First Light Farm offers many different ways for you to become involved in our farm's life, increase your access to healthy foods, and deepen your relationship with the natural world:
1. BECOME a Member of First Light Farm:
We value our members. They are the heart of our farming community. For an annual fee of $45, you become a member of First Light Farm and can:
2. JOIN our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Program and receive weekly local produce
4. GROW Your Own Food: Become a Mini Farmer or Create a Cultural Garden (a great summer-time activity for an individual or the whole family -- No Experience Needed!)
6. EDUCATE YOURSELF by taking classes (some on Zoom and some at the farm): learn new skills and gather new knowledge about food, health and well-being
First Light Farm's educational program provide opportunities for learning about how food, physical wellness and spiritual well-being are inter-related. The farm offers different opportunities to connect with new information, try new foods, make new friends, and rediscover a way of being that helps slow you down and opens up spaces for more joy and personal well-being.
7. Join the Stewards of the Farm program by making a financial contribution to help support the ongoing mission of the farm.
8. On Mondays, our farm is intentionally closed in order that the land might rest (from human activity) as well as provide opportunities for people who want to create a personal retreat where they can connect to the sacredness of the land and immerse themselves in an experience of re-connection. Donations are asked for this experience and will be given to the Snoqualmie Tribe as a thank you for the use of their land and for their teachings of the sacredness of land and all creation. If you want to set up a time on our farm on a Monday, please email us. You will be asked to be clear of your intention for your personal experience.
Email us below. Let's get healthy and care for our beautiful earth together!
1. BECOME a Member of First Light Farm:
We value our members. They are the heart of our farming community. For an annual fee of $45, you become a member of First Light Farm and can:
- Have access to our u-pick fields Tuesdays-Fridays, 10-4 daily (through our Soil to Supper program open only to members) when they are closed to the public;
- Take our Educational Classes at discounted prices;
- Purchase bulk orders of tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans and squashes through our u-pick or CSA program at discounted prices;
- Obtain your own organic vegetable starts for your own garden or mini farm;
- Receive our newsletter with recipes, information about sustainable practices, and other important news.
2. JOIN our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Program and receive weekly local produce
- First Light Farm has a CSA program for Carnation/Duvall/Fall City/North Bend, Redmond, Woodinville folks (pick up at the farm) and Seattle residents (in particular our Ballard, Greenwood and Phinney neighbors) who don't want to personally drive to the farm each week to pick their own produce, but instead want us to select fresh, seasonal, sustainably-grown vegetables, flowers and herbs for them. Weekly prices range from $35 to $45 depending on the size of your family. We also offer a bi-monthly option.
- Enjoy picking your own vegetables, flowers and herbs through our farm’s U-pick program,
open weekends; and - Shop at our farm stand. Besides our produce, herbs and flowers, we carry farm-fresh eggs, local honey, and other products local to our valley.
4. GROW Your Own Food: Become a Mini Farmer or Create a Cultural Garden (a great summer-time activity for an individual or the whole family -- No Experience Needed!)
- We offer two different programs for those who want to grow their own food: our Mini Farm Program (smaller plots of land for you or your family) or our Cultural Garden Program where you grow culturally specific vegetables, participate in the educational part of our farm by offering tours of your Cultural Garden on specified days (we're flexible) throughout the summer, and sell your vegetables at our farm stand.
- Mini Farm Program
- We have different sizes Mini Farms available (10'x10' up to 10'x90')
- Read the article by a former mini farmer and be amazed by how much you can grow yourself!
- We provide support, use of some tools and encouragement to help you be successful
- Cultural Garden Program
- In 2021, we introduced our first east Asian Garden at the farm, called the Ichoda Garden.
The Ichoda Garden was hugely successful with its tours on the weekend which naturally engaged customers in a discussion of cultural food preparation and recipe sharing. Much was learned from this cross-cultural dialogue. - In 2022, we want to offer opportunities for two new cultural gardens. If you have the interest in fostering cross-cultural understanding, want a place to grow vegetables that are culturally relevant, and want to participate in our farm's community and commitment to cultural and human diversity, please contact us at firstlightfarm84@gmail.com. Planting begins in spring, so contact us soon if you're interested! We'd love to include you!
- In 2021, we introduced our first east Asian Garden at the farm, called the Ichoda Garden.
6. EDUCATE YOURSELF by taking classes (some on Zoom and some at the farm): learn new skills and gather new knowledge about food, health and well-being
First Light Farm's educational program provide opportunities for learning about how food, physical wellness and spiritual well-being are inter-related. The farm offers different opportunities to connect with new information, try new foods, make new friends, and rediscover a way of being that helps slow you down and opens up spaces for more joy and personal well-being.
7. Join the Stewards of the Farm program by making a financial contribution to help support the ongoing mission of the farm.
8. On Mondays, our farm is intentionally closed in order that the land might rest (from human activity) as well as provide opportunities for people who want to create a personal retreat where they can connect to the sacredness of the land and immerse themselves in an experience of re-connection. Donations are asked for this experience and will be given to the Snoqualmie Tribe as a thank you for the use of their land and for their teachings of the sacredness of land and all creation. If you want to set up a time on our farm on a Monday, please email us. You will be asked to be clear of your intention for your personal experience.
Email us below. Let's get healthy and care for our beautiful earth together!
