Local Connections – K & M Red River Farm

We had the pleasure of spending one of Fall’s last beautiful, sunny days out at K & M Red River Farm with Mike who gave us a farm tour, talked with us about sustainability and told us how he and Boundary Bay Brewery became connected.

K & M Red River Farm was one of our first local suppliers and we’ve been getting our salad greens from him for many years now. His small farm in the Lummi Flats is organic, uses no fertilizer at all and is farmed by just Mike and his single assistant.

Check out our newest Local Connections video to find out more about the products we get from this great local farm:

Connecting Customers and Local Food

This September is Eat Local Month for Whatcom County.  To celebrate,  we using the month to cast the spotlight on a few of the local farmers we source their menu ingredients from.

Earlier this year, we began posting video blogs about our Local Connections.  The videos were each short interviews with local restaurants, delis and stores that serve Boundary Bay beer on tap or in bottles.  In each interview, we asked business owners to share why it was important to them to do business locally.

This month, we’re expanding their Local Connections videos to showcase where they get their chevre, apples, potatoes and greens.  We’ll film the video blogs out at the farms and give you a chance to meet the farmers face to face.  We think the videos will play an important role in connecting consumers and local food producers.

Boundary Bay Brewery works with many local suppliers and we it a priority to source at least 25% of their food budget from local producers.  We’ve even clearly marked dishes on our menu that are made with local ingredients  to help inform customers who think it’s important to support local agriculture too.

During September, we’ll be filming interviews with K & M Red River Farm, Cloud Mountain Farm and Gothberg Farms and will post the videos here on our blog and on our Facebook page. Don’t forget to also take advantage of all the Eat Local events happening throughout the month!

Eat Local Month is a project of Sustainable Connection’s Food and Farming Program and includes farm tours, edible events and special locally-sourced menu items featured at various restaurants throughout the month including at Boundary Bay Brewery from September 25 – October 1^st.  All week we’ll be serving up a special all local menu (alongside our usual eats!).  Here’s what we’ve got in store

Salmon Salad Sandwich

Samish Bay Coho salmon from Barleans mixed with capers, lemon juice, onion and mayonnaise topped with cucumbers from Cloud Mountain Farms and alfalfa sprouts from Happy Valley Sprouts and served on toasted ciabatta from Avenue Bread. $10

Spinach Salad

Fresh Alkmene apples from Cloud Mountain Farms on spinach from Red River Farms, with Gothberg Farms chevre cheese, hazelnuts from Holmquist Orchards with a honey-white balsamic-champagne reduction. $10

Caprese Salad

Heirloom tomatoes and basil from Cloud Mountain Farms and goat cheese from Gothberg Farm, drizzled with olive oil and served with Breadfarm‘s Bow Hill baguette.$9