Farm Walks

Join host Nicole Witham along with producers Erin Murphy and Teri Rakusin as they take a look back on Season 1 of The Farm Walks Podcast. And stay tuned for a special announcement!

In this episode of the Farm Walks Podcast , we get to sit down with Ryan Lichttenegger of Steel Wheel Farm in Fall City, WA to talk about developing COVID-specific employee training protocols and discuss recent updates to their wash/pack facility to help prepare them for GAP/FSMA compliance. Ryan will also share about his love of vintage farm equipment and Steel Wheel Farm’s approach to completing...

In this episode of the Farm Walks Podcast, we have the opportunity to talk with Bil Thorn of Sky Island Farm in Humptulips, WA about low-risk marketing outlets and food safety best practices for direct-to-consumer marketing and wholesale outlets. Bil also addresses innovative ways to find farmland and his approach to scaling up their business by expanding their market reach. To close out this epis...

In this episode of the Farm Walks Podcast , we catch up with Emily Asmus of Welcome Table Farm in Walla Walla, WA to talk about their direct-to-consumer marketing channels including their customizable CSA, farm stand, and online shop. Emily also addresses farming over 40 and her lessons learned for managing body care, mechanization, hiring, vacation, and working with a spouse after two decades of...

In this episode of the Farm Walks Podcast , we dive into direct-to-consumer marketing with Emily Tzeng of Local Color Farm and Fiber in Puyallup, WA. We talk about developing marketing channels, building a brand, and the ways she adapted her CSA and farmers market approach during COVID. We then chat with Matt Kelly, Executive Director of the Queen Anne Farmers Market about farmers market operation...

En este episodio del podcast Farm Walks las presentadoras Marilú Fernandez Silva y Kate Smith de WSU Extensión platican con Pablo Silva de Silva Family Farm de cómo pudieron operar de manera segura su granja de arándanos U-Pick la temporada pasada y cómo han superado los desafíos de manejar una pequeña granja durante COVID.  Más adelante en el episodio escuchamos a Karen Ullmann, coordinadora de e...

In this episode of the Farm Walks Podcast, we chew through all things organic certification with Heidi and Mike Peroni of Boistfort Valley Farm in Curtis, WA. We learn why they decided organic certification was right for them, and break down the certification process by covering everything from required farming practices and record keeping strategies to annual inspections and helpful resources.  W...

Casey Smith is a fifth-generation sheep producer in Winthrop, WA. Together with his fiancée, mom, and dad, Casey grows forage crops on irrigated pasture that are harvested with sheep. Casey sells grass-fed lamb meat, wool hats, wool blankets, yarn, sheep skins, dog treats and is beginning to sell grass-fed beef. All of the products are sold directly to consumers, stores and restaurants. Casey work...

Tune in to the Farm Walks Podcast, conversations for farmers, by farmers about organic, sustainable, regenerative, and direct marketing agricultural production in Washington State.  For more than 17 years, Tilth Alliance and Washington State University Food Systems Program have been collaboratively organizing the traditional Farm Walks that, pre-COVID-19, were happening  -  well, on-farm… So, Farm...