Farm Walks Tilth Alliance & WSU Food Systems Program

This episode of the Farm Walks Podcast is the first part of the WA Meat Up Double Feature.In this episode we talk with Imad Ahmad of Olive Branch Ranch. Imad is a diversified livestock farmer in South Puget Sound, providing custom-exempt, halal meats for his local community. We get to dig into all the meaty details with Imad about his operation and raising and harvesting halal livestock. Olive Branch Ranch was recently awarded a Local Meat Processing Capacity Grant from the Washington S...

This episode is the second part of the WA Meat Up Double Feature!In this episode of the Farm Walks Podcast, we sit down with Shelley Muzzall of 3 Sisters Family Farm on Whidbey Island and her butcher Travis Stockstill of Island Grown Farmers Cooperative (IGFC). We cover a lot of ground from the unique Island Grown Farmers Co-op model (the first ever USDA Mobile processing unit of its kind!) and how it has impacted its members and the local meat economy. IGFC was recently awarded a Local...

Osman Ruiz Amador, propietario de Amador Farms, dirige una operación con su familia de mercado directo de frutas y verduras diversificadas. Su granja se enfoca en vender directamente a los consumidores a través de los mercados de agricultores en todo el estado. Osman explica sus experiencias en la agricultura y cómo capacita a todos los que trabajan en la granja y en los mercados, sobre los estándares y prácticas de inocuidad de productos. Más adelante en el episodio, Jacqui Gordon Núñez...

Haley Olson-Wailand and Zach Wailand, owners of Dharma Ridge Farm, run a certified organic, diversified, wholesale produce operation. Their farm is Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certified, and they recently underwent their first WSDA Produce Safety Rule inspection. Haley and Zach discuss land access, produce safety improvements, and how they’ve scaled up their farm business over time. Later in the episode, Connie Fisk, manager of the WSDA Produce Safety Program, describes what farms ...

Hilario Álvarez y su familia dirigen Alvarez Organic Farms, una granja de vegetales diversificados orgánicos certificados en Mabton, WA, donde cultivan 200 variedades de pimientos y 300 variedades de verduras. Han estado en el negocio agrícola durante más de 30 años y hablamos con ellos sobre cómo su granja ha cambiado recientemente, incluso durante la pandemia de COVID-19, específicamente en lo que respecta a la gestión y las ventas de los empleados. Más adelante en el episodio hablamos con ...

Bryan Mesa of De La Mesa Farms runs a 2.5 acre no-till, regenerative market garden in Tacoma, WA with his family. In this episode, we talk with Bryan about moving their farm all the way from Hawaii during the pandemic and the food safety factors he considered when setting up the farm on the new property. Later in the episode, we connect with Anita Adalja of Ashokra Farm who is a farmer and trained USDA GAP Auditor and also works on food safety trainings for small growers. Anita brings up...