Peaceful Valley is proud to offer discounts to new organic famers through the Freshman Farmer program. Peaceful Valley's staff enjoy keeping up with the farms online, visiting when possible, and offering words of wisdom from behind their office desks.

For all of you who have been eagerly awaiting the application for the 2011-2012 Freshman Farmer class, here it is! You can download the PDF here.

Hello Freshman Farmers (and aspiring farmers everywhere)! You may have already heard of this other initiative, and I must say that I personally haven’t looked into it much, but it seems like a funding opportunity for people just getting started with organic farming An Alert from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Organic Initiative Funds Now Available! First Sign up Period: May 11 - May 29 The Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) has created a special $50 million pool… Read the rest of this article »

Freshmen Farmers Jared & Sara of Handsown Homegrown Heritage Farm were featured in the North Kitsap Herald! Read the article: Kitsap’s Redefinition of ‘Farmer’ Read the rest of this article »

Today was sunny after a long rainy spell making for an absolutely delightful day! Willow and Billy were just finishing the final touches on their deer fencing - a momentous project! As I looked out across their mulched acre with cover crops poking through the straw, I was giddy with anticipation of what this field will grow into! Willow showed me a stone where Native Americans ground acorns as well as two steams that flow on either side of the land. Clearly this was a resource rich area for people… Read the rest of this article »