As many shoppers rush to stores, filling their carts to the brim with packaged products and name-brand groceries, others are turning to local agriculture to fill their pantries and refrigerators.
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) has become increasingly popular as a means of obtaining food during the outbreak of COVID-19. Backyard chicken farmers are being inundated with orders for eggs. Local farm stands are seeing lines of cars.
Washington State University Extension has put together a resource list for people in Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties to find local food, as well as COVID-19 related updates on how these farmers are selling their products. The list is also linked directly in Google Docs here.
“The more we support local food and farmers the stronger our local food system will become,” said Jess Sappington, food systems program coordinator for WSU Kitsap Extension. “The stronger our local food system, the more access our community will have to fresh, nutritionally dense products.”