San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild

08/20/2026

There's only one month until Farm Tours of the San Juans starts! This year kicks off on Lopez Island starting September 18-20 with San Juan and Orcas Islands following. There's an incredible line up of curated farm dinners, hands-on activities like alpaca yoga, and rare opportunities to see behind the fences of farms that only open their fields for tours during this annual event. 🐐🥕🍎

Visit farmtourssanjuans.com to start planning!

08/04/2026

“Everybody who’s doing these small farms, we’re creating an alternative to walk away from this big food system.”

At Watmough Bay Farm on Lopez Island, Abe Gates and Derek Eisel are raising chickens, pigs and goats, growing vegetables, and cultivating a food system centered on community.

In the final episode of our film series, hear about the work the Food Share on Lopez Island and Watmough Bay Farm are doing to build a resilient local food system.

Watch all the films at https://www.youtube.com/

08/01/2026

“Know your farmer, know your food. That’s real! All my CSA members come in every week to pick their food up out of our cooler. They see us working in the field, adding compost, there’s never any sprays going on. They can come in here and know how their food is being produced and that’s important.”

During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Hailey heard her community’s call for locally grown food and scaled up food production at West Beach Farm. In the third episode of our series, Hailey shares both the uncertainty she feels at the end of each year “are we really going to do this again?” and the ways she and local farmers support one another, “we’re not competing with each other, we’re competing against the food truck that comes in on the ferry every week.”

This is the second episode in our series, hear from all the farms at https://www.youtube.com/

07/29/2026

Save the date and start planning! The Farm Tours of the San Juans are coming up soon.

Farm Tours of the San Juans celebrates local farms, food, fiber, farmland stewardship, and community across Lopez, San Juan, and Orcas islands. Each Fall, visitors are invited to meet growers, taste island-grown food, learn from working farms, and explore the agricultural roots of the San Juans.

Learn more about the tours and plan your trip at farmtourssanjuans.com

07/27/2026

Rob Waldron has been a fixture at the San Juan Island Farmer’s Market for decades. He started farming in the 1970s when he bought his own hay equipment, and has seen the challenges farmers have faced over the years, from access to land, the need for multiple jobs, to building community support.

Join us in watching the second short film of our four-part series. Find the full series at https://www.youtube.com/ and support local at the SJI Farmers Market on Saturdays at Brickworks.

Know Your Farmer, love your food. Buy Local.

07/24/2026

“Know your farmer, know your food. That’s real!” – Hailey Averna, West Beach Farm.

Get to know farmers on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez, through the San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild’s short film series created in collaboration with Orcas-based filmmaker Alex Fleming-McNeil. Through the films, we see the labor of love that goes into growing food and learn where to find local food. Farmers face tremendous challenges in San Juan County, yet they find remarkable ways to build community, offer alternatives to industrial agriculture, and strengthen island resilience.

The first of this 4-part series is now available to watch on our YouTube Channel linked below.

The San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild partnered with Orcas-based ...

05/28/2026

Tickets are going quickly for the final screening of "Women’s Work: The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers" this Friday, May 29th at 7pm at the Lopez Grange! We're looking forward to hearing from Lena Jones , Christine Langley (Lopez Harvest), and Kathryn Thomas (Horsedrawn Farm).

Together we'll hear about their experiences farming on Lopez Island, enjoy tastes of locally grown food from each of their farms, and more treats from , , tea from and flowers from !

If you haven't bought your ticket yet, you can do so at the link in bio.

05/24/2026

Orcas Island -- we can't wait to see you tomorrow, May 24th at 1pm at Sea View Theatre to hear Amy Lum Farm LLC and Laura Torma speak about their experiences as women working in agriculture!

Join us for an ice cream social with Lum Farm ice cream, and to watch the documentary film Women's Work: the Untold Story of America's Female Farmers. Tickets available online and at the door (if cost is a barrier, please reach out)

https://tinyurl.com/WomenWorkOrcas

Yesterday's event on San Juan was truly inspiring, many thanks to our speakers Louisa Brouwer, Angie Freeman-Shepherd, Amanda Zee and everyone who came out!

05/22/2026

We can't wait for tonight's event in Friday Harbor to kick off our film screening series of "Women's Work: the Untold Story of America's Female Farmers!" We'll hear from island farmers Amanda Zee (Sweet Earth Farm), Angie Freeman-Shepherd (Honeycomb Farm) and Louisa Brouwer (Ferryboat Seeds) about their experiences farming on San Juan Island, and enjoy a delicious spread of local food.

Market Chef is preparing a salad with Ferry Boat Seeds barley and beans, and cooking meat donated by Angie Freeman-Shepard. Sweet Earth Farm is contributing fresh arugula and chive blossoms, and we’ll have bread from Bakery San Juan, tins of Matt’s Fresh Fish caught off South Beach, wine from San Juan Vineyard, and local cheese to enjoy. Jenny Gustafson of Little Fairy Farm is also contributing fresh flowers. There's still time to get your tickets online or at the door! https://tinyurl.com/WomensWorkSanJuan

Interested in this event but can't make it? We'll be on Orcas Island, Sunday, May 24th and Lopez Friday, May 29th. Details at https://www.eventbrite.com/o/15246840985

05/19/2026

Join the San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild for a series of film screenings of "Women’s Work: The Untold Story of America’s Female Farmers" produced by Audra Mulkern, founder of the Female Farmer Project, and a panel conversation with local women farmers.

Hear the stories and experiences of those who feed us, taste the food they grow, and celebrate 2026 being declared the International Year of the Woman Farmer by the United Nations.

🫐 San Juan, Friday, May 22nd 7-9pm at Brickworks with Amanda Zee (Sweet Earth Farm), Angie Freeman-Shepherd (Honeycomb Farm) and Louisa Brouwer (Ferryboat Seeds).

🐐 Orcas, Sunday, May 24th 1-3pm at Sea View Theatre, panelists Amy Lum (Lum Farm) and Laura Torma (Tekla Farms).

🥬 Lopez, Friday, May 29th 7-9pm at the Lopez Grange with panelists Kathryn Thomas (Horsedrawn Farm), Christine Langley (Lopez Harvest), and Lena Jones (Still Light Farm).

Get your tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/15246840985