13th Annual Harvest Celebration & Farm Tour

Friends of the Fields, created “To preserve and protect sustainable agriculture in Clallam County, Washington, ensuring the availability of local food and the quality of life that our rural setting provides,” celebrates its 10th Anniversary and the Harvest Season this year with the 13th Annual Harvest Celebration and Farm Tour. The start of the celebration – the signature 100-Mile Harvest Dinner & Silent Auction – was held on Sunday, September 27th in the Guy Cole Convention Center at Carrie Blake Park. The fabulous gourmet meal featured pork, potatoes, vegetables and salad greens, fruits, cheeses, wine, beer, coffee and other delicious ingredients locally grown and produced within 100 miles of Sequim.

This year’s Farm Tour takes place on Saturday, October 3rd, from 10am – 4pm. For $10 per carload you can visit all of the farms on the tour, and the Community Organic Gardens of Sequim. Proceeds benefit Friends of the Fields.

Farm Tour visitors can participate in a variety of fun events and learn from educational displays and demonstrations at the different farms. Many activities are geared towards children, such as horseback rides, safe encounters with various farm animals, scavenger hunts, face painting, and more. Farmers will answer questions, give tours and show what is involved in running their farms.

You can go at your own pace to the following eight farms:

• Lazy J Tree Farm, 225 Gehrke Road
• Freedom Farm, 493 Spring Road
• Dungeness Bay Vineyard, Lotzgesell Road
• Nash’s Organic Produce, 1865 E. Anderson Road
• Dungeness Valley Creamery, 1915 Towne Road
• Fairview Farm, 813 Youngquist Road
• Bekkevar Family Farm, 273054 Hwy 101
• Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm, 274154 Hwy 101

Visitors can also visit and learn how to become involved with the Community Organic Gardens of Sequim (COGS), at 525 N. Fifth Avenue.

The Harvest Celebration and Farm Tours are produced by Washington State University Clallam County Extension and Friends of the Field. For more information, visit their web sites or phone the WSU Extension Office at 360-417-2279.