For three veterans, a garden gave them a reason to wake up in the morning. The pilot program Roots to Road, created by Partners in Careers and Clark County, taught three local veterans as much about themselves as about gardening. Their six-month experience fed their spirits and nourished their bodies. ...
It all started with garlic at NW Organic Farm in Ridgefield. “But we soon learned you can’t live on garlic,” co-owner Joyce Haines says. The farm that she and her husband operate now produces everything from garlic and lettuce to snap peas and more than 3,000 tomato plants. Haines says the farm ...
Things are growing at Dilish Farm in Vancouver where Dillon Haggerty and Patricia Kent are well into their first season of urban farming. Most young couples wouldn’t think to start farming, especially with a baby on the way. But Haggerty and Kent don’t see their plan as a risk, but ...
COUV.COM Originals are back and this time we’re taking a trip to a local farm. Business begins with relationships at Inspiration Plantation in Ridgefield. The diversified family farm is rooted in ancestral land where connections are cultivated between the farmer, the consumer, and nature – all in a quest for ...
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