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2009 Thanks and Accomplishments Thanks to all of You, who supported our small sustainable family farm in 2009!!! By buying our Crown S Ranch products, you are saying YES to local sustainable agriculture in Washington and YES to our motto: Better for the Animals. ~ Better for the Environment. ~ Better for You. 2009 was a tremendous growth year for Crown S Ranch, LLC. With our production increasing by 50% annually for the last 7 years, we were in desperate need of infrastructure upgrades. By putting a large portion of our farm into a Agricultural Conservation Easement, acquiring additional local financing and increasing our customer base, we were able to make great strides toward our goal of becoming a completely sustainable family farm: Up and Running On-farm Cottage: Available for weekly and half weekly rentals to Crown S Ranch customers who are interested in seeing where their food comes from and learning more about the farming techniques of Crown S Ranch. E-mail for more information and to schedule your 2010 family week on the farm!! New walk-in Freezer: Our new central farm building contains an energy efficient, spacious 250sf walk-in freezer. This in combination with our existing container walk-in freezer will accommodate our continual production growth for at least the next 5 years. Composting Structure: Composting is a critical part of our sustainable farming practice, it allows for nutrient recycling. Now our new five bay structure will allow us to enhance and improve our current composting system. Thanks to a partial NRCS grant, this will be up in running this spring! Organic Hay and Grain: With a 70acre lease agreement in place last spring, we are now growing our own organic hay and organic grain. In progress: · WSDA Poultry Processing facility – scheduled to be up and running by summer 2010 · Crown S Store – scheduled to be up and running by summer 2010 · Added Value Kitchen – scheduled to be up and running by Fall 2010 · Crown S Offices – scheduled to be up and running by Fall 2010 Thanks again for your continued support!! *** Preserving Farmland In February 2009, 42 acres of our Crown S Ranch farmland was put into an agricultural conservation easement. Thank you to the Methow Conservancy for helping us protect and preserve our farmland. The Crown S Ranch agricultural conservation easement was made possible by a combination of private and public funding sources including the federal Farm and Ranch land program and the Washington State Farmland Protection Program in partnership with Okanogan County. *** Stewardship Award In the fall of 2008 Crown S Ranch was awarded first runner-up for the Vim Wright Stewardship Award from Farming and the Environment. ***
prior news items: Holiday Feast!! Let us help to make your Holiday Feast a HUGE success with our delicious individual cuts of Beef and Pork. With unbelievable flavor and tenderness, you will wow your foodie friends with our delicious and safe meat products. Call or e-mail now to order. E-mail:
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or call: 509-996-3849 *** Join our Ranch CSA!! To enjoy our fabulous sustainable meat products throughout the year sign up now for one or all of our CSA shares ~ Beef, Pork, Chicken and/or Eggs. So call or e-mail now to join. E-mail:
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or call: 509-996-3849 *** Organic Hay for Sale!! In an attempt to complete our sustainability loop, we are now raising our own hay and grain. Of course our hay is organic and only fertilized by rotation of our solar panel chicken tractors and our grass fed beef. We have extra fabulous hay for sale, so call or e-mail now. E-mail:
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or call: 509-996-3849 *** “The Family Farm Ecosystem” (Methow Conservancy First Tuesday program - July) Thanks to all who joined us!! . *** Crown S Ranch Farm Walk, Organic Animal Husbandry Thanks to all who joined us at this WSU and Tilth Producers event! Over 40 farmers throughout Washington gathered together to learn how Crown S Ranch combines traditional husbandry and new technology to create sustainable farming practices. *** Annual Farm Tour and Potluck Over 120 Crown S Ranch supporters joined us this year for our Annual Farm Tour and Potluck. Thank you, It was great fun!!! ***
2008-2009 CSAFirst CSA delivery of 2008-2009 Harvest Cycle. Thanks to all who have joined our Ranch CSA for the 2008-2009 Harvest Cycle!! We have 85 members this year up from 30 last year |
