As a 501(c)3 non-profit, our work is focused on offering benefit to our local community and beyond. Our early focus was on the training of beginning farmers, and we still devote a significant amount of energy to this. However, we quickly realized that in order to successfully launch new farmers out into the world, we also need to provide opportunities for eaters to reconnect with where and how their food is grown, how to purchase, store, and prepare it, and how to support the farmers who make it available. 

Our programs range from tours of our two farming locations (Maxwelton Valley and Keystone Farm & Forest Preserve), to informal gatherings and potlucks, workshops, one-week and one-month farming experiences, Farm Stays in the Feed & Seed, our core 8.5 month residential intensive, post graduation placements, opportunities for undergraduate internships, temporary summer farm work for high schoolers, an annual Farmers Forum (co-hosted with our local food hub, Whidbey Island Grown), and community conversations around topics relating to farming, food, and community.

No matter what your level of curiosity about farming, there is something for you to learn and explore at the Organic Farm School.