Volunteer Opportunities
Interested in volunteering? Whether you want to offer behind-the-scenes support or get your hands dirty in the garden, your commitment will help beginning farmers thrive. Just let us know how you would like to help.
Volunteer Opportunities
Updates From the Farm Blog
Our 42 acre production farm, orchard, and nursery provides an unparalleled learning environment and opportunity for applied research. Learn about some recent updates on our Farm blog.
Sustainable Connections Announces Closure of Cloud Mountain Farm Center’s Nursery
CONTACT: Derek Long, 360-647-7093 x101, derekl@sustainableconnections.org April 2, 2025 – It is with great sadness that Sustainable Connections announces the closure of the Cloud Mountain Farm Center (CMFC) nursery on June 30th, 2025. CMFC, an educational farm center...
An Update on Cloud Mountain’s Fruit Program
It’s with a grateful and heavy heart that we share news about changes at Cloud Mountain Farm Center. While we will still operate our nursery, agricultural education program, and processing facilities in 2025, our fruit program will be on hold. Learn more about this...
Upcoming Changes to Cloud Mountain Farm Center
November 21, 2024 – Cloud Mountain Farm Center (CMFC), an agricultural program within Sustainable Connections (SC), will be channeling its focus and refining its programs in 2025. CMFC is an educational farm center located in Everson, Washington that has been a part...
When Your Favorite Plants Will Be Available in 2025
Here at Cloud Mountain's Nursery, we're looking forward to a new year of garden and orchard plants! Below is our best estimate of when we expect to have new crops available to order through the website and in person at the nursery: Grapes, some cane fruit, manzanitas:...
Celebrating Educators Who Bring Science to Life
We're sharing this blog from Katie Pencke of Alluvial Farms and her "appreciation for the people who dedicate their time and talents to creating environments where others can thrive—especially in education". Alluvial Farms is one of the participating farm partners in...
Notes from the Field: Week of November 4th
Medlar fruitsThis month we’re wrapping up the 2024 fruit production season. We’ve still got apples in our cooler we’ll be selling through this month (Melrose, Jonagold, Crimson Gold…), and we’ve got just a few boxes worth of medlar to pick this week. Otherwise we’ll...