Farm Walks

Jul 25 2022 24 ep. 63 mins 14

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Conversations for farmers, by farmers about organic, sustainable, regenerative, and direct marketing agricultural production in Washington State. For more than 17 years, Tilth Alliance and Washington State University Food Systems Program have been collaboratively organizing the traditional Farm Walks. Before COVID-19, they happened - well, on-farm… So, Farm Walks are going Podcast! In each episode, Farmer Nicole Witham, hosts lively interviews with Washington small farmers or ranchers, digging into their production and marketing methods, lessons learned, and current related research and resources. Visit farmwalks.org to learn more about upcoming interviews, submit questions to the ASK A FARMER form, and drop us your thoughts in the podcast evaluation.

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Imad Ahmad of Olive Branch Ranch: Raising Custom Exempt Halal Meat

Jul 25 2022 53 mins

This episode of the Farm Walks Podcast is the first part of the WA Meat Up Double Feature. In this episode we talk with Imad Ahmad of Olive Branch Ranch. Imad is a diversified livestock farmer in South Puget Sound, providing custom-exempt, halal meats for his local community. We get to dig into all the meaty details with Imad about his operation and raising and harvesting halal liv

Island Grown Farmers Cooperative with Shelley Muzzall of 3 Sisters Family Farm and Travis Stockstill

Jul 24 2022 69 mins

This episode is the second part of the WA Meat Up Double Feature! In this episode of the Farm Walks Podcast, we sit down with Shelley Muzzall of 3 Sisters Family Farm on Whidbey Island and her butcher Travis Stockstill of Island Grown Farmers Cooperative (IGFC). We cover a lot of ground from the unique Island Grown Farmers Co-op model (the first ever USDA Mobile processing unit of

Osman Amador de Amador Farms: Prácticas de capacitación de empleados para la inocuidad de los productos agrícolas en los farmers markets

Apr 27 2022 78 mins

Osman Ruiz Amador, propietario de Amador Farms, dirige una operación con su familia de mercado directo de frutas y verduras diversificadas. Su granja se enfoca en vender directamente a los consumidores a través de los mercados de agricultores en todo el estado. Osman explica sus experiencias en la agricultura y cómo capacita a todos los que trabajan en la granja y en los mercado

Haley and Zach of Dharma Ridge Farm: Produce Safety Improvements While Scaling Up a Farm Business

Apr 27 2022 75 mins

Haley Olson-Wailand and Zach Wailand, owners of Dharma Ridge Farm, run a certified organic, diversified, wholesale produce operation. Their farm is Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certified, and they recently underwent their first WSDA Produce Safety Rule inspection. Haley and Zach discuss land access, produce safety improvements, and how they’ve scaled up their farm business o

Hilario Alvarez de Alvarez Organic Farms: Gestión de empleados y puntos de venta de marketing directo durante COVID-19

Apr 12 2022 75 mins

Hilario Álvarez y su familia dirigen Alvarez Organic Farms, una granja de vegetales diversificados orgánicos certificados en Mabton, WA, donde cultivan 200 variedades de pimientos y 300 variedades de verduras. Han estado en el negocio agrícola durante más de 30 años y hablamos con ellos sobre cómo su granja ha cambiado recientemente, incluso durante la pandemia de COVID-19, e

Bryan Mesa of De La Mesa Farms: Starting from Scratch

Feb 21 2022 62 mins

Bryan Mesa of De La Mesa Farms runs a 2.5 acre no-till, regenerative market garden in Tacoma, WA with his family. In this episode, we talk with Bryan about moving their farm all the way from Hawaii during the pandemic and the food safety factors he considered when setting up the farm on the new property. Later in the episode, we connect with Anita Adalja of Ashokra Farm who is a fa

Grains to Glass: A Conversation with Big Sage Organics, LINC Malt, and Westland Distillery

Jan 24 2022 69 mins

In this episode, we are joined by Isaac Jahns of Big Sage Organics, Brian Estes of LINC Malt, and Matthew Hoffman of Westland Distillery as we follow the journey of a barley crop along the organic grain supply chain from farm to malthouse to distillery. We cover a lot of ground in this episode, discussing the formation of a valuable partnership, barley and its role in soil health,

Val Wall of Whitehorse Meadows Farm: Management Strategies for Deterring Wildlife and Pests from Produce Fields and Packing Areas

Dec 20 2021 54 mins

In this episode, we talk with Val Wall at Whitehorse Meadows Farm about her most significant pest and wildlife issues, and how she protects her crops from animal intrusion and mitigates contamination issues when they arise. You’ll gain direct insight into her trials and tribulations and how she built an effective netting structure, ultimately increasing her marketable yield. Late

Chelsey and Ben Mesman of Mesman Farm: Running a Certified Organic Dairy Farm

Dec 13 2021 59 mins

Chelsey and Ben Mesman are a fifth generation husband/wife farming team who, with Ben’s father Alan, are running Mesman Farm: a certified organic dairy operation and Organic Valley Co-op Member in La Conner, WA. We get to chat about how they run their operation, what it takes to be a dairy farmer these days, and learn about their robotic milker! Later in the episode, we connect w

Lisha & Bradley Newhall of Windy N Ranch: Raising Certified Organic Livestock - What Does It Take?

Oct 25 2021 63 mins

Bradley and Lisha Newhall run Windy N Ranch, a certified organic diversified livestock operation and an on-farm butcher shop. On this episode of Farm Walks we talk to them about their reasoning for going certified organic, and how slaughter and wrap and pack challenges pushed them to pursue processing their own meat. Later in the episode, we talk with Matthew Cox of Green Bow Farm