Farmed Smart program takes shape in Northwest

The Department of Ecology announced last week that the Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association has partnered with Ecology to develop the Farmed Smart certification, where “dryland crops are grown and managed in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way,” wrote Brook Beeler, Ecology communications manager.

The Farmed Smart certification was developed in 2013, and is just now getting off the ground, Beeler said.

“The development of the program started in 2013, so farms have just now started going through the certification project,” she said.

On July 13, a “land mark milestone” was announ...