Category: Featured News

Island Grown Farm Tours invite you to Watmough Bay Farm. The annual Farm Tours in San Juan County are a great time to explore where our wonderful foods come from. Join us for the farm tour launch on Friday October 7th for a tour of Watmough Bay Farm, then stay for a pop-up dinner, music, […]

Island Bounty – Art, Food & Farm Celebration! Orcas Center and the San Juan Islands Agriculture Guild are launching the popular annual Orcas Farm Tours with the Island Bounty opening party on Friday, September 30that Orcas Center. Island residents and visitors are invited to come enjoy and honor the art, food and farms essential to […]

Greetings to Cultural Creatives on Orcas and in the San Juans-   We are fortunate to have the INSPIRE WA team coming to Orcas and San Juan to help us learn more about upcoming funding opportunities and strategic initiatives that support the Arts in Washington.   Please consider attending this drop-in event to learn about […]

Full Bloom – Summer Makers Fair- Aug 27th, 2022 Enjoy summer’s bounty at Full Bloom Makers Fair – an All-Islands Artisan Showcase featuring artists and artisans from Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Islands on Saturday, August 27th, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Pelindaba Lavender Farm, San Juan Island.    Art. Food. Music. Farm Strolls. […]

Celebrate Lopez Island Creativity The second annual LOPEZ UNCOVERED Music Festival features musicians living on Lopez and their original works. Great fun for all ages! Music, food, a wine and beer garden, youth activities, and the Summer Lopez Makers Pop-up with over 20 art, artisan and food works and products is sure to make this […]

The James Beard Foundation has announced the 2022 James Beard Award semi-finalists in its sought after awards of recognition and two San Juan County restaurants are on the list.   Congratulations to Nick Coffey at Ursa Minior on Lopez and the team at Matia on Orcas!   Matia was selected as one of the Best […]

Farm and Food Housing Survey: Share how the current housing shortage is affecting your San Juan County farm/ food-related business   If you own or manage a farm or food system business, we need your help to fill knowledge gaps and help local housing efforts better address the housing needs of local farm and food-businesses […]

Celebrating our Launch! The Makers Guild has secured funding to develop a Makers Directory as part of an asset mapping research project through 2022. We are also conducting a countywide needs assessment and contracting multi-sector Market Plans to benefit Maker enterprises.   First step has been to construct the interactive Maker Platform you are now […]