Whole Systems Kitchen

An exploration of what it takes to grow, prepare, and benefit from food

Join us every third Thursday from 4 - 6 p.m.

Join Nutritional Therapists, Jenn Goff and Bethany-Lynn Rodriguez to learn about meats, eggs, vegetables, herbs, and more… what it takes to grow them, how long it takes to grow them, how climate change might impact them, how they are harvested, the challenges of processing, tips for storing/preserving them, their nutritional profile and how to prepare them for maximum health benefits and flavor.

Full details and information can be found here.

Fee / Price:

$90/per individual session or $900 for the full 12-month series. Payment plans available upon request.

Additional 20% discount for Friends of the Farm members, and if you are in a place of abundance, you can contribute to a scholarship fund to make the series available to those who ight otherwise not be able to participate.

Overnight lodging is available. Contact us for more information.

Please reserve your spot via the form below! Minimum class size of 6, maximum of 12.

Farm Stewards will return to work at the Keystone Farm & Forest Preserve every Friday. Together, we’ll take on weed management, barn cleaning, orchard planning, planting, and more as OFS prepares for future farm incubators.

Please fill out the form below if you are interested in joining us! Keystone Preserve is not open to the public. Volunteers will be provided with directions.

Farm Stewards will return to work at the Keystone Farm & Forest Preserve every Friday. Together, we’ll take on weed management, barn cleaning, orchard planning, planting, and more as OFS prepares for future farm incubators.

Please fill out the form below if you are interested in joining us! Keystone Preserve is not open to the public. Volunteers will be provided with directions.

Avian Flu

John Fetrow, retired DVM, will be sharing info about Avian Flu: The actual pathogen/disease.

• Where is it showing up?

• How is it treated and controlled?

• Potential impacts to our food systems?

Dishing the Dirt is free to attend but donations are encouraged. Please RSVP below.

Join us for a weekly session “out in the kitchen garden.” Each week you will learn by doing - as we transform what started as a strawberry project into a kitchen garden focused on herbs and vegetables.

No experience required. Just curiosity about growing food and a willingness to work toward progress.

Please RSVP using the form below.

Farm Stewards will return to work at the Keystone Farm & Forest Preserve every Friday. Together, we’ll take on weed management, barn cleaning, orchard planning, planting, and more as OFS prepares for future farm incubators.

Please fill out the form below if you are interested in joining us! Keystone Preserve is not open to the public. Volunteers will be provided directions.

Join us for a weekly session “out in the kitchen garden.” Each week you will learn by doing - as we transform what started as a strawberry project into a kitchen garden focused on herbs and vegetables.

No experience required. Just curiosity about growing food and a willingness to work toward progress.

Please RSVP using the form below.

Farm Stewards will return to work at the Keystone Farm & Forest Preserve every Friday. Together, we’ll take on weed management, barn cleaning, orchard planning, planting, and more as OFS prepares for future farm incubators.

Please fill out the form below if you are interested in joining us! Keystone Preserve is not open to the public. Volunteers will be provided directions.

Whole Systems Kitchen

An exploration of what it takes to grow, prepare, and benefit from food

Join us every third Thursday from 4 - 6 p.m.

Join Nutritional Therapists, Jenn Goff and Bethany-Lynn Rodriguez to learn about meats, eggs, vegetables, herbs, and more… what it takes to grow them, how long it takes to grow them, how climate change might impact them, how they are harvested, the challenges of processing, tips for storing/preserving them, their nutritional profile and how to prepare them for maximum health benefits and flavor.

Full details and information can be found here.

$90/per individual session or $900 for the full 12-month series. Payment plans available upon request.

Additional 20% discount for Friends of the Farm members, and if you are in a place of abundance, you can contribute to a scholarship fund to make the series available to those who ight otherwise not be able to participate.

Overnight lodging is available. Contact us for more information.

Please reserve your spot via the form below! Minimum class size of 6, maximum of 12.

Farm Stewards will be back at work at the Keystone Farm & Forest Preserve every Friday. Together, we’ll take on weed management, barn cleaning, orchard planning and planting, and so much more as OFS prepares for future farm incubators.

