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On a typical day, you can find Caitlin Ames harvesting vegetables, guiding interns and volunteers, and generally keeping tabs on the ever-evolving to-do list at Matsuda Farm, where they have been manager for five years.Continue readingMatsuda Farm growing food and community on Vashon Island
Did you know? Many King County farms donate some or all of the food they grow to local food banks. Continue readingTake action and spread your love of local food this holiday season!
As we come to the end of the 2017 planting season, we wanted to share some stats that we’ve been
We took some them from this year’s most popular New Year’s resolutions and put a green spin for small steps to make 2017 an eco-tastic year.Continue readingEco-conscious New Year’s resolutions
Employees of the Department of Natural Resources and Parks recently volunteered to plant trees and other plants at a restoration site in Marymoor Park. We planted 500 native plants, including 170 trees in a wetland area near the Sammamish River. Continue reading1 million trees: DNRP gets muddy and gets planting
Today, King County Executive Dow Constantine launched the 1 Million Trees campaign, an ambitious project to plant one million trees
Here are 10 ways to become a local food champion:Continue readingGood Food Champion: Eat healthy, support local
While most King County residents recycle, still more than 78 percent of what ends up in the county’s landfill could have been recycled or composted.Continue readingBecome a Master Recycler Composter and help curb waste
Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy of service in the community by volunteering. This MLK Day, we have two
We all love to resolve to make big changes for the New Year. Let’s be honest, real behavior change is
Continue readingNew Year’s green resolution ideas from King County