AG and Natural Resources

RESOURCES FOR SMALL-ACREAGE FARMING OPERATIONS

Farmers Markets

The New Farmers Market at Division and 2nd
From May 15^th to October 30^th, 8:am -1:00pm Wednesdays and Saturdays
PO Box 7427 Spokane Washington

Kootenai County Farmers Market
Corner of Highway 95 & Prairie Avenue
Dalene Traverse (208) 772-9127
Open air seasonal Sat, 8:00-1:00

The Spokane Market Place
Located at Ruby and Desmet
100 E Desmet Ave.
Jackie Rappie (509)456-0100

Pacific Northwest Farm Direct Marketing Association
Ross Courtney Box 4612 Pasco, WA 99302
E-mail: maurer@owt.com

Washington State Farmers Market Association
Marie Brayman 11910-C Meridian East, Suite 29
Puyallup, WA 98373 phone: (425) 710-2064

Extension Offices

WSU/Spokane County Extension
Spokane County Ag Center
222 N. Havana, Spokane WA 9920
(509)477-2048

Master Gardener Plant Clinic
9 am To 3pm Monday through Thursday
9 am To 1 pm Friday

Stevens County Cooperative Extension
985 South Elm
Colville, WA 99114
509.684.2588
akowitz@wsu.edu
http://stevens.wsu.edu/

Lincoln County Extension Office
PO Box 399 (mailing)
303 6th Street (street)
Davenport, WA 99122-0399
Phone(509) 725-4171FAX (509) 725-4104

Kootenai County Extension Office
106 Dalton Ave.
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
Phone: (208)667-6426 Fax: (208)664-4470
E-mail: kootenai@uidaho.edu

Bonner County Extension Office
P.O. Box 1526, Fairgrounds
Sandpoint, ID 83864
Phone: (208)263-8511 Fax: (208)263-6191
E-mail: bonner@uidaho.edu

Latah County Extension Office
522 South Adams PO Box 8068
Moscow, Idaho 83843-8068
Phones: 800-691-2012 Fax: 208-883-2280
Email: latah@uidaho.edu

The Small Farm Center
University of California Cooperative Extension
One Shields Avenue University of California
Davis, CA 95616-8699
Phone: (530) 752-8136 Fax: (530) 752-7716
http://www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/

Education Resources

Spokane Tilth, Christopher Harris, Secretary
4629 N Hartley street, Spokane WA. 99205
(509) 326-5466 A citizens’ organization whose mission is to conduct and promote biologically sound and socially equitable agriculture.
http://www.ior.com/~bright/spotilth.htm
Washington Tilth Journal of organic and Sustainable Agriculture. Available through Spokane Tilth

Rural Roots
INWCFS The Inland Northwest Community Food Systems Association
Kootenai CO Extension
106 E Dalton, Ave. Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815
Vickie Parker-Clark at (208) 667-6426 or vickiepc@uidaho.edu http://www.uidaho.edu/
ag/environment/sustain/inwcfs/

SMALL FARM PROGRAM
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cooperative State, Research, Education,
and Extension Service, Stop 2220
Washington, DC 20250-2220
1-800-583-3071
www.reeusda.gov/smallfarm

ATTRA Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas - Responding to specific sustainable practices or enterprise questions.
P.O. Box 3657 Fayetteville, AR 72702
1-800-346-9140 http://www.attra.org/

Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)
Jill S. Auburn , SARE Director USDA
Room 3868 South Bldg., Ag Box 2223
Washington, D.C. 20250-2223
(202) 720-5203; fax (202) 720-6071
jauburn@reeusda.gov
http://www.sare.org/san/

Useful Publications

Farm Fresh Buying Guide. Small Farm Association Stevens County
Contact: Terry & Gail Swagerty
(509) 684-5411

Growing for Market,
PO Box 3747,
Lawrence KS 66046
News and ideas for market gardeners

Small Farm News
Small Farm Center One Shields Avenue University of California Davis, CA 95616-8699
Phone: (530) 752-8136 Fax: (530) 752-7716
E-mail: sfcenter@ucdavis.edu
http://www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/pubs/SFNews/news.htm

North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Association
62 White Loaf Road Southampton, MA 01073
Toll Free 1-888-884-9270 http://www.nafdma.com/
Farmers everywhere are discovering it's not what you grow...
It's how you market what you grow.

Bringing Home the Harvest
Kootenai County Cooperative Extension
106 E Dalton Ave.
Coeur D’Alene, ID 83815-7333
Articles and resources related to the opportunities and challenges facing small acreage farmers and market gardeners.

Small Farm Digest on line http://www.reeusda.gov/agsys/sfd/index.htm
Small Farm Digest, contact Olson at CSREES, USDA, Mail Stop 2220, Washington, DC 20250-2220 (telephone: 202/401/6544; fax: 202/401/1602; e- mail: solson@reeusda.gov). Subscriptions are free.

Small Farm Today
3903 W. Ridge Trail Rd.
Clark, MO 65243-9525 Phone (800) 633-2535
smallfarm@sockets.net
http://www.datasys.net/edpak/small.html
Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of small farming, rural living, sustainability, community and agripreneurship.