Please fill out the form below if you are interested in joining us!

NRCS and CD Programs for Farms - CANCELLED

Join Robin Buckingham from the National Resource Conservation Service and Kelis Mottet from the Whidbey Island Conservation District about resources available to those engaged in farming and natural resource conservation!

Farm Stewards will be back at work at the Keystone Farm & Forest Preserve every Friday. Together, we’ll take on weed management, barn cleaning, orchard planning and planting, and so much more as OFS prepares for future farm incubators.

Please fill out the form below if you are interested in joining us!

Whole Systems Kitchen

An exploration of what it takes to grow, prepare, and benefit from food

Join us every third Thursday from 4 - 6 p.m.

Join Nutritional Therapists, Jenn Goff and Bethany-Lynn Rodriguez to learn about meats, eggs, vegetables, herbs, and more… what it takes to grow them, how long it takes to grow them, how climate change might impact them, how they are harvested, the challenges of processing, tips for storing/preserving them, their nutritional profile and how to prepare them for maximum health benefits and flavor.

Full details and information can be found here.

$90/per individual session or $900 for the full 12-month series. Payment plans available upon request.

Additional 20% discount for Friends of the Farm members, and if you are in a place of abundance, you can contribute to a scholarship fund to make the series available to those who ight otherwise not be able to participate.

Overnight lodging is available. Contact us for more information.

Please reserve your spot! Minimum class size of 6, maximum of 12.

Bountiful goodies from some of our favorite makers and growers on the island; food enough to supply all your holiday meal needs, fire in the wood stove to keep us toasty, festive decorations to bring the holiday cheer, and s’mores fixings the whole fam can enjoy. Come for the food, stay to make new friends! This whole meal market is intended to feed our hearts as much as our bellies. It’s our gift to this community we love so much, in the season of celebrating all that we hold dear.

Vendors:

Mutiny Bay Blues
Glendale Sheperd
Whidbey Island Seafood
Little Red Hen Bakery
Organic Farm School
Lunar Crest Farm
Wilhardt Woods

Friend of the farm, home gardener, Scandinavian epicure and culture buff, Joy Skaardal is hosting a traditional Norwegian cookie class at the Feed and Seed. These ornate cookies made their way to Joy’s childhood table from her Great Aunt and have been passed down her family for generations. Take what you bake! Participants will get to make their own batch of these delicious cookies and take them home in their own festive tin. You’ll also get a copy of the recipes to perhaps start your own holiday tradition! Seasonal beverages provided. Support the Organic Farm School and embrace the holiday spirit with us!

Class limit is 15.

Students and Staff at the Organic Farm School work hard to propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process nutrient-dense, super fresh, certified organic produce for you! It is by doing the work that skills are honed and critical thinking is sharpened. Further, as you purchase and then eat the food they grow, you offer them feedback. In the most real way, when you purchase food from the OFS, you participate in the training of farmers! 

Details Coming Soon!

Students and Staff at the Organic Farm School work hard to propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process nutrient-dense, super fresh, certified organic produce for you! It is by doing the work that skills are honed and critical thinking is sharpened. Further, as you purchase and then eat the food they grow, you offer them feedback. In the most real way, when you purchase food from the OFS, you participate in the training of farmers! 

Students and Staff at the Organic Farm School work hard to propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process nutrient-dense, super fresh, certified organic produce for you! It is by doing the work that skills are honed and critical thinking is sharpened. Further, as you purchase and then eat the food they grow, you offer them feedback. In the most real way, when you purchase food from the OFS, you participate in the training of farmers! 

Students and Staff at the Organic Farm School work hard to propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process nutrient-dense, super fresh, certified organic produce for you! It is by doing the work that skills are honed and critical thinking is sharpened. Further, as you purchase and then eat the food they grow, you offer them feedback. In the most real way, when you purchase food from the OFS, you participate in the training of farmers! 

Students and Staff at the Organic Farm School work hard to propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process nutrient-dense, super fresh, certified organic produce for you! It is by doing the work that skills are honed and critical thinking is sharpened. Further, as you purchase and then eat the food they grow, you offer them feedback. In the most real way, when you purchase food from the OFS, you participate in the training of farmers! 

