Kamilche "Peaceful" Valley Festival an Indigenous Agroforestry Fair
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Saturday June 28th
10:00am-4:00pm Join us for a family-friendly celebration of Indigenous Agroforestry Practices at Squaxin Island Tribe's Salish Roots Farm! The farm is home to many exemplary agroforestry practices, including a maple sugaring operation, medicinal plant cultivation, and a dual-functioning food forest within the riparian zone.
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Demonstrations
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Food
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Interactive Stations
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Festival MapFarm Tours will occur at 10:30, 12:30, and 2:30. |
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Parking
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All attendees will park at the lot shown on the photo to the right. There is a quarter-mile story trail that will guide you through the forest to Salish Roots Farm. The trail is unpaved and rocky in areas. If you have limited accessibility or would prefer not to use the trail, a shuttle will be running between the parking lot and the farm.
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Presenters
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Malynn Wilbur-Foster and Randy Foster
Malynn Wilbur-Foster is a Squaxin Island tribal member and is the middle daughter of renowned artists Andy Wilbur-Peterson (Skokomish) and Ruth Wilbur-Peterson. She was raised among her people near the Skokomish and Squaxin Island reservations and has lived there most of her life. She works in various mediums , but her focus is primarily in weaving, painting, jewelry and carving both stone and wood. She is passionate about the health and healing of her people and is a voice for the planet and all of her beings. She continues to live by the seasons of her people, grounded in the spiritual essence of resilience and finding new ways to thrive in an ever changing world. These things are often shown in her work. She is honored to speak the words her ancestors can not. |
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Building connections between people and the land
through social and cultural networks, we use agroforestry practices to collaboratively build resilient, abundant, and inclusive connections to Pacific Northwest lands. Connecting professionals & land stewards with agroforestry practices The nucleus of agroforestry and biocultural restoration in Western WA |
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Mason County Climate Justice is a multiracial, multigenerational, community-based nonprofit based in Mason County, WA, and the sovereign Skokomish and Squaxin Island Nations. Co-founded in 2018 as an all-volunteer grassroots collective, MCCJ grew into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2023. We collaborate to build community food forests, teach workshops, provide a rural perspective on policy, defend legacy forests so that they become old growth, develop a Just Transition, and organize our community to take charge of our shared future. |
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Patrick Shults Extension Forester, SW Washington
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Winter Strong
My name is Winter Strong and I am an enrolled Skokomish tribal member. I have been working with our plant people of the Pacific Northwest for 20 plus years. My passion is working with our native youth and families strengthening their relationships with our plant people. I love to get kids outside gathering and making plant medicine. Empowering our youth with our traditions is my greatest dream.
Questions?
Contact, Nick Schneider , at [email protected]
Contact, Nick Schneider , at [email protected]