Farm to Table Participant Introductions

Marcy Ostrom, WSU Small Farms Team

Roundtable Introduction of Producers and Buyers – Who’s in the room?

  • Tony Davis, chef at McGlens restaurant in Wenatchee, interested in fresh and local
  • Pat Tucci, Good Sheppard’s farm, in Wenatchee
  • Doug Bergrstrom, Chelan master gardener
  • Guy Evans, Sunshine Farm, produces lots of things
  • Jeff Low, restaurant, interested in produce and beef
  • Coffee, Luthern retreat center, 400 guest/day in summer, 100 guests/day winter, food service manager
  • Ken, Sleeping Lady, looking for anything and everything, Leavenworth
  • Ted Calstrom, Alaska Salmon Sales, lots of wild caught seafood, thanks last conference for spring boarding current sales
  • Georgine Coots, East Valley School district in Spokane, tremendous trouble getting product delivered, curious about WA fresh fruits and vegetables program
  • Sherri Johnson, food service manager in East Valley School District, likes WA fresh fruits and vegetables program
  • Fran Herndon, East Valley School District, ditto above, hard time getting anything beyond apples and pears
  • Vicki Welch, Sunnypine Farm in Methow Valley, Goat Dairy, cheese, yogurt, distill lavender oil and floral water
  • Vicki, BLANK school district, having similar troubles getting local produce year-round, the kids love the fresh fruits and vegetables
  • Ken Tase, produce stand along HWY 28
  • John Butler, American Produce Express in Omak
  • Rod Weaver, Second Harvest NW, recently received Farm-to-Foodbank grant (part of 2008 Local Farms – Healthy Kids bill)
  • Pat Munce, Small Farms coordinator for Spokane County, goal is to raise awareness of farming in the community
  • Leo Hass, Cascade Catering
  • Jerrilynn Delaney, garlic, fresh cut flowers
  • Carey Hunter, Pinestump Farm in Okanogan County, 
  • Casey Commins, Healing Connection, teach the homeless a trade and teach them to cook at a kitchen, Stone Soup Salsa, in Cashmere
  • Sherri Snyder, Community Farm Connection, interesting first year with Farmhouse Table
  • Susan Schwatrz, Natural foods
  • Alison Davis, Gibbs farm 
  • Dave Hisey, county correction, 400-500,000 meals per year, 
  • Jeff James, Grand Valley Ranch, pig farmers, heritage breed stock
  • Terry Swagerty, WSU county extension, has mobile slaughter unit, glad to see the conference
  • Rick Steadmeyer, journalist, here to do a story on local food
  • Anne Taber, Community Farm Connection
  • Richard Kaivis, opening a new restaurant, looking to use all local product, excited about the conference
  • Mike Bangs, interested to see if there’s interest in growing veggies for a living 
  • Donna Terry, cherry grower
  • Janelle Winds, late cherries, IPM orchard management
  • Nathan Barnard, Grinwald Guild kitchen manager, excited for educational opportunities,
  • Eric Lang, raw milk sheep cheeses and lamb
  • Hank Manriquez, promote fresh fruits and vegetables in this area, great to see response for these meetings, used to have 10 people show up, now its past 100
  • Terry Hiller, CRM orchards in Peshastin
  • Linda Boyd, Springhill Orchards, Cascade Foothills Farmland Association
  • Jamie Kattin, apricot and cherry orchard, organic
  • Patrice Barrentine, WSDA Small Farm and Direct Marketing program
  • Ingrid Majors, Olympia Food Coop, interested in fruit and grains
  • Eric Miller, Olympia Food Coop
  • Ashley Green, Cider Mill, specialize in Ag. Tourism
  • Kim Langston, works for her grandfather. 250 varieties of fruit, looking to network, 60 varieties of heirloom apples
  • Daniel Carr, opening up a small meat and cheese shop at the bottom of their Leavenworth restaurant
  • Scott and Judy, first time farmers
  • Erin Drew, growing lots of varieties
  • Unknown, in Royal City, interested in starting an educational center for gardening and farming, as well as growing to sell, looking for interns
  • Teresa Su….., degree in food nutrition and dietetics, here to network and get the word out
  • Jo Robertson, Warden (Grant County) school district, has both state and federal fruit and vegetable grants, looking for WA produce, can use dried, looking for all kinds of products
  • Mike Caida, Farm Loan Manager for Farm services, looking to provide credit to small farms
  • Nancy Warner, IRIS, start-up non-profit in NCW, three major programs, local food, healthy lands and success in sustainability
  • Ran Albright, small farm in Ellensburg, Boar meat goats, medicinal herbs, tinctures, etc. Interested in food as medicine, growing some interesting experiments and making value added products. Wants to connect with cheesemakers.
  • Claire Paris, Larkhaven farm in Tonasket, cheesemaker, both goats and sheep, also have meats
  • Boots Wickstrom, 4W ranch, guest cabins, produce beef, pork, chicken and eggs, started on-farm workshops for those interested in learning about processing poultry, hog slaughtering
  • Jim Hanson, grassfed plains bison, East of Cle Elum, has USDA!
  • Sandy Linbeck, Tiny’s Organic, wide variety of stone fruits, all organic, also grow row crops, grow unique, different varieties, interested in restaurant sales
  • Colleen Donovan, Heifer International, wants to build community based food systems
  • Bruce Spencer, SpencerFood Organics, small family farm, 34 years as a farmer, 
  • Bonnie Schoenfeld, working with low-income people and food systems
  • Sheryl Helen, Mother Nature’s Organics, home/office delivery
  • Amy Simonson, EAT 
  • Michel Wiman, WSU Small Farms Program
  • Mike Hawking
  • Rich Colson, EAT treasurer
  • Kim Lohse, CSA program and farmhouse table market in Wenatchee
  • Nancy Nicholson, Nicholson Orchards, also dry fruit, 
  • Hilario Alvarez, Alvarez farm, all kinds of vegetables, almost 300 different varieties, sells at FM and restaurants, in Mabton
  • Tricia Sexton-Kovacs, moving to WSDA for the Farm-to-School program, the statewide resource.

Introduce the chef

Scott and Ruth Parsons of the Healthy Gourmet: We’re grower-chefs, we’ve been at this a while, times they are achangin’. Healthy Gourmet cookbook.

 

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