Eat Local, Fresh & Organic

Finally, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has come to Snohomish. A CSA means you pay a set sum for local, fresh, organic produce grown sustainably on a local farm (the Chinook Farms for the Chinook Farms CSA) throughout the growing season.

Chinook Farms is on Elliott Road south of Snohomish about 1.5 miles east of Highway 9, in the Cathcart area. If you know where Bob’s Corn is located, we are next door in the very fertile river valley. For contact information and a map location, Click Here

Chinook Farms has been fallow for 12 years. As a result we don’t have to wait the usual three to five years of transition. We are in the process of being certified as an organic farm and should have this completed by mid-summer 2010. We follow all guidelines that the Washington State Department of Agriculture has designated for organic farming and the National Organic Standard.

• We rotate crops and work with nature rather than use harsh chemicals
• We use hand and mechanical cultivation instead of spraying
• We use aged animal manure, Bailey’s Compost, and we compost material on site

These are just a few ways that we comply with the organic guidelines set by the WSDA. Our goal is to ensure that our land is as healthy in five years as it is now. You can be sure that the produce in your box that you feed your family has no pesticides or any other toxic substance.