Welcome to First Hand Food!

Welcome to the official site of First Hand Food.

This is where you can find information about buying food ‘first hand’ from the farm. This year we are producing a variety of vegetables, chickens (for meat), and grass-fed red angus beef.

Why Would You Buy Food From Us?

After learning about the processes that most food goes through to get to our table, we were inspired to find new ways to sustain ourselves that are healthier and more natural. When you buy vegetables, chicken and grass-fed beef from First Hand Food, not only will you know where your food came from, you'll also be making an investment in your family's health and future.

Why Visit this Site?

Our goal is to help you understand how and why we added this element of chores and responsibilities to our already full lives, and be inspired to learn how to incorporate some of these ideas in your own backyard. And we'll have some pictures and anecdotes of what's happening on the farm at First Hand Food.

Resources to explore:
Books:
Animal Vegetable Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver
The Omnivore’s Dilema, by Michael Pollan
Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades, by Steve Solomon
Organic Gardening West of the Cascades, by Steve Solomon
Rodale's Organic Gardening Encyclopedia
Salad Bar Beef, by Joel Salatin
Pastured Poultry, by Joel Salatin
Websites
www.eatwild.com
www.slowfood.com
Documentaries
King Corn, Ian Cheney & Curt Ellis (DVD or Netflix)
The Future of Food, (hulu.com: documentary channel)

How Can You Buy Your Food From Us?
We are not a big operation. Just a husband and wife team with a small family and all the typical responsibilities of a small farm/homestead. Our offering of food for sale is on a first-come, first-served basis and at this time is somewhat limited, so please respond in a timely manner if you would like to enjoy some of this first hand food. To get on our mailing list and receive an order form, please contact us using the information below. Thank you!

firsthandfood@yahoo.com

First Hand Food
PO Box 1057
Snohomish, WA 98291

If you are interested in our methods or processes we welcome your inquiries and would enjoy sharing our ideas and thoughts with you on how we strive to produce healthy, natural food, first hand. We strive to be open and honest with you about our successes and failures and would love to meet the needs of a few additional families that seek good wholesome food.

We look forward to serving you.
Sincerely,
Andy and Susan Ward

First Hand Food – The Farm