Welcome to GrowLocalTacomaPierce!

This website is for you if…

• You are interested in growing food for yourself or your community
• You are interested in supporting local farmers and buying local food
• You care about where your food comes from and how it was grown
• You want to connect with other people in the Tacoma/Pierce County area that feel the same
• You care about your community and want to get involved in making it a better place!

This website is a work in progress – if you would like to see something that’s not here – contact Kristen at kristenm@cascadeland.org…or pose a question in the forum to ask the community!

Food is a hot topic on newsstands and bookshelves these days. And as one of our most basic needs, it should be. The ways in which food is grown, harvested, transported, processed, accessed, consumed, and disposed of have far reaching impacts on all of our lives.

Of course historically eating from one’s geographical area was the norm. Reconnecting ourselves to where our food comes from, how it was produced, and who produced it is a big step in strengthening our livable localized food system.

Find Your Community Garden

Are you ready to get dirty? Find your gloves. Pull out the shovel. Search for seeds. Get outside and enjoy the bounty of your efforts. There’s never a bad time to start gardening!

Find Your Farmers Markets

Farmers markets are an easy way to fit local food shopping into your routine, especially if you’re not sure you want to commit to a whole farm share or for when you realize you need a little extra of this or that in any particular week. Plus, they’re a lot of fun.