Make a Difference Day @ Cloud Mountain Farm Center with Growing Veterans

Volunteer with Whatcom Land Trust and Growing Veterans for Make a Difference Day at Cloud Mountain Farm.

Join us for Make a Difference Day, a national day of service that brings people together to give back to their communities. Volunteers will help steward the salmon-bearing streams that run through this amazing farmland, working alongside Growing Veterans to remove invasive blackberry from the land near the stream, which will help stabilize the banks and filter water. This work will ensure the area is in great shape as the farm transitions to its future permanent owners.

We highly encourage carpooling to this event. The fewer cars we park, the more room we have to plant native species! You can share your ride or find one through this carpool resource.

Event Details:

• Registration is REQUIRED for this event: Sign up here! Once you register, our Volunteer Coordinator, Lauren Ralbovsky, will send additional details a few days before the event. If you have questions in the meantime, email lauren.r@whatcomlandtrust.org.
• What to expect: From 9 a.m. to noon, volunteers will remove invasive species, including digging, bending, and walking on uneven and potentially steep ground amid thorny brambles. From noon to 1 p.m., volunteers can tour the farm and, depending on availability, pick and take home fruit. If you’re interested in taking fruit home, please bring a box or tote bag.
• How to get there: Cloud Mountain Farm, 6906 Goodwin Rd, Everson, WA 98247.

Site Info:

Cloud Mountain Farm has served Whatcom County’s agricultural community since its founding in 1978, providing education and training for new and beginning farmers along with infrastructure that supports local food systems. Whatcom Land Trust recently accepted interim ownership of the 19-acre farm from Sustainable Connections, with plans to permanently protect the land through a conservation easement that will limit development and place habitat protections along its stream. During this interim period, the Trust is also supporting the farm’s processing, aggregation, distribution, and storage services, which local farms, food banks, and community organizations rely on. The Trust will then work with the Whatcom Community Foundation to find a long-term owner committed to keeping the farmland in agricultural use.