Features & Press
Puget sound business journal - a patch of city's past
"Years ago, someone tossed an old pumpkin into the family horse pasture in Seattle's Rainier Valley. Over time, the pumpkin patch grew, and this Halloween season, the great-grandson of the farm's founders, 15-year-old Amador "Army" Olsen, posted the pumpkins on blogs and sold more than 30 in three..."
Seattle Farm - 100 Years of Family History
This video commemorates the centennial of Seattle Farm and the family story that shaped it.
Five generations anchor life on Seattle’s last “Big City” farm
Seattle Channel’s Jenny Cunningham listens to stories
Harvest time at pumpkin patch in South Seattle
Originally published September 30, 2017 at 6:50 pmUpdated October 19, 2017 at 2:52 pm
It takes teamwork for Ned Carner and his daughter Kate to lift the 75-pound pumpkin she selected Saturday to take home from Seattle Farm LLC in the upper Rainier Beach neighborhood. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times)
seattle times - HEY, PLEASE LAY OFF THE FARMLAND
"Remember Lisa Sferra, the owner of a Seattle horse farm who got a whopping $8,200 drainage-tax bill? I wrote about her plight in August. How the city jacked her farm’s drainage tax an eye-watering 835 percent in one year. Hundreds of you wrote in support of one of Seattle’s last working farms...."
South Seattle Emerald
Fun Times at Seattle Farm Pumpkin Harvest
“Tally Ho!
Woodbrook Hunt Club Has Made Foxhunting in the South Sound a Tradition Since 1911”
A nice family mention in a South Sound Talk article about the Woodbrook Country Club 100+ year-old Foxhunting tradition.
USHJA ZONE 4 TEAM TAKES THE SILVER USEF National Pony Jumper Championships
The USHJA Zone 4 team of Trinity Beitler, Elizabeth Cram, Madison Kondracki and Hallie Rush were led by Chef d'Equipe Katie Brown-Maxwell to a silver medal finish. The combined USHJA Zones 1 and 9 Team earned bronze and included Kiley Ahn, Katharine Dade, Lydia Philbrick, Gigi Olsen, led by Chef d'Equipe Gretchen Anderson.
The Championships courses were designed by Jasen Shelley. USEF Youth Chef d'Equipe and USHJA Show Jumping Technical Adviser DiAnn Langer presented awards throughout the championships and provided guidance to the riders on the new Show Jumping Athlete Pathway, a joint USHJA-US Equestrian effort that identifies and nurtures Jumping athletes as they advance through the sport to enhance future success for Olympic and international teams representing the United States. USHJA extends special thanks to the chefs d'equipe for all the teams.
For more information about the USEF National Pony Jumper Championships click here
Cross-state ride marks 35th year
Camille Talbot, 11, of Lakewood is riding the entire cross-state ride on the John Wayne Trail with her grandmother Linda Mabey of Shelton. Camille's horse is named Lilly. Read more here
Credit KUOW Photo / Matt Mills McKnight
KUOW - This south seattle farm has survived gentrification for a century
"For the past few weeks, we’ve been following the path of gentrification from the Central District into South Seattle. As land values go up, people start to feel the pressure to leave.
That’s just starting to happen in Rainier Beach. It’s a community that’s home to a large minority population – and what you could argue is Seattle’s last big family farm....."
Foxhunting Video
Enjoy this two minute video that chronicles the Olsen family on one of their many fox hunts at the Woodbrook Hunt Club.
SNOW DAY VIDEO
Click below to enjoy a quick video of a snow day here at the farm!
seattle times - HEY, PLEASE LAY OFF THE FARMLAND
"Remember Lisa Sferra, the owner of a Seattle horse farm who got a whopping $8,200 drainage-tax bill? I wrote about her plight in August. How the city jacked her farm’s drainage tax an eye-watering 835 percent in one year. Hundreds of you wrote in support of one of Seattle’s last working farms...."
South Seattle Emerald
Fun Times at Seattle Farm Pumpkin Harvest
Alumni Spotlight
Seattle Farm Lisa Sferra Spotlights at UW Medial School Alumni.
OH What Fun it is to Ride
How do you get food when it is snowing in Seattle? Hook up the sleigh and pretend you are Santa Claus.
