about some of our local partners and food insecurity in Whatcom County. Hope to see you there!
Address: 6069 Hannegan Rd, Bellingham
All About Cloud Mountain Farm Center
Visit Cloud Mountain Farm Center for: Come visit Cloud Mountain Farm Center, a non-profit farm working to build a resilient and diversified food system through organic fruit production, events and workshops, a nursery, and community produce aggregation and processing space. Wander our organic orchards and vineyards on a self-guided tour, or join a farmer-led tour at 11 am and 1 pm. Our nursery will be featuring a fruit tree sale all day, and Common Threads’ food truck, Basil, will be on-site selling delicious local food too!
Address: 6906 Goodwin Rd, Everson
All About Fair Cow's Path Farm
Visit Fair Cow’s Path Farm for: Stop on in and see what happens around here! You’ll have the opportunity to say hi to some of our animals (including cows, goats, geese, chickens and our emus!), learn about our first generation beef cattle operation, purchase our grass-fed beef and handmade body care products AND, if you’re hungry, grab a bite to eat from the Mobile Mouth Hole, a local food truck that’ll be featuring beef from our farm! Stop by and say hello!
Address:4186 Loomis Trail Rd, Blaine
All About FarmWild
Visit FarmWild for:
Take a tour of the largest aquaponic and indoor vertical farm in NW Washington! Learn about the environmental benefits of aquaponics and how our eco-friendly, renewable agriculture practices feed the community in a healthy and sustainable way. Elizabeth Station will be onsite serving up fresh pizza as well!
Address:1779 E Smith Rd. Bellingham
All About Five Elements Farm
Five Elements Farm has organically-grown vegetables and fruit for sale at our farm (by appointment), at the Lynden Farmers Market or by order. Sign up at the website to get notices on what’s available each week.
Visit Five Elements Harvest for: Whatcom County’s first certified Net-Zero organic standards farm. United States’ northernmost Net Zero certified residence (& farm). WA state’s first permitted farm biochar kiln for producing biochar. Low carbon, climate resilient and sustainable organic standards fruit and vegetable farm.
Address: 9498 Stein Rd. Custer
All About Grace Harbor Farms & Steensma Creamery
Visit Grace Harbor Farms for: Stop by Grace Harbor Farms to learn how small farms and creameries are working together to bring you the best local products possible. Farmers from Steensma Creamery and Grace Harbor Farm will be on-site to share their stories. Come pet the goats, tour the creamery and visit the retail store to sample and purchase your favorite items.
All About Hedgerow Willows
Hedgerow Willows is more than just a basketry willow farm. Hedgerow Willows is home to ducks, chickens, finn sheep, and grows an abundance of seasonal items for local pickup in Ferndale, Wa. Check out our LOCAL farm shop.
Visit Hedgerow Willows for: Come visit our first-generation farm, Hedgerow Willows, and explore the beautiful surroundings. Enjoy a cup of coffee from Revival Coffee Co. while you take a self-guided tour and meet our friendly Finnsheep. These amazing animals provide milk, meat, and wool, and help us maintain the fertility of the land. Observe as local artisans turn wool into yarn and willow whips into beautiful baskets using the willows grown on our farm. We are thrilled to share our dedication to local, sustainable, small-scale agriculture at our community-minded farm.
Address: 1424 W Axton Rd. Ferndale
All About Lagom Vineyards
Lagom Vineyards is a family owned and operated estate situated at the foothills of Sumas Mountain in the Nooksack Valley of Whatcom County. We farm six acres utilizing regenerative farming and sustainable practices.
Visit Lagom Vineyards for:
Check out Lagom Vineyards to follow grapes on a field to bottle journey. Learn about the varieties grown on the farm, do a brix test in the field to determine the sugar content of the grapes, and check out the fermenting and bottling room. You’ll be able to sample the wines and purchase your favorites (21+). Tours are open to the whole family, samples and wine purchases available to those 21 and over.
Address: 5535 Hillard Rd, Everson
All About Lydia's Flock Icelandic and Shetland Sheep
The Farm of Lydia’s Flock is located in the Squalicum Valley of NW Washington, 8 miles east of downtown Bellingham. We pasture raise our flock of registered Icelandic and Shetland sheep using regenerative agricultural methods focusing on happy sheep and healthy soil in the production of pastured lamb, registered breeding stock, raw fleeces, single source small batch yarn and finished fiber goods. We offer beginning and ongoing shepherding education, mentorship and consulting for those who are interested in raising sheep utilizing pasture based management practices. Pastured eggs from our flock of 40 laying hens are available for purchase on-farm, with advance purchase options available through our website.
