Join Thurston Conservation District for night one of our locally-based conference for farmers and ranchers, growers and gardeners, and those passionate about local food. This two-day event will celebrate our local food economy while also diving into some of the place-specific impacts of climate change.

If you want to attend both days, you need to purchase two tickets. Please find Saturday details and tickets here.

Join us for our Friday night celebration of local food at the Eagles Ballroom in Olympia. This evening event is a fundraiser for the Southwest Washington Food Hub and will feature local bites prepared by local chefs, a fireside chat about local food infrastructure and access with our communities’ farmers and chefs, and live music from Oly Mountain Boys.

Please note, this venue is only accessible by stairs.

When purchasing tickets you'll see an option to add a donation for our Saturday scholarship fund. Please consider adding to our fund to make a limited number of need-based tickets available to our community members. If you'd like to be added to a waitlist for need-based tickets for Saturday, please fill out this form. When our funding goal has been reached we'll share a promo code for free or reduced price ticket with those who've shared their information. If you're interested in volunteering, there are Saturday volunteer tickets available at a reduced cost. All Saturday ticket options can be found here.

Climate Change and Food Production, Day 1: A Celebration of Local Food

Thurston Conservation District & SW WA Food Hub