Monday, May 6, 2013 - Join us for a Farm Walk at Heron Pond Farms 

Heron Pond Farms, LLC, located at the base of Tower Mountain in Spokane, WA, is a small, sustainable, family-owned farm providing quality artisan cheeses and heritage pork to local, discerning individuals, markets and restaurants . They are dedicated to humanely raising healthy, happy Dairy Goats and Large Black Hogs with no hormones-added, in a pasture-based setting that encourages the animals to behave naturally. During this farm walk, visitors will have the opportunity learn what goes into creating a Grade A Dairy. See the operation starting from the milking room and ending at the cheese cave. Meet the happy goats and pigs that make Heron Pond Farms their home. Cheese tasting included!

Small Acreage program helps property owners of less than 100 acres with technical assistance, education, and information for smaller tracts of land. 

"We often find that smaller tracts are not commercially viable in the normal sense of the word,” stated Pat Munts, Small Acreage Coordinator. “Small acreages are often ‘too small’ to attract larger commercial ag operators.  As a result, the landowner is left in a quandary of what to do with the 19 acres of noxious weeds sounding the one-acre of residential landscaping?  Keep in mind that our state law requires landowners to control noxious weeds, which can be an expensive endeavor if a commercial applicator has to be hired."

These are just some of the challenges facing landowners in Spokane County. Our goal of this new Small Acreage Program will be to provide educational and technical assistance to those landowners living on less than 100 acres that wish to better utilize the potential of the land to raise livestock, crops or both.