The Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) committee is constructing a seed library. This seed library is committed to providing our community with island appropriate open source seeds, fostering community resilience, self-reliance and a culture of sharing.

The 2011 Harvest Dinner was Saturday, October 22, at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Center with guest speaker Percy Schmeiser. Percy Schmeiser is a farmer from Bruno, Saskatchewan, Canada, whose canola fields were contaminated with Monsanto’s GMO Round-Up Ready Canola.

The 2012 Food Charrette focuses on increasing access to local food on Lopez. Anyone who cooks food, retails food, grows food, processes food, or eats food is invited. This annual event will be Saturday, February 25 from 9:30-3:30 at the Community Center.

On January 30th, 2010, LCLT held a charrette at the Lopez Community Center for the Arts. Click the title above to read more!

The mobile processing unit (MPU) is the first USDA approved mobile processing unit in the US. The MPU is owned by LCLT and operated by the Island Grown Farmers Co-op.

Buying local farm products is a less expensive and healthier way to nourish yourself, your family, and your community. Download the 2009 FPG to find homegrown and homemade goods on Lopez Island.

The LISD Garden and Farm program promotes an appreciation of nature, nutrition, aesthetics, community, land stewardship, environmental awareness, and the value and joy of meaningful work. This program literally grounds children in life skills, and fosters creativity and hope for their futures.

Would it be possible to produce electricity for eleven homes, the LCLT office, and two rental units by wind power alone?

LCLT asked this question last year and, with the assistance of Michael Karp, CEO of A World Institute for Sustainable Humanity (A W.I.S.H.), installed a wind-testing tower to find out. LCLT’s goal is a zero-net-energy community.