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1 Arbutus Farm
DAVE AND BECKIE HEINLEIN
631 Cousins Road • 468.3744
Yarn, roving and sheepskins from
biodynamic Romney sheep available
at our farm store. They wear coats to
protect soft, lustrous fleece which is
sheared, washed and hand-dyed on
the farm to enhance its lively warmth.
Open most Fridays & Saturdays, 11-4,
all year, or by appointment.
2 Buffum Brothers Farms
GARY AND M.R. BUFFUM
618 Channel Road • 468.2320
buffumbros@rockisland.com
We produce grains, straw, hay, cows
and pigs. Please call for availability.
3 Carter Farm
RICHARD AND JEANNA CARTER
1731 Center Road • 468.3516
rjcarter@rockisland.com
We specialize in luxurious Romney
sheepskins and grass-fed locker lamb.
Our long-lasting and machine-washable
sheepskins are generally in stock and
available at the farm. Please call before
visiting. Call or e-mail to order a half or
whole lamb for your freezer.
4 Chickadee BioD
CHARLES AND CLARISSA MISH
203 Chickadee Lane • 468.3297
szabmish@aol.com
Fresh biodynamic fruit and vegetables
in season. Available at Blossom
Organic Grocery, local eateries and
at our 10-acre homestead. Please call
before visiting.
5 Crowfoot Farm
ERIC HALL AND ELF FAY
3759 Port Stanley Road • 468.4748
Certified organic strawberries and
raspberries in season. We’re open for
U-Pick Tuesdays and Fridays 9 am-
3 pm (or until sold out) from June
through Labor Day. Berries can be
ordered Monday – Saturday. Please
call before visiting, except for U-Pick
hours.
6 Double R Bar Ranch
REX AND DAWN RITCHIE
5430 Fisherman Bay Road • 468.2702
islandrancher@gmail.com
Our farm produces grass-fed Suffolk
lambs available at Blossom Organic
Grocery. We also raise grass-fed, dry-
aged Murray Grey cattle available in
quarter, half, and whole. Give us a call
if you’re looking for a healthier lifestyle
by eating healthier food. Please call
before visiting and for availability.
7 Heller Family Farm
STEVE AND MICHELE HELLER
445 Paradise Road • 468.3618
micheleheller@mac.com
Farm stand on Richardson Road with
seasonal offering of greens, eggs, ber-
ries, herbs and flowers. Lavender avail-
able fresh, dried and in products such
as hydrosols. Other fruits and vegeta-
bles possible. Look for signs describing
produce available – self serve. Organic
certification application in process. Call
Steve or Michele at 468.3618 for more
information.
8 Horse Drawn Farms
KEN AKOPIANTZ AND KATHYRN THOMAS
2823 Port Stanley Road • 468.3486
We sustainably raise vegetables, herbs,
flowers, lamb, pork and beef on our
animal-powered farm. Our products
are available at the farm stand (self-
serve, open day and night), the Lopez
Farmers’ Market, Blossom Organic
Grocery and local restaurants. Call
for product availability, farm tours or
more information.
9 Island Fibers
DEBBIE HAYWARD & MAXINE BRONSTEIN
4208 Port Stanley Road • 468.2467
fibers@islandfibers.com
www.islandfibers.com
Specializing in Lopez-grown wool, we
create one-of-a-kind yarns, garments
and accessories that are hand-dyed,
hand-spun, and hand-knit or hand-
woven. We also work in silk, alpaca,
mohair, rayon, cashmere, cotton, hemp,
bamboo, flax and blends. We teach
classes and sell supplies and fine tools
for spinners, knitters, and weavers.
Commissions accepted. Available on-
site at our studio, open by appointment.
10 J & M Lopez
Occasional Fruit
JIM AND MARGARET
BIRKEMEIER
29 Chickadee Lane
468.3775
We grow apples, Asian
pears, blueberries,
nectarines
and
peaches
with
occasional
success.
Please
call before
visiting
or to check
availability.
11 Jones
Family
Farms &
Sweetwater
Shellfish Farm
NICK AND SARA JONES
P.O. Box 804 • 468.0533
barlowbay@yahoo.com
www.jffarms.com
Premium, grass-fed beef,
goat, pork, poultry & eggs.
Local, wild salmon in season,
frozen fillets & smoked salmon.
Top quality Pacific, European Flat
and Olympia oysters, clams & mus-
sels. Available at local grocery stores,
restaurants, farmers markets, and our
farmstand (open daily). Also, farmland
restoration services: farm plans, fenc-
ing, etc. Please call before visiting.
12 Lopez Harvest
CHRISTINE LANGLEY
875 Davis Bay Road • 468.2857
lopezgals@rockisland.com
Fresh, organic veggies, herbs and salad
greens grown with a commitment to
sustainable land stewardship and com-
munity health.
