Posted May, 2024 ~ by Jessa Madosky
The permanent seed lending library is up in the San Juan Island Library lobby. Sponsored by the Grange and hosted by the San Juan Island Library, the project aims to make seeds available to anyone who wants to grow. All are welcome to pick up seeds.
Posted May, 2024 ~ by Bill Severson
Our team is very excited that the San Juan Island Grange has been selected to lease a 35-acre piece of the Beaverton Marsh Preserve from the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank to develop a cooperative farm project we are calling the Overmarsh Farm Commons.
Posted May, 2024 ~ by Lois Moore
Save the date; but most importantly, save your extra spring starts! And join us on Sunday, May 26, 2-4pm at Grange Hall. This will be the third year for our plant sale, and we hope for an even greater number and variety of plants than previous years.
Posted April, 2024 ~ by Lois Moore
The Ag Summit this year was held on Orcas Island at beautiful Camp Orkila on March 8 and 9. Workshops on both days were enthusiastically attended with a sold-out crowd at 8 workshops on Friday and 12 on Saturday.
Posted April, 2024 ~ by Marc Santos
Overall: A successful event with roughly 40 attendees, mostly ranging in age from young adults to retirees, which is about average for the Repair Fairs held last year. The event was six hours long instead of four, so the booths had less crowding.
Posted March, 2024 ~ by Alice Deane
Share Our Bounty is a program conceived by WSU Master Gardener Bob Levinson, with Dennis Demuth and Rebecca Smith now taking charge. Three dozen volunteers participated in 2023, increasing the produce Master Gardeners donated to the San Juan Island Food Bank by over 25%.
To support a resilient community of growers, makers, and keepers, to foster social and political engagement, and to maintain our Hall as a home for celebrations and programs.
We are a grass-roots, non-partisan advocacy group, and because we are a non-profit (501c8), we can accept donations and participate in crafting legislation at all levels.
San Juan Island Grange #966 is for rural citizens with both legislative programs and community activities such as talent and craft contests, scholarships, and much more. You don’t have to be a farmer to belong, though many are. Our elected officers volunteer and our ‘work’ occurs through various committees, but the heart of our mission is community well-being, and we enjoy gathering to celebrate this.
The complete list of our 2022 Officers of the San Juan Island Grange #966 is here.
Our bylaws and resolutions are here.
The Grange started after the Civil War to begin healing and overcome the sense of isolation that many farmers were feeling as well as help them respond to new national markets. Grange Halls across the country housed mutual assistance programs, and many agricultural cooperatives were started by Granges to improve the economic lot of the family farm. Today each local Grange chooses its own mission and program, and Granges come together at the state and national levels for joint efforts.
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