Support businesses that use locally grown grains – Sidebar
Several restaurants and bakeries are thriving in the Puget Sound who use locally grown grain. They also have products being sold at stores throughout the region.
Take time and effort to support businesses that use Puget Sound-grown grains in their products. That support helps local farms and businesses and strengthens connection to the community. Here is where people can support farms and businesses that spoke with PSagrarian about the connection between farms and restaurants.
Starting in 2021, La Cocina provides simple, house-made Mexican Cuisine. La Cocina is in the process of moving locations into the historic Belmont Hotel located in downtown Port Townsend. The website states the move is scheduled to be complete in late-April 2026. For more information, go to www.lacocinatortillas.com.
Located on Vashon Island, Fernhorn Bakery is family owned and bakes naturally fermented, organic, sourdough breads and bagels and uses Washington grown flour, according to the Fernhorn Bakery website. Here is where to buy Fernhorn Bakery products:
· Vashon Farmers Market from May through September
· Vashon Island Baking Company
· Vashon Thriftway
· Tacoma Central Co-op and Stadium Thriftway
· Pacific Crest Farm on Vashon Island
· Forest Garden Farm on Vashon Island
· Plum Forest Farm on Vashon Island
Fernhorn Bakery also offers a 10-week, Breadbox subscription. Single loaf purchases are also available as well.
Coupeville’s Little Red Hen Bakery is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday through Monday from its location at 901 Grace St. Breads and pastries can also be found at:
· Bread
o 3 Sisters Market near Coupeville
o Prairie Center in Coupeville
o Greenbank Pantry
o Payless in Freeland
o Goose Community Grocer in Langley
o Star Store in Langley
· Pastries
o Sidekick Coffee in Woodinville
o Walnut Street Coffee in Edmonds
o He Brews in Lynnwood
o Majestic in Anacortes
Chimacum Valley Grainery is an organic family farm that is also home to a stone mill, wood-fired bakery, and a craft micro-brewery. According to its website, Chimacum Valley Grainery products can be found at:
· Chimacum Corner Farmstand
· Port Townsend Food Co-op
· Nordland General Store
· Port Townsend Farmers Market
Breads
o Fireside Restaurant at Port Ludlow
o Marina Café in Port Townsend
o Finn River Cidery in Chimacum
Pastries
o Velocity Coffee in Port Townsend
Beer
o Port Townsend Pourhouse
o Finn River Cidery in Chimacum
o Aldrich’s Grocery in Port Townsend
o Port Townsend Food Co-op
o Chimacum Corner Farm Stand
o Chums by the Sea
o Nordland General Store
Ciarnspring Mills works with farmers in the Skagit Valley, eastern Washington and northeast Oregon to produce flour. People can purchase flour through Cairnspring’s website, www.cairnspring.com, as well as retailers and co-ops throughout the Skagit Valley and the Northwest including PCC, Town and Country, and Haggen. Bakeries and restaurants can reach out throughout distribution partners or email at hello@cairnspring.com.
Winthrop-based Bluebird Grain Farms provides certified organic, whole-grain, fresh-milled flour and handcrafted blends farmed with regenerative practices. Its website provides retail and wholesale purchase options.