Volunteers sought for Tax-Aide service
WHATCOM — Tax-Aide, which is sponsored by the AARP Foundation, is looking for a few volunteers to assist clients with their tax returns in Whatcom County. Tax-Aide has been providing ...
Pacific Alpine organic farm at risk
Botanist hopes to preserve Kelly Road native species land WHATCOM — Hidden deep within central Whatcom County on Kelly Road sits an ancient organic heirloom farm. With a picturesque ...
Making the most of fall planting season
By David Vos After a seemingly interminable dry streak, we’ve finally been blessed with rain again here in our corner of the Pacific Northwest, and with it comes the transition to ...
Small-farm program open to additional participants
Applications will be taken to Oct. 20 WHATCOM — Food To Bank On, a beginning farmer business training project facilitated by Sustainable Connections, is accepting applications for ...
A new pest in silage corn
Upcoming harvest will show extent of Western corn rootworm WHATCOM — A new bug is in the silage corn fields of some local dairy farmers. How great of a threat it poses remains to ...
4H Reports
BARN BUDDIES Tabitha Revak, reporter Since I’ve written about our Barn Buddies’ preparations for the Northwest Washington Fair and the Small Animal Experience nearly every month ...
Milk price likely peaking at $16.57
The August Federal Order Class III benchmark milk price was announced Friday, Sept. 1, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at $16.57 per hundredweight, up $1.12 from July but 34 cents ...
Darigold shifts to doing its own store delivery
Trucks and new employees will work from five NW cities SEATTLE — Darigold announced Sept. 1 that it is shifting to its own direct delivery of finished goods to stores with a fleet ...
Speaker panel topic is farm winterizing
LYNDEN — In the Whatcom Speaker Series on the third Thursday of every month, regional experts are joined by local farmers to share their knowledge and experience on farming and ...
Letters to the Editor — Sept. 13, 2017
A note on Houston Please note that Houston has been the national building industry’s poster child for the miracle of affordable housing through permissive planning, environmental ...