NEXT MEETING
The next ARC full committee meeting will take place on February 24, 2010 from 2 - 4 PM, at the Whidbey Island Bank, Friday Harbor. Contact ARC staff at 360-378-2906, for more information.

SJC Agricultural Lands Mapping Report 2009 (PDF) * NEW *

ARC Annual Update - August 2009 (PDF) * NEW *

WHERE TO FIND ISLAND GROWN PRODUCE, MEATS, AND SEAFOOD

ARC UPDATES

• ARC 2008 Newsletter (PDF)
• San Juan County Food Producer and Garden Surveys (Click Here for Survey)
• Property Tax Relief Program (PDF)
• Public Workshops. The ARC held four public workshops concerned with aspects of farmland preservation in March and April, presenting a variety of speakers and topics. The following are brief descriptions of what was discussed:
    - Sustainable Farming and Farmland Preservation (PDF)
    - Partnerships in Saving Farmland (PDF)
    - Appraisals and Open Space Taxation (PDF)
    - Inheritance Laws and Conservation Easements (PDF)

ARTICLES

• Recycling Agricultural (AG) Plastics (PDF) * NEW *
• Buying Local Food: Investing in Community (PDF) * NEW *
• Conserving Our Soils, Investing in Our Future (PDF) * NEW *
• Why Ecosystem Services Matter (PDF) * NEW *
• Feeding Ourselves (PDF) * NEW *
• Farmland Preservation in San Juan County (PDF)
• A Snapshot of San Juan County Agriculture (PDF)
• Good News (PDF)
• Mapping Our Foodshed (PDF)
• Food Security (PDF)
• Half Full (PDF)
• Counting Carbon (PDF)
• Sustainable Farming and Farmland Preservation (PDF)
• Farmland Preservation 101 (PDF)
• Saving the Farm Without Breaking the Bank (PDF)