The Food Education & Enterprise Development Lecture series at Chimacum Junior/Senior High School brings local farmers, growers, and food entrepreneurs together with high school students once a month to talk about the joys and challenges of making a living in the local food & farm industry. This year students have heard panel presentations from local experts on:

Vegetable Farming
Growing & using local grains
Local meat production
Shellfish production and seafood harvest
Local dairy and cheesemaking (featuring baby goats from Mystery Bay Farm)
Value-added food production
And a grand finale networking event for students and local food and farm business owners!

This lecture series gives students of the Culinary Arts & Horticulture Career & Technical Education programs a sense of the diversity of career pathways in the food and farm industry, real answers on the challenges of making a living in the food and farm economy, an insider’s look at the local food system, and an introduction to many of the innovative entrepreneurs who make this such a great place to live, work, and eat!