Event
September Chef Tour
OPEN to LOCAL WHOLESALE BUYERS & CHEFS ONLY: This unique farm & ranch tour features premium organic and grass-fed beef, pork & cheese, plus a green-powered mushroom farm & a family-owned winery. Speakers will focus on understanding the quality and value of these certifications and standards, including the emerging need for local and on-farm meat processing, and a kitchen-view of the considerations when purchasing sustainable ingredients. Stops on the tour include: Skagit River Ranch, Samish Bay Cheese, Pastazza, Vartanyan Estate Winery and Cascadia Mushrooms.
Special guest speaker, Fred Berman, WSDA Small Farm Program Coordinator, will offer his expertise in organic production and meat processing, as well as his perspective as a restaurant owner. Lucy Norris of Puget Sound Food Network will also bring a Slow Food perspective to sourcing wholesale local ingredients.
Stops on the tour will include:
SKAGIT RIVER RANCH
Products: Organic beef, chicken, pork and eggs
Skagit River Ranch is a Certified Organic Farm that produces 100% grass-fed beef, pasture raised chicken, organic pork & eggs from pasture raised hens. Using a mobile slaughter unit, all the animals are slaughtered on farm, processed either on farm or on farmer's cooperative butcher facility.
SAMISH BAY CHEESE
Products: Organic artisan cheeses, beef, pork and eggs
Located just east of scenic Chuckanut Drive, Samish Bay Cheese is a one-stop shop for organic farmstead artisan cheeses, organic beef, pork and eggs. There will be a mobile slaughtering unit on site during the Chef Tour. If you are interested in viewing slaughter, please wear boots.
PASTAZZA
Products: Casual fine-dining restaurant serving artisan pizzas & fresh pasta in traditional Italian, Mediterranean, Asian, and Northwest eclectic cuisines.
Pastazza is dedicated to serving tasteful and nutritious meals using as much locally grown, organic products as possible, as well as fresh Washington chicken and Northwest seafood, and source as much as 80% of their ingredients locally in summertime. We will enjoy a lunch sampling and learn the tricks of the trade from Owner Lynn Berman.
VARTANYAN ESTATE WINERY
Products: Fine wines
Vartanyan is a beautiful boutique winery, operated by Margarita and Eugene Vartanyan, and just five minutes from Bellingham. Centuries of our Armenian family-winemaking tradition, knowledge and passion enable us to produce excellent wines. Currently we feature seven wines, including our special creation "Trilogia," a blend of Pinot Noir aged in Russian barrels, Merlot aged in American barrels and Cabernet Franc aged in French barrels.
CASCADIA MUSHROOMS
Products: Wide variety of mushrooms
Whatcom County's only Certified Organic mushroom farm! Our amazingly fresh mushrooms and mushroom kits are available at the Bellingham Farmers Market and local restaurants and grocers.
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LocationSustainable Connections Office
1701 Ellis St. #221
Bellingham, WA 98225
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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