ON THE FARM
Happy Jam-ruary!
We’ve emptied our shelves of jams over the holidays, and now we start powering through last year’s harvest to make room this year’s. New varieties include Blueberry & Black Currant and Strawberry & Chamomile.
Jams are just $5 each for the first two weeks of this month.
Rod’s House
This week we served up apple and strawberry rhubarb turnovers with Nona’s Everything But the Bagel bread and two trays of ham, rice and broccoli casserole. Just 12 weeks of Tuesday deliveries left this season.
If you’d like to contribute a dessert or a main for 18, give us a shout out and tell us which Tuesday you’d like to schedule.
LOCAL
Fighting Breast Cancer in Rural America
“Her analysis, which was also published as a standalone paper in the journal Social Science & Medicine – Population Health, revealed four distinct types of rural communities: outlying, developed, well-resourced, and adaptable. Each is defined by a unique combination of demographic traits and structural features—such as plumbing access, poverty rates, walkability, and homeownership—and exhibits distinct public health challenges. To assess the validity of this classification structure, Cruz then returned to her hometown in the Yakima Valley to conduct interviews and focus groups with local stakeholders. “
(Source: Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Nov 25)
WA STATE
How Swinomish youth sparked a clean energy movement
“It began with a simple question from Swinomish youth: ‘Why don’t we have solar?’
Tribal elders and leaders listened, and that moment began a series of projects that are reshaping energy systems, lowering bills, improving resilience, and laying the groundwork for future careers in clean energy.”
Source: WA State Department of Commerce, Dec. 26)
LISTEN: Dry Falls & the Blue Lake Rhino
“In central Washington, between Grand Coulee Dam and Moses Lake is a place called Dry Falls, one of the most visually beautiful and geologically unique places in the world. It gets its name, not from being one of the hotter, drier climates in Washington – though as any visitor in mid-July would argue it certainly is – No…it’s called Dry Falls because where once flowed ten times the combined amount of water of all the rivers in the world…today, there is nothing. In fact, during its peak in the last Ice Age, the massive waterfall was five times the width and three times the height of the famous Niagara Falls.”
(Source: Washington our Home, Dec. 1)
NATIONAL & BEYOND
FREE! January 2026 Masterclass: HOW TO DESIGN, TEACH AND SHARE PERMACULTURE
“WHEN: Wednesday 7 January at 9am Melbourne time
(London 10pm & Tues 6th New York 5pm) find your time here
WHERE: Zoom – link shared when you register
COST: No charge
HOW TO REGISTER: Click here
CANT MAKE IT? Replay will be available if you register
because the moment calls for it. You might be ready to learn permaculture deeply and put it into practice. Or ready to bring a living systems lens to work you’re already doing. Or ready to step into teaching and leading regenerative change where you live and work.”
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Cheers!
Maria
***Reminder: Our goats will eat your Christmas trees. You can drop them off at the yellow stand at 210 Ehler Rd in Naches Heights.
