Sweet Earth Farm is a multigenerational family farm located on the west side of San Juan Island, WA.
Our farming practices are based on a belief in balance, harmony and sustainability. Permaculture is our guiding philosophy.
Our 20 acre farm includes pasture for chickens, ducks, turkeys and pigs, orchard, herb garden, vegetable and berry production. We are currently working on a mushroom cultivation facility that we hope to have operational by summer 2011. There is a kids’ garden which we hope to expand to offer more fun and educational farm programs during the summer growing season.
You can find our produce and products at the San Juan Farmers’ Market, local restaurants including Pablito’s Taqueria and Coho Restaurant, San Juan Island Food Coop, and Compost It.
We are open for visitors June-September, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2-4pm. If you are interested in a tour, please contact us in advance.
“The outstanding scientific discovery of the twentieth century is not television, or radio, but rather the complexity of the land organism. Only those who know the most about it can appreciate how little we know about it. The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: “What good is it?” If the land mechanism as a whole is good, then every part is good, whether we understand it or not. If the biota, in the course of eons, has built something we like but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.”
Leopold, Aldo: Round River, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993, pp. 145-146.