The WSU Food Systems Program is working to create a stable base of farmers who supply communities and regional food markets using sustainable production practices.
Our research and education activities engage and support farmers in adopting sustainable production practices through research and education. WSU production research and extension activities cover fruits and vegetables, soil management, cropping systems, grains, livestock, shellfish, fruit trees, ornamentals, school garden education, pollinators, and agricultural economics.
Resources: USA Certification for Small and Very Small Producers of grass-fed beef
USDA Certification for Small and Very Small Producers of grass-fed beef, administered by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), is tailored to meet the needs of...
Watch: COVID-19 and Small and Mid-Sized Meat Processors: Exploring the Challenges, Solutions, and a Path Forward
Thank you for joining the Wallace Center’s COVID-19 and Small and Mid-Sized Meat Processors: Exploring the Challenges, Solutions, and a Path Forward call on Wednesday,...
Resources: Meat Processing Links
This thread discusses how Covid-19 is shedding light on perennial issues faced by niche meat processors and the need to expand opportunities and training for...
Planting Justice
Planting Justice works to empower people impacted by mass incarceration and other social inequities through a nursery, land trust, and various community farming efforts. Read...
Watch: Farming in a Pandemic
Across the nation, farmers, families, and communities are adjusting to a new reality where good food grown locally is suddenly becoming both more sought after...
Watch: Flour Hour
THIS TRI-STATE EVENT WAS A COLLABORATION OF THE CALIFORNIA GRAIN CAMPAIGN (CA), PDX WHOLE GRAIN BAKERS GUILD (OR) AND CASCADIA GRAINS (WA). EACH GROUP ADDRESSED...
Resources for groups working with livestock
C and D Protocol Caretaker Contact List Group Livestock Care Instructions Group Livestock Care Schedule WSDA Group Care of Livestock
Directory: Good Meat Project
Resource List for consumers, producers, culinary professionals, processors of non-industrial meat having to pivot to new sales/buying streams.
Resources: Land Management
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
Watch: Packaged Foods & Value0Add On-Demand Online Course
Packaged Foods & Value-Add On-Demand Online Course CLICK THE LINK to REGISTER or for more DETAILS: https://businessimpactnw.ecenterdirect.com/events/7201 For entrepreneurs considering moving into the packaged food...
Covid-19 Prevention Videos in Spanish
Below are links to Covid-19 prevention videos that we produced in the Gorge. These videos are in Spanish and have been produced in the by...
HUG—Hilltop Urban Gardens
HUG - Hilltop Urban Gardens, a community-based urban agriculture, justice, and equity organization in Tacoma, WA.
Wakulima Cooperative
Wakulima, a farming and food business cooperative that advances small business development and food sovereignty for low income immigrants and people of color in the...
Farm to Institution NE group needs/resources spreadsheet
Needs/resource spreadsheet being used by the Farm to Institution NE group
Revealing the diversity of genes behind better alfalfa hay
Revealing the diversity of genes behind better alfalfa hay Alfalfa is a major Northwest crop and an important food source for dairy cattle. Scientists at...
WSU Farm and Food Processing Q and A Connector
http://foodsafety.wsu.edu/covid-19-qa-for-the-washington-agriculture-industry/
Tilth Alliance Garden Hotline
http://www.tilthalliance.org/learn/hotline/index_html The Garden Hotline Ask us! We offer individualized solutions to your garden questions. For over 20 years, the Garden Hotline educators have been providing...
WSDA Regional Markets’ resources
WSDA Regional Markets' resources specifically for small/direct marketing farms
Watch: FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Foods Online Blended Training
Please visit our website for online registration and additional information: http://foodprocessing.wsu.edu/fsmapc/ This two part blended online and instructor led course has been designed by the Food...
Extension Resources on Food Preservation
https://extension.wsu.edu/benton-franklin/health/homefoodpreservation/
Watch: Bulk Meat Sales Recording and Presentation
Attached you will find the PowerPoint presentation from the evening’s program and the closed captioning transcript for the evening. While the recorded link does provide...
Link: Resources and best practices for producers, farmers and farmers, specific to Covid-19
Resources and best practices for producers, farmers and farmers, specific to Coivd-19 support from: Penn State Extension, Center for Environmental Farming Systems, MOSES, and Cornell...
Listserv: NAFSN
NAFSN is a professional development association for individuals and organizations working at the forefront of food systems programming; the ListServ is for its members.
Southern SAWG Resources by State
Southern Sustainable Ag Working Group To assist individuals, farmers, nonprofits, restaurants and small businesses in finding state specific information and is formatted with an index....
Grafting watermelon prevents disease, WSU study shows
For years, Columbia Basin watermelon growers have struggled with Verticillium wilt. A new WSU study found that splice grafting helps watermelons resist the fungal disease.
Resources: WSDA Swine Import Fact Sheet and Info
WSDA Swine Import Fact Sheet and Info