Project Background:

Delta Farm was the first farm to be protected by Washington Farmland Trust in 1999. A concerned farmer approached the Seattle-based food cooperative PCC Community Markets with news that the farm adjacent to his was in immediate danger of being sold and developed into small housing parcels. PCC Community Markets rose to the challenge to help, and what started as a small group of donors who organized as the PCC Farmland Fund soon became the 501(c)(3) nonprofit that we are today.

Property Description:

The Delta Farm is located in the fertile Dungeness Delta. Because of Sequim’s unique climate and prime soils, farmland in the Dungeness Valley is among the most valuable in the region. The land on Delta Farm drains into the Lower Dungeness River, home to six salmon species, and hosts the source of Meadowbrook Creek. In 2002, 23 acres of the original property were sold to WA Department of Fish and Wildlife and are now set aside for wildlife habitat and floodplain restoration.

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