Where Does Your Water Come From?

Part 2 of a 2 part series presented by Perry Lovelace:

Part 2 will address Sustainability of Whidbey’s water, including the Peak Water prediction model and what you can do about it. In Part 1, the history of water on Whidbey, its aquifer system, extraction history and current status was explained with stories and examples. Perry’s entertaining presentation will enlighten and challenge you to get active in your own water supply systems.  Come and learn how water connects us all.

Learn more here and RSVP to Judy here.

Students and Staff at the Organic Farm School work hard to propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process nutrient-dense, super fresh, certified organic produce for you! It is by doing the work that skills are honed and critical thinking is sharpened. Further, as you purchase and then eat the food they grow, you offer them feedback. In the most real way, when you purchase food from the OFS, you participate in the training of farmers! 

Students and Staff at the Organic Farm School work hard to propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process nutrient-dense, super fresh, certified organic produce for you! It is by doing the work that skills are honed and critical thinking is sharpened. Further, as you purchase and then eat the food they grow, you offer them feedback. In the most real way, when you purchase food from the OFS, you participate in the training of farmers! 

Students and Staff at the Organic Farm School work hard to propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process nutrient-dense, super fresh, certified organic produce for you! It is by doing the work that skills are honed and critical thinking is sharpened. Further, as you purchase and then eat the food they grow, you offer them feedback. In the most real way, when you purchase food from the OFS, you participate in the training of farmers! 

A community conversation similar to our Dishing talk earlier this season, following the Roots So Deep showing. We’ll discuss the content of the film Food and Country.

RSVP by email Judy, HERE.

Students and Staff at the Organic Farm School work hard to propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process nutrient-dense, super fresh, certified organic produce for you! It is by doing the work that skills are honed and critical thinking is sharpened. Further, as you purchase and then eat the food they grow, you offer them feedback. In the most real way, when you purchase food from the OFS, you participate in the training of farmers! 

At this moment of ecological transformation, connecting to land provides grounding opportunities to slow down and appreciate the sometimes-overlooked specialness of local places. In this workshop, Connecting to Place with Natural Pigments we’ll explore place connection and kinship by creating responsive, small artworks with nature mineral pigments. Together, we’ll process soil pigments from Organic Farm School soils and mineral pigments from other locations, to create watercolor and egg tempera with natural binders. You will find inspiration from works by artists who create with natural pigments. Working with symbols, shapes and forms, or natural imagery, you’ll begin a small work honoring and recognizing a special aspect of place, and learn skills to carry forward in future projects.

All abilities welcome, no prior experience required. Please wear clothing to participate both indoors and outdoors, as appropriate for the weather, and okay to wear when painting. Please bring any snacks or drinks you will need for the afternoon. Ages 16 and up.

Learn more about the artist on our workshops page or purchase a ticket below:

Space is limited!

We hope you remember the documentary series “Roots So Deep”, which ran at WICA earlier this year. The ideas in those films inspired a lot of deep digging conversation, and even ACTION, here in our very own Whidbey community. We’re hoping to repeat this kind of reflective experience with a totally different kind of film. “Food & Country,” will begin showing at WICA.

This go ‘round, it’s not so much a film about farming approaches but about the choices we make as a society when it comes to food. It’s the first film we’ve seen that talks about the “cost and value” of food. At the end of the movie, Ruth Reichl says food has always been social, and political, but it’s so much more. “Food shows us our values. How we grow and make our food tells us who we are as a nation, who we are as human beings.”

We think “Food & Country” will give you hope, that it will inspire you to action, and that it will leave you with more questions than answers, which in our day-to-day world of training farmers and eaters is exciting! Save the dates. More details to come!

Purchase tickets through WICA.

Students and Staff at the Organic Farm School work hard to propagate, cultivate, harvest, and process nutrient-dense, super fresh, certified organic produce for you! It is by doing the work that skills are honed and critical thinking is sharpened. Further, as you purchase and then eat the food they grow, you offer them feedback. In the most real way, when you purchase food from the OFS, you participate in the training of farmers!