Last year we did a series on the publicly owned farms managed by Friends of the Farms (FotF)*. Each of the farms have their roots as small privately owned farms and were donated or sold to the City of Bainbridge …
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Friends of the Farms: reHOME Overnight Stay at Morales Farm – Online Auction
Bid to be the first to spend a night in the reHOME Morales Farm tiny homes and help Friends of the Farms raise the funds needed to pay off this groundbreaking project!
New Green-Built Homes Will Make Farm Interns More Comfortable
Internships can be the backbone of someone’s career or professional path. If you are, or were, on a so-called white-collar track, it might mean working in an office setting, and performing everything from mundane tasks like running for coffee to …
Exploring the Oldest, Continuously Farmed Land on Bainbridge Island and Kitsap County – Suyematsu Farm
Most people on Bainbridge Island are probably familiar with Suyematsu-Bentryn Farmland, known for their annual pumpkin patch, seasonal berries, dahlias, and of course, located towards the back of the farmland, Bainbridge Vineyards. However, the farm has a vast and storied …
Johnson Farm – More than 100 years of agricultural heritage and community dedication
Tucked away on Twin Ponds Road, just off of Fletcher Bay Road, you’ll find Johnson Farm, one of Bainbridge’s oldest and most historic working farms. The original 80-acre claim was established in 1888 by Andrew Johnson on the sandy and …
Morales Farm – A remarkable place full of remarkable people!
As you’re driving north on Highway 305, you’ll notice several “hoop” greenhouses at the intersection of 305 and Lovgreen Road, and beyond that, rows and rows of grapes. The 5-acre property known as Morales Farm, is one of Bainbridge Island’s …
The Bainbridge Island Native Food Forest – Open and Free to All – Join Friends of the Farms and their partners for the May Day 2022 work party!
The Bainbridge Island Native Food Forest is located on 13-acres of land at the end of Charles Place NE (off of NE Lovgreen Road). Once part of the Suyematsu family farmstead, where strawberries were grown, it was eventually sold and …
Friends of the Farms – Commitment to Farmland Protection and Creating a Locally Focused Food System
Last month The Island Wanderer Blog did a feature on Bay Hay and Feed, and while there, I had the pleasure of meeting one of their employees, Tami Meader, who also happens to be on the board of Friends …