Whatcom Farm Speaker Series—now online!
Our in-person workshops are now on hold. In the meantime, we have complied a list of online resources to help you achieve your farming goals! We will continue to add resources to this page as we develop them.
Whatcom CD Farm Planners are available to assist you! We are still offering FREE and custom farm planning services, a $200 rebate towards barn gutters or heavy use area footing and our manure spreader loan program.
While we wait for our in-person workshops to resume, check out these virtual presentations:
2021 Country Living Expo/ Cattlemen's Winter School
Pasture Management Tips
Manure Management Tips
Irrigation Tips
Soil Health Tips
Winter Farm Tips
Equipment Share
Small Farm Expo 2020
Small Farm Expo 2019
Small Farm Expo 2018
Below are links to videos of the previous Farm Speaker Series talks:
- A Different Kind of Prep Time for Farm Disaster Preparedness
- Agriculture Drainage Maintenance in Whatcom County
- Best Practices for Small Scale and Urban Poultry
- Customizing Fall Manure Applications for Your Soil Types
- Forage Production and Management
- Happy Healthy Horses
- Increasing Crop Diversity and Production
- Interpreting Your Soil Test for Better Crop Production
- Irrigation Water Management
- Land Management for Productive Berries
- Local Nutrient and Water Quality Research
- Principles of Producing High Quality Grass Forage
- Troubleshooting for Manure Storage Structures
- Winterize Your Farm
- Optimize your pasture management; talk nutrients and forage growth with a local agronomist
- Competition or Co-opetition; How local farms are cooperating to provide opportunity for all
- What's Buzzing; Mason bees and honey bees on your farm
- Farm Funding Opportunities; Grants, incentives and costshare
- Meat the Future; Successful models in animal agriculture
- Farms to Tables; marketing and sales from the perspective of direct market farmers
- Vet's Corner; working with a large animal vet to improve herd health