Visit Lydia’s Flock for: Regenerative agriculture in action at Lydia’s Flock Icelandic Sheep, where our flock of 100 sheep improve and sustain the land through managed intensive grazing practices. Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs live with the flock full-time as a form of non-lethal predator protection in line with our values of raising livestock with minimal disturbance to the surrounding ecosystem. A litter of puppies should arrive just in time for the Farm Tour! The farm also hosts Guernsey cows and heritage breed laying hens. Learn about wool’s role in the fight against climate change and how sheep are a versatile choice for small farms. Our farm store will be open and well-stocked with lamb cuts, raw and finished wool products, naturally tanned sheepskins, and skulls.
Address: 4269 Y Rd, Bellingham
All About Oak Meadows Farm
Visit Oak Meadows Farm for: Drop by Oak Meadows Farm to see what sustainable agriculture is all about! We’ll take you on a farm tour to see our quail, chickens and the most adorable pigs you’ve ever seen! We will end the tour in our farm store where you can check out our selection of meats (pork, beef and chicken) and eggs (chicken and quail), all of which are corn and soy free and non-GMO. The animals can’t wait to see you and neither can we!
All About Small Acres Farm
Small Acres is certified organic, and we strive to be as ecologically responsible as possible. We produce a diverse array of vegetables, fruit, fermented products, eggs, and luffa sponges! Our products can be found at the Twin Sisters Market, Birchwood Market, online orders, and our CSA membership.
Visit Small Acres for: a renewable energy-powered farm, guided tours every half-hour with a Luffa harvesting and washing demonstration, a farm stand with baked goods, coffee, fresh fruit, veggies, kimchi, loofah sponges, and more!
Address: 3811 Hatley Rd, Everson
All About WeGrow Garden
The WeGrow Garden is an urban garden in the heart of Bellingham comprised of 32 raised beds, fruit trees, composting system, and native and perennial plantings that support native pollinators and enhances green space in the urban core of Bellingham. In its 8th year, the garden continues to be a successful collaboration between the WSU Whatcom County Extension, local schools, youth organizations, Parks Dept., nonprofits, local businesses and the Bellingham Food bank.
WeGrow is dedicated to increasing food security and providing space for community education, youth programs, vocational training and engagement. Whatcom County Agriculture is rich in tradition and the WeGrow garden creates connections with farmers large and small by training youth and local residents to understand and value the crops that sustain us.
WeGrow provides low-barrier horticulture vocational training to youth and adults, supported by WSU Whatcom Master Gardener volunteers, together we plant, grow, harvest and distribute produce to those in need. As a Bellingham Food Bank Victory Garden we donate over 1000 pounds of produce each season. The garden provides beauty, habitat and serves as an education space for school groups, non-profit youth agencies, and the public. Showcasing how food is grown and managed is critical to a resilient community.
WE GROW is a vibrant living lab for horticultural learning and a place of hope for all the enjoy.
Special thanks to the City of Bellingham Parks and Greenways for providing this space for all.
Visit WeGrow Garden for: The WeGrow Garden is an urban garden in the heart of Bellingham comprised of 32 raised beds, fruit trees, composting system, and native and perennial plantings that support native pollinators and enhance green space in the urban core of Bellingham. In its 8th year, the garden is a successful collaboration between the WSU Whatcom County Extension, local schools, youth organizations, Parks Dept., nonprofits, local businesses, and the Bellingham Food Bank. Come learn more about our youth training programs and how we are fighting food insecurity!
All About Widnor Farms
Widnor Farms is owned and operated by Ryan and Brianna alongside their 3 kiddos. Shop our ranch Store for dry aged beef, pastured poultry, forest raised pork and grass fed lamb all raised right here! We have a huge passion for transparency, bridging the gap between farm & consumer through our social media sharing and our on farm Ranch Store where you can grab your goods. All of our livestock are raised using organically minded & sustainable practices. Not able to make our store hours? We ship each week from right here on the ranch!
Visit Widnor Farm for:
Visit family-owned Widnor Farms and meet the animals. Pigs and cows and chickens, oh my! Then, check out the new USDA processing facility – where chickens get processed right on the farm. It doesn’t get any fresher than that! Finally, stop by the farmstand to pick up your favorite meats and farm products. Don’t forget your cooler!
Address: 1858 W Badger Rd. Custer