Farm Viability: Voices from the Field
What does it really take for a farm to survive and thrive in Washington? We went straight to the source: farmers across the state, sharing their honest answers.
Join us for this year’s keynote plenary: a powerful video screening featuring candid interviews with farmers from across the state, answering the questions that matter most about farm viability. What’s working? What’s not? And what do farms need to build a sustainable future?
Crystie Kisler of Chimacum Valley Grainery will introduce the screening, bringing her own experience growing and milling grain in Chimacum Valley to the conversation.
You’ll hear from farmers including:
- Andrew Ide, Bright Ide Acres
- Jamie Bernston, Radicle Roots Farm
- Anne Schwartz, Blue Heron Farm
- Elizabeth Bragg and Emily Smaldone, Long Hearing Farm
- Muhammad Ayub, Dancing Goats & Singing Chickens Farm
- George Thomas, Regal Alfalfa
- and more!
Come ready to listen, learn and think about your own role in building a food system where farms can thrive for generations to come.
About the Speaker
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Crystie Kisler
Chimacum Valley GraineryCrystie Kisler is the farmwife co-founder of Finnriver Farm & Cidery and Chimacum Valley Grainery. She and her husband Keith have been raising their family and making a life on the land in Chimacum for over 20 years. With a mission to reconnect people to the land that sustains us and to grow community, Crystie has been active in food system and climate resilience, food access, and the nourishing of a vibrant agri-culture.