Farm Walk 2019 Bluebird Grain Farms – Soil Health Management in Organic Grain Production

REGISTRATION OPEN! Organic Heirloom Grains From Plow to your Plate! Find out how Bluebird Grain Farms uses cover crops and other soil health management practices to care for the earth they farm in the Methow Valley. Our host, farmer Sam Lucy will discuss tools for monitoring soil health such as soil and water testing and the importance of his cover crop regimen. We will also get a taste of what it means to be a plow-to-package grain farm as we touch on Bluebird Grain Farms processing operations including why they decided to vertically integrate and how they control for quality to produce fresh, safe, and delicious grains.

Agenda:
12pm  Arrival and Registration
12:30pm  Welcome and Introductions
1:00pm  Start Farm Tour
3:30pm  Wrap up