Upcoming events
Farming in Community: Plum Forest Farm
Plum Forest farm is a diverse vegetable, fruit and livestock farm now in its 26th season. They will be talking about building and maintaining soil health for future generations through crop rotation practices, on-farm composting and annual and perennial cover crops.
The farm is located at 20020 107th Ave SW (between Cemetery Road and 204th). Please park on the road.
Farming in Community: Venison Valley
Venison Valley Farm is a Grade A dairy operated by Kelsey and Ben Killian. They rotationally graze their small herd of cows year round and produce milk, yogurt, cheese and more. They'll talk about starting smart and common pitfalls to avoid when starting a farm. They'll also discuss the ins and outs of grazing dairy and meat animals on Vashon and how to manage pastures. The tour will conclude with a glimpse at the evening milking session. The farm is located off 192nd st (the street by Mom's deli), you'll see the farmstand sign at the beginning of the driveway, please park along 192nd st.
June Night Market
Join us on First Fridays for fun at the Village Green! Vendors, music, and a Thirsty Garden serving beer, wine, and signature mock/cocktails featuring local ingredients.
Farming in Community: Gracie's Greens
Gracie's Greens is a small scale diverse veggie farm now in its 5th season. Farmer Zoe will share how she's chosen tools that work for her scale and abilities, life/farm boundaries, and maximizing bed space by intercropping, relay cropping, and fast bed flips. The farm is located at 8707 216th St. SW, parking on the street.
July Night Market
Join us on First Fridays for fun at the Village Green! Vendors, music, and a Thirsty Garden serving beer, wine, and signature mock/cocktails featuring local ingredients.
VIGAs 25th Anniversary
Join us to celebrate VIGA’s 25 years of serving the community.
Held on a first friday, we will be taking over the street with a banquet table and inviting the community to share a meal celebrating our island’s beautiful bounty.
Music, night market, interactive live art drawing, thirsty garden and more!
More details to come…
Mukai Renovation Meeting
Calling all members of Vashon's food and farming community!
Join for an info session and discussion about the planned Food Hub inside Mukai's historic Barreling Plant featuring:
A commercial kitchen
Grain mill
Food preservation equipment
Freezer space
Shared farming equipment
Friends of Mukai and VIGA need your input, feedback, and best ideas. Please come.
Light snacks and childcare provided.
Grain Growing Workshop
To find out more about including grain as one of your crops attend this info session with local grain growers and Steve Lyon WSU’s Bread Lab plant breeder.
Food Access Partnership Pizza Party - Sept 17, 2023 - SOLD OUT!
Purchase Tickets here by Sept 13: https://donorbox.org/events/484812
Vashon Cohousing Farm & Garden Potluck Picnic
Suggested Donation - $25 per person - Donate Here
VIGA, in partnership with Tilth Alliance, will host the Vashon Farm & Garden Picnic on Sunday, July 23rd, Noon to 3:00 PM, to raise scholarship funds for Vashon farmers to attend this year's Tilth Conference in Port Townsend. The event will start at Noon with a tour of Vashon Cohousing's composting project, followed by a potluck lunch starting at 1:00 PM. Bring a dish, beverages, or flowers to share with friends and neighbors. After lunch soil scientist Nate Stacey, Tilth Farm Program Director, will report on statewide agriculture programs.
Location: Vashon Cohousing - 10421 SW Bank Rd, Vashon, WA 98070
Strawberry Festival Booze Garden
In addition to the Saturday Market the Village Green will be taken over by a booze garden for the festival weekend. We will be serving vodka strawberry lemonades, margaritas, gin/vodka tonics, beer, wine, cider, and other non-alcoholic refreshments along with pretzels from Fernhorn Bakery. There will also be a kids booth with face-painting, arts and crafts, and other fun games for the young ones. All funds raised from the event will go to supporting VIGAs programs.
Saturday 11-9 & Sunday 12-6