13 Lopez Island Farm
BRUCE DUNLOP
193 Cross Road • 468.4620
bruce@lopezislandfarm.com
Grass-fed lamb, pasture-raised pork,
and a variety of gourmet specialty
food products ranging from apple
cider syrup and cooking sauces to
garlic pesto. Available at the farm store
(open daily), Lopez Village Market and
Blossom Organic Grocery. No need to
call before visiting.
14 Lopez Island Vineyards
BRENT CHARNLEY AND MAGGIE NILAN
724 Fisherman Bay Road • 468.3644
orders@lopezislandvineyards.com
www.lopezislandvineyards.com
We are a small, family-run winery and
vineyard, producing premium, award-
winning wines. Available at our tasting
room, at most markets in the islands
and by direct shipping. Tasting room
hours are seasonal. Please telephone
or check our website. We are open
during the road construction.
15 Midnight’s Farm
DAVID BILL
3042 Center Road • 468.3269
dbill@midnightsfarm.com
www.midnightsfarm.com
Lopez grass-fed beef raised without
antibiotics or hormones available by
the piece from our farm stand just
north of the barn. Check our website
or the sign below our mailbox for
current availability. Information on our
custom beef, green waste recycling and
compost is at www.midnightsfarm.com.
16 Norfeld Farm
DANAH FELDMAN
166 Gloria Lane • 468.3642
www.ronnormansculpture.com
Danah’s 2½-acre garden includes
a zillion flowers, a large vegetable
garden and a full greenhouse. She
sells bedding plants in the spring and
tender, luscious basil throughout the
growing season. Ron Norman’s metal
sculpture studio is also on-site. Please
call before visiting.
17 Northfield Farm
BENJAMIN KERCSMAR
P.O. Box 885 • 468.4679
Northfield.Sheep@gmail.com
I offer natural-colored and white
wool, roving and yarn from registered
Cotswold sheep. The yarn is hand-
washed and spun by a wind-powered
mill in Maine. I also raise 100% grass-fed
lamb available by the piece or as custom-
cut half and whole lambs. Occasionally
chicken and duck eggs and plant starts.
18 One Clay Hill Farm
& Stonecrest Jam
DAVID AND SUSAN CORBIN
898 Davis Bay Road • 468.3068
corbin@rockisland.com
www.oneclayhillfarm.com
We offer heritage Navajo Churro sheep,
USDA-inspected lamb, high luster
long wool sheepskins in a variety of
natural colors, raw wool for spinning
and handspun yarn. Also, Stonecrest
jams handmade on Lopez Island from
seasonal fruits and berries. Available
at the farm and at the Lopez Farmers’
Market. Please call before visiting.
19 Redgate Farm
READ LANGENBACH & VALERIE YUKLUK
1 Redgate Lane, Fisherman Bay Road
468.2980 (farm) • 468.2101 (Valerie Yukluk)
erc@cablelang.com
Horse boarding; grass-fed lamb, whole or
cut and wrapped; sheep breeding stock;
llamas; and salmon (frozen or smoked).
Lamb and smoked salmon available at
the Lopez Farmers’ Market and at the
farm. Please call before visiting.
20 S&S Homestead Farm &
Lopez Community Farm CSA
ELIZABETH SIMPSON, HENNING SEHMSDORF,
JULIE BOTTJEN, AND BLAKE JOHNSON
2143 Lopez Sound Road • 468.3335
(S&S Homestead) • 468.3067 (CSA)
sshomestead@rockisland.com (farm),
lopezcsa@yahoo.com (CSA)
Our small farm produces biodynamic
seedlings, herbs, fruits, vegetables,
flowers, eggs, livestock, custom meats
and hay. For CSA subscriptions, call
Blake and Julie at 468.3067 or e-mail
to lopezcsa@yahoo.com. Farm tours
by arrangement.
21 Skyriver Ranch
Produce/Garden Starts
IRENE SKYRIVER
180 Snowberry Lane
468.2103
My produce and garden
starts are organically
grown. Plant starts are sold
at Islandale from early to
mid-spring. Produce is sold
at Islandale from early July
to mid-September. Produce
is grown on land that has
been farmed organically for
forty years. Eggs (sold at end
of driveway) are from free,
happy hens, organically fed.
22 Sweet Grass Farm
SCOTT MEYERS AND BRIGIT WARING
866 Baker View Road • 468.4450
scott@rockisland.com
www.sgfbeef.com
We raise and sell grass-finished Wagyu
“Kobe” beef. Please visit our website
for details, www.sgfbeef.com. Haylage,
straw and compost are also available.
Visitors are welcome.
23 T & D Farms
TODD GOLDSMITH AND DIANE DEAR
1844 Baker View Road • 468.4775
toddandiane@tanddfarmslopezisland.com
Certified organic eggs, fruit,
vegetables, and hay produced on land
protected by a San Juan Preservation
Trust easement. Available at local
stores and restaurants. Please call
before visiting or for information
about on-farm sales and delivery.