Business Assistance

The Kitchen Center
3707 S Godfrey Blvd. #101
Spokane WA 99204
Judy Gifford, Manager
(509) 455-9320 fax (509) 455-3657
jgifford@dmi.net
An affordable oppportunity to use a certified kitchen for product processing.
Health Permits, Kitchen Certification

Spokane Regional Health District Food Program 1101 W. College Ave Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 324-1500 www.spokanecounty.org/health/index.htm

Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce
801 West Riverside Avenue,
Spokane,WA 99201
509.624.1393 Fax: 509.747.0077
Email: chamber@spokane.net

Spokane Area Business Information Center
801 W. Riverside Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Telephone (509) 353-2800

SCORE Service Corps of Retired Executives,

601 West 1st Avenue, 10th Floor East
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 353-2822 E-mail: score@dmi.net

Small Business Administration
801 WEST RIVERSIDE AVE SUITE 200 Spokane WA. 99201-0901
(509)353-2800 FAX (509)353-2829

Small Business Development Center
SPOKANE SBDC SIRTI Building (Class Info)
Marcha Dillon- Assistant Manager
665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Spokane, WA 99202
Phone: (509) 358-7890 FAX: (509) 358-7896
E-Mail: mdillon@wsu.edu

Business License and Trade Names
Washington State Dept. of Revenue
N4407 Division St. third floor
482-3800

Small Business Development Center
POST FALLS SBDC North Idaho College Workforce Training Center
525 Clearwater Loop Post Falls, ID 83854
(208) 769-3444 jlynn@selkirk.nidc.edu

Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs
Ray Lancaster, Microenterprise Specialist
SNAP Downtown Office
212 S Wall Spokane WA 99201
Lancaster@snapwa.org (509)456-7174
Building bridges to employment and micro-enterprise

Organic Certification

Washington State Department of Agriculture
Marcia Wilkinson, Certification Coordinator, 360/902-1885 Miles McEvoy, Organic Program Manager, 360/902-1877
Agency Information - 360/902-1800
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 42560
Olympia, Washington 98504-2560
http://www.wa.gov/agr/contact.htm#toc

Idaho State Department of Agriculture
To Serve, Promote and Safeguard Idaho's Diverse Agricultural Community.
Organic Certification Program.
Jim Boatman Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 790 Boise, ID 83701
Phone (208) 332-8660 Fax:(208)334-2170
jboatman@agri.state.id.us
http://www.agri.state.id.us/isda/aginspect/organic2.htm

Useful Websites

The GrowServ Web Site
http://pnw-ag.wsu.edu/

Hortsense Web Site
http://pep.wsu.edu/hortsense/
Remedies for the most common yard and garden plant problems occurring in the Pacific Northwest.

Tip Sheet Index
Part of USDA's efforts to help small-scale farmers and ranchers. Farming for Profit,

Stewardship & Community
http://www.sare.org/san/tipsheet/index.htm

Agriculture Online
http://www.agriculture.com/

Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources WSU http://csanr.wsu.edu/

Directory of Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
http://www.reeusda.gov/statepartners/usa.htm

Herb World Online
http://www.herbworld.com

USDA Direct Marketing
http://www.ams.usda.gov/directmarketing

Panhandle Health District home page Health and environmental education, waste management, water quality management and land use management."
http://www2.state.id.us/phd1/index.html

University of Idaho, Agricultural publications and videotapes, software, and building plans
http://info.ag.uidaho.edu

Oregon State Small Farms Online
http://smallfarms.orst.edu

Food Links from Wye College, Univ. of London Sustainable Food Marketing" http://kempe.wye.ac.uk/FoodLink

Small Farming Resources
http://www.ces.uga.edu/Agriculture/agecon/smallfarmlinks.html

Land Use Issues

For questions concerning well logs
The Department of Ecology
4601 N Monroe Spokane WA. 99205
Phone: 456-2926 or 456-4410

Questions concerning water quality and wells;
Spokane Regional Health District well program
1101 W College Spokane WA. 99201
(509)324 1439 or 324-1575
Testing 324-1587

Building permits, (city) plan review, issuing permits, electrical, plumbing, and safety inspections, Certificates of Occupancy.

Building Division, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., Spokane WA 99201. (509) 625-6100 . http://www.spokanecity.org/construction/

Land Use Regulations (City)
City Planning Dept., 2nd Floor City Hall
Spokane WA. 99205 (509)625-6061

Building Permits Code Enforcement Land Use Regulations Planning(county)
Public Works Building,
1026 W. Broadway Ave. 99260-0170
(509) 456-3675 Administration: 477-3600
Fax: 477-4715 www.spokanecounty.org/pwadmin/index.htm

For questions concerning weeds and weed control
The Spokane County Weed Board
222 N Havana, Spokane WA 99202
(509) 477-5777

For pesticide training & testing
WA. Dept. Of Ag Suite 309
1500 W 4^thSpokane WA. 99204(509)625-5229 Fax 625-5232

Compiled by Don Dysart . For more information, contact WSU Extension, (509) 477-2048.

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