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Sustainable Small Farming & Ranching

On Farm Apprenticeships

Agricultural Entrepreneurship

Organic Gardening and Farming

Organic Farming Practicum

Ecological Soils Management
 

Sustainable Small Acreage Livestock Production

Science, Society & Sustainable Food Systems

Field Analysis of Sustainable Food Systems

World Agricultural Systems
 

Sustainable Small Farming & Ranching
Location Instructor Dates, Times, Fees
Rice, WA (Stevens County)

Quillisascut Farm School
2409 Pleasant Valley Road
Rice, WA 99167

Lora Lea  and Rick Misterly
misterly@ultraplix.com
(509) 738-2011

www.quillisascutcheese.com
Tentatively Spring 2008


Tuition: $495 per person, including room and board, limited financial assistance available

Omak, WA (Okanogan Co.)

Norman Suverly
WSU Okanogan Co. Extension
P O Box 391
Okanogan, WA 98840
509-422-7245

suverly@wsu.edu

December 3rd through February 11, 2008  @ Twisp Grange Hall, Twisp, WA

Port Angeles, WA (Clallam County)

Curtis Beus
Clallam County Extension Office
223 E. 4th Street Suite 15
Port Angeles, WA  98362
(360) 417-2398

 

January 15 2008 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Friday Harbor, WA (San Juan County)

Candace Jagel
San Juan County Extension
221 Weber Way, Suite LL
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
(360) 378 4414 (phone)
candace_jagel@wsu.edu
http://sanjuan.wsu.edu

 (Tentatively) January 2008, TBA

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On-Farm Apprenticeships
Location Farmer Mentor Dates, Times, Fees
Riley Creek
Blueberry Farm

Laclede ID
Stan Urmann To be arranged
Greentree Naturals
Sandpoint ID
Diane Green To be arranged
Skylines Farm Sheep & Wool
Harvard ID
Melissa Lines To be arranged
Moffett's Organics
Colfax WA
Stacia & David Moffett To be arranged
Maple K Farm
Colton WA
Tom Kammerzell To be arranged
University of Idaho Student Organic Farm Heidi Heffernan/Jodi Johnson-Maynard To be arranged
Washington State University Organic Farm Brad Jaeckel To be arranged

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Course: Agricultural Entrepreneurship
Location Instructor Dates, Times, Fees

Spring 2008

Bellingham, WA (Whatcom Co.) Colleen Burrows
Whatcom County
Ext.
1000 N. Forest St. S. 201
Bellingham, WA 98225-5594
360-676-6736

cburrows@wsu.edu

Tentatively January or February
Bremerton, WA (Kitsap Co.) Arno Bergstrom
Kitsap Co. Extension
345 6th Street, S. 550
Bremerton, WA 98337-1874
360-337-7225

awbergstrom@wsu.edu

February 6th Long Lake Community Center 

February 7th at Bainbridge Island Winery.  6:30pm to 9:00 pm

Brush Prairie, WA (Clark Co.) Erin Harwood
Clark County Extension
11104 NE 149th St., Bldg. C, Suite 100
Brush Prairie, Wa  98606-9558
(360) 397-6060 x7720

Erin.Harwood@clark.wa.gov

 

February 5 - April 8, 2008 6-9pm at the WSU Brush Prairie office.
Everett, WA (Snohomish Co.) Kate Halstead
WSU Snohomish County Ext.
600 128th St. SE
Everett, WA 98208-6353
(425) 357-6024

khalstead@wsu.edu

September 19 – December 12, Wednesdays, 6:30 – 9:00 pm Held at the Snohomish Co. Ext. Office
Mt. Vernon, WA (Skagit Co.)

 

Don McMoran
Skagit County Extension
306 S. First Street
Mt. Vernon, WA 98273-3805
(360) 428-4270, ext 225

donaldm@co.skagit.wa.us

 

January 16th - April 2, 2008

Pasco, WA (Franklin County) Vickie Contini
Franklin Co.
404 W. Clark
Pasco, WA 99301
Asst: Vickie Contini
509-545-3511

vcontini@wsu.edu

Instructor: Johann Curtiss

Feb 20th – May 7th 6-9pm (Tentative Branch campus at Richland)
Port Hadlock, WA (Jefferson Co.) Katherine Baril                       Jefferson County Extension                201 W. Patison                                   Port Hadlock, WA 98339                   (360) 379-5610                 kbaril@WSU.edu

 

Tentatively January 2008
Puyallup, WA (Pierce County) Deanna Burnett-Keener       WSU Puyallup Research & Extension Center
7612 Pioneer Way E
Puyallup, WA  98371            phone (253)333-1600 and (253) 228-3400

dburnett@greenriver.edu

January 8 - April 8th 6-9pm
Shelton, WA (Mason County)

Kirsten C. Workman
Small Farm Extension Educator
WSU Mason County Extension

In Partnership with Mason Conservation District
SE 1051 Hwy 3, Suite G
Shelton, WA 98584
(360) 427-9436

kworkman@wsu.edu
http://mason.wsu.edu/farms

www.masoncd.org

Tentatively starting in February

Held at The Mason Cty Conservation District 450 W. Buisness Park Shelton, WA  98584

 
Spokane, WA (Spokane Co.) Pat Munts
Spokane County Extension
222 N. Havana
Spokane, WA 99202-4799
509-477-2173

pmunts@spokanecounty.org

 

Tentatively Fall 2009
Wahkaikum County

Carrie Kennedy                       25 River Street Building, Suite E Cathlamet, WA 98612-0278    Mailing Address: PO Box 278 Phone: (360) 795-3278             FAX: (360) 795-0317  

kennedyc@co.wahkiakum.wa.us

Tentatively January or February
Pullman, WA (Whitman Co.)
University of Idaho/Washington State University

***Academic Only***

Link to the WSU Distance Degree Program website 
 

Ecological Soils, Field Analysis Sustainable Food Sys (Soils 445), World Agriculture System will be offered DDP this Spring Semester

For more information contact Amanda Snyder at (208) 885-2049 or amsnyder@uidaho.edu

For Washington State contact Clayton Burrows at (206) 719-0056, claytonburrows@wsu.edu.

For more regarding a course offered in Moscow contact:
Cinda Williams
(208) 883-2267
cindaw@uidaho.edu

January 7 - April

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Course: Organic Farming & Gardening
Location Instructor Dates, Times, Fees

Offerings of this course for Spring 2008 are under development.

Course: Organic Farming Practicum
Location Instructor Dates, Times, Fees
Moscow/Pullman
Washington State University Campus Farm
Brad Jaeckel
jaeckel@wsu.edu
Contact Brad to arrange credit
Course: Ecological Soils Management
Location Instructor Dates, Times, Fees

Offerings of this course for Spring 2008 are under development.

Course: Sustainable Small Acreage Livestock Production
Location Instructor Dates, Times, Fees

Offerings of this course for 2008 are under development.

Course: Science, Society & Sustainable Food Systems
Location Instructor Dates, Times, Fees

Offerings of this course for 2008 are under development.

Course: Field Analysis of Sustainable Food Systems
Location Instructor/Contact Information Dates, Times, Fees

Offerings of this course for 2008 are under development.

Course: World Agricultural Systems
Location Instructor Dates, Times, Fees

Offerings of this course for Spring 2008 are under development.

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