April was recently awarded a Clark County “Making Every Day Earth Day Award.” Denise Smee of the Clark Conservation District nominated her.
The inscription reads,
April Jones Thatcher – Owner, April Joy Farm
Steward of the Land – Producer of Organic Foods
Making Every Day Earth Day
April 2013 Award
On Friday May 3rd, we welcomed the 3rd grade classes from Fruit Valley Elementary School to the farm. We had beautiful sunny weather, and kids eager to get their hands in the soil. Over thirty students planted almost 200 feet of Yukon Gold potatoes. This September the same kids will return to the farm to help dig their harvest!
April Joy Farm was featured in the New Seasons Market ad on the back cover of Edible Portland Magazine, April 2013.
Click here to read this year’s CSA Welcome Letter.
The start to the 2011 CSA season is right around the corner! Click here to download our annual refrigerator calendar.
Gus & Co. Supporters,
The farm has been renamed! While Gus & Co. has served me well, I felt it was time for a shift. The farm has certainly grown and changed in ways I could not have imagined when I began this journey. So what a blessing to get to reinvent one’s farm-self.
I feel more passionately than ever that our ability to sustain a healthy, vibrant, connected community is most directly tied to not just how we feed, but truly nourish ourselves and our neighbors. My hope is to protect and to nurture this farm. I want to do that in a way that exemplifies energy, seed, and food independence while providing our community with a stable source of authentic food. This is big stuff, no? I thought long and hard about how to capture that mission in a name. It struck me that the most daunting journeys usually take root in the season of hope (Spring) and will only be successful if undertaken with conviction and optimism (Joy). I am happy to announce you are all now part of the April Joy Farm community.
Please note my updated contact information below.
April Jones
April Joy Farm
PO Box 973
Ridgefield, WA. 98642
(360) 601-6671
moc.mrafyojlirpanull@lirpa
Join the 2011 CSA Program! You can sign up now by clicking here to complete the commitment form.
We’re seeking to fill a part-time position for the 2011 growing season.
To read the full job description, click here.
This is a part-time seasonal position with potential for growth in scope and responsibility.
The Farm Outreach Manager reports to the Farm Manager.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Farm Outreach Manager is responsible for connecting April Joy Farm with its community through the CSA distribution and Farmers Market staffing, written communications and associated outreach efforts. This position is split as follows: 65% time spent at CSA distribution and Farmers Markets, 15% time spent on newsletter development and distribution, and 20% time spent on farm related education development, networking and outreach. The Farm Outreach Manager understands the importance of a holistic, systems approach and is flexible, passionate, highly motivated and efficient. The ideal candidate has a strong work ethic, inherently values and advocates for small, rural communities; is a whole-hearted, authentic proponent of organic, sustainable agriculture; and will actively and proudly promote small farms and April Joy Farm
To read the full job description, click here.
To Apply
Send your inquires, and/or letter of interest, resume, and three references no later than Jan. 21, 2011 to moc.mrafyojlirpanull@ofni, or mail to April Joy Farm PO Box 973, Ridgefield, WA. 98642. Please, no phone calls.
