Community Events
Farm To Table Dinners
For the past 3 years we have been working in partnership with Pair, a Seattle restaurant. We provide them with fresh produce and they feature us on their menu. Together we hosted a 60-person farm-to-table dinner in our fields that included 5 courses and featured local oysters, lamb and our own vegetables and fruits. It received a favorable restaurant review in the Seattle PI and was a lot of fun. We are working on plans to host another dinner in 2008.
Helsing Junction Farm’s Sleepover.. 3 Days of Music, Film and Art
We annually host a 3-day music festival in conjunction with K records, an Olympia-based record company. The festival features 20 different K records acts, independent films shown in our barn, homemade organic food (the proceeds from which are donated to Thurston County Gleaners Coalition), swimming in the river, and 2 nights of camping in our orchard and fallow fields. It attracts about 300 people annually and has already become a much-enjoyed tradition. This year it will be held August 15-17th, when the Persiod meteor showers occur to add to the show!
Article on The Helsing Junction Sleepover in the Stranger August 11th 2005.
CSA Farm Members Open House and Field Day
Every season we host a field day on the farm for all our CSA members, and their friends and family. This gives our members the opportunity to meet all the farmers and strengthen their connection to the place where their food is grown. Our members get to tour and harvest some vegetables fresh from the field, and simply enjoy their farm!