24 Wardell Ranch
LOIS AND BOB WARDELL
4213 Port Stanley Road • 468.2772
wardell@rockisland.com
Hill Farm produces Jonagold and
Elstar apples. Available at the farm
stand late September into November
and at Lopez Village Market.
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Buying local farm products
is a healthy way to nourish yourself,
your family, and your community.
Use this guide to find homegrown
and homemade goods
on Lopez Island, Washington.
2009-2010
Lopez Island
Farm
Products
Guide
SEE OTHER SIDE FOR MAP & DETAILED LISTINGS
TIPS FOR VISITING FARMS
• We suggest calling ahead for directions, hours,
and product availability.
• Please do not bring pets.
WHEN SHOPPING FOR LOCAL PRODUCTS
• Look for the Islands Certified Local program logo
on island products at the
farmers markets, grocery stores
and food specialty shops.
Participating food
processors use a minimum of
75% island grown ingredients
in their products.
• Visit the Lopez, Orcas, and San Juan Farmers'
Markets, the San Juan County Fair, and the Lopez
Holiday Bazaar for a wide selection of goods.
• For agricultural-related information contact
WSU Extension, San Juan County
at (360) 378.4414 or http://sanjuan.wsu.edu
LOPEZ COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
LCLT was established in 1989. For information
about LCLT affordable housing and sustainable
agriculture programs or to become an LCLT
member, please call or write:
P.O. Box 25 • Lopez Island, WA 98261 • (360) 468.3723
LCLT@rockisland.com • www.lopezclt.org
LCLT SARD
(Sustainable Agriculture
and Rural Development)
LCLT has initiated successful agriculture-related
programs, including:
• The premier Mobile Processing Unit (MPU),
the first such unit to receive a USDA
Grant of Inspection. The MPU allows local
farmers in a five county region to supply
their community with healthy, wholesome,
locally grown meats (see Wall Street Journal
dated September 5th, 2008).
• This local Farm Products Guide.
• Lopez Fresh, a fresh food bank, now located
with the Lopez Island Family Resource
Center.
• LCLT co-founded the LIFE farm-to-school
program with the Lopez School District.
SARD Intern Brady Lang
WHAT’S TO COME
LCLT is exploring the development of a
farmer’s equipment cooperative for grain
growers. To learn more about LCLT SARD
programs and our available internships, visit
our web page at www.lopezclt.org.
Diana Bower
Diana Bower
Vegetables
Chickadee BioD
Heller Family Farm
Horse Drawn Farms
Lopez Harvest
Norfield Farm
One Clay Hill Farm
S&S Homestead Farm
Skyriver Ranch
T & D Farms
Herbs
Heller Family Farm
Norfeld Farm
Fruit and Berries
Chickadee BioD
Crowfoot Farm
Heller Family Farm
J&M Occasional Fruit
One Clay Hill Farm
S&S Homestead Farm
T & D Farms
Wardell Ranch
Poultry & Eggs
Heller Family Farm
Jones Family Farms
Northfield Farm
S&S Homestead Farm
Skyriver Ranch
T & D Farms
Lamb & Goat
Double Bar R Ranch
Carter Farm
Horse Drawn Farms
Jones Family Farms
Lopez Island Farm
Northfield Farm
One Clay Hill Farm
Redgate Farm
S&S Homestead Farm
Beef
Buffum Brothers Farm
Double Bar R Ranch
Horse Drawn Farms
Jones Family Farms
Midnight’s Farm
S&S Homestead Farm
Sweet Grass Farm
Pork
Buffum Brothers Farm
Horse Drawn Farms
Jones Family Farms
Lopez Island Farm
S&S Homestead Farm
Seafood
Jones Family Farms
Redgate Farm
Wine and Food Products
Lopez Island Farms
Lopez Island Vineyards
One Clay Hill Farm
Natural Fiber Products
Arbutus Farm
Carter Farm
Island Fibers
Northfield Farm
One Clay Hill Farm
Plants and Flowers
Heller Family Farm
Horse Drawn Farms
Norfeld Farm
S&S Homestead Farm
Skyriver Ranch
Hay, Grain, and Straw
Buffum Brothers Farm
S&S Homestead Farm
T & D Farms
Livestock and Boarding Facilities
Buffum Brothers Farm
Northfield Farm
One Clay Hill Farm
Redgate Farm
S&S Homestead Farm
TO USE THIS GUIDE
Select products that interest you
from the categories listed. Turn
to the map and alphabetical farm
listings. The specific farm entries
will give you product availability
and contact information.
Lopez Island
Chamber of Commerce
The Lopez Island
Chamber of Commerce
shared printing costs
for this Guide.