21 Acres Center for Local Food and Sustainable Living

21 Acres is a community-based non-profit organization that serves as an agricultural and environmental learning center. Salmon-Safe recognized 21 Acres as a model of responsible farm stewardship. They are protecting their waterways by planting streamside buffers and hedgerows and using conservation practices that prevent soil erosion, control weeds and pests through natural methods, conserve water through efficient irrigation, and promote native biodiversity. The Salmon-Safe certification will help the farm educate the community about the connections between good farming practices and protection of water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, and native biodiversity.

Boistfort Farm

The Boistfort Valley Farm is a 47 acre organic farm located along the South Fork of the Chehalis River, southeast of Olympia. Over 120 varieties of fruits and vegetables are grown on the Farm, including corn, cucumbers, lettuce, strawberries, and plums. These crops are sold through a CSA program, farmers markets, and other venues. Boistfort Valley uses farming practices that maintain healthy soils and are friendly to the local wildlife, including the birds, salmon, elk and deer, that frequent the property. Some of their sustainable practices include: rotating crops to balance soil nutrients, planting cover crops to minimize nutrient loss and maximize nitrogen & organic matter in the soil, and avoiding the use of any type of chemical pesticide or fertilizer.

Evergreen State College Organic Farm

Evergreen State College Organic Farm, is the first college farm to become Salmon-Safe certified. The farm serves as a valuable resource for student involvement in organic agriculture and sustainable farming practices. The Salmon-Safe certification will be used to educate students and the greater community about holistic farming practices, environmental protection, habitat restoration and 'green' marketing.

Fresh Breeze Organic Dairy

Fresh Breeze Organic Dairy, a 5th generation dairy farm located in Whatcom County, near the Canadian border, is the only organic dairy in Washington state to process, bottle, and market their own line of organic milk. Now the Salmon-Safe label is recognizing Fresh Breeze for their commitment to sustainable practices and will soon be featured on their milk bottles, which are sold to groceries throughout the Puget Sound region.

Let Us Farm

Let Us Farm is situated in the Upper Chehalis Watershed, located directly along the east bank of the Chehalis River. Steve and Cecilia Hallstrom have dedicated approximately one-fourth of their 88 acre property to the production of a wide variety of certified organic vegetables and fruits. As lifetime farmers, the Hallstroms are devoted to management practices that are consistent with promoting and sustaining natural resources on their property. To that end, they have enrolled part of their property in the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), raised and planted native trees to expand the forest habitat, maintained wide, forested buffers along the river, and converted an old dairy lagoon into prime waterfowl habitat.

Other recently certified farms:

Thornfield Acres Farm, Rochester, WA
Alm Hill Gardens, Everson, WA
Garden Treasures Farm, Arlington, WA
Local Roots Farm, Carnation, WA
DeVine Garden, Custer, WA