Federal policy changes land at Kitsap farms, and food banks
By: Conor Wilson
INDIANOLA – Farming only a short drive from two densely populated and affluent suburbs, Lousia Brown rarely has trouble finding a market for the spinach, kale, lettuce and other produce she grows. At the Poulsbo Farmers Market, it is not abnormal for her to sell out.
Brown, 64, says the location of Pumphouse Farm, on a North Kitsap property she has tended to for 25 years, is one reason her business has weathered recent economic trepidation. Another more troubling contributor, she posits, is the competition seems to only get slimmer.
“Farmers are dropping out,” she says. “The demand is there, but it’s hard to keep going.”