Farm Stand Campaign

Vision & Purpose

Glendale Farm is more than just growing food – it’s a place of connection, education, community, nature. The new building will serve as a gateway to the farm: one spot where visitors can purchase fresh produce and farm-raised goods, linger with coffee, attend workshops, check into a glamping or camping stay, volunteer, and simply soak in the natural beauty of the land. Key elements:

  • Retail area: farm-products grown and raised at Glendale.

  • Cold-storage / processing area: keeps product fresh, enables value-added goods.

  • Coffee bar + indoor seating: encourages visitors to stay, meet, linger.

  • Covered outdoor seating + rooftop open-air covered seating: invite visitors into nature, vantage over the fields.

  • Workshop / education zone: space for classes on growing, raising, sustainable practices.

  • Volunteer / check-in zone: for glamping/camping visitors (via e.g. a partnership with Hipcamp), for harvest days, for community volunteer sign-ups.

  • Beautiful design with many windows, to bring the landscape inside, foster connection with the farm.

  • Versatile space for events: small gatherings, farm-to-table dinners, pop-ups.

By building this farmstand Glendale Farm not only sells more product directly but also deepens visitor engagement, creates new revenue streams , and enhances visibility and support of the farm’s mission.

Visitors drive or walk into the farmstand. They enter a warm, inviting retail space with fresh produce, eggs, pasture-raised meats , preserves, bee and honey products, farm brand merchandise, ready-to-go cups of coffee. They can browse, sample, buy, linger.

Coffee bar + indoor/outdoor seating

They order a coffee (or apple fritters) at a small bar. They sit inside at large windows, or on the covered patio, or climb up to the rooftop terrace with open-air seating. This encourages longer stays and invites more social/community use.

Workshops & education

In a dedicated area (or flexible layout) the building hosts workshops: how to grow your own food, how to raise chickens, composting demos, farm ecology, apiary classes, forge demonstrations, seasonal events. Visitors sign up; the building becomes an educational asset.

Camping/Glamping & volunteer check-in

Visitors arriving for a farm-stay (through Hipcamp or similarly) arrive at the check-in zone inside the building: orientation, maps, coffee, maybe a small lounge. After checking in, they go off to the glamping tents or camping sites. Volunteers arriving for a harvest day also check in and meet at this hub.

Volunteer & community space

Local community members come for a “volunteer harvest hour”, “gleaning for our local foodbank” or “farm-yoga sunrise” on the rooftop or patio, or host a small gathering. The building invites not just customers, but co-creators of the farm’s ecosystem.

Key design features

  • Ground floor: 200 sq ft footprint.

    • Retail area (front portion) with large windows on two sides.

    • Coffee bar and seating area.

    • Cold-storage/processing space (perhaps a dedicated room/back area).

    • Covered outdoor patio: roof extends over part of the building’s side or rear.

  • Rooftop: accessible by stairs or ladder (safe & code-compliant), open-air covered seating zone (a pergola or light roof) with view over the fields.

  • Many windows: e.g., floor-to-ceiling on the retail/coffee side facing the fields.

  • Materials and finishes: wood-timber framing (to fit farm aesthetic), steel roof or standing seam for durability, energy-efficient windows (important in PNW climate).

  • Cold storage: a climate-controlled room within the building, insulated, perhaps ~50 sq ft allocated.

  • Check-in zone: part of the retail space or a dedicated counter for Hipcamp/volunteer check-in.

  • Indoor seating: maybe 6-8 stools or small tables; Covered outdoor seating: 4-6 tables; Rooftop seating: additional 4-6 tables, chairs with view.

Help us reach our $150,000 Goal


The Future Farmstand aims to serve and support our primary tenants:

Dharma Ridge Farms, a certified organic wholesale agricultural distributor utilizing 80 acres of prime peat soils.

TJ’s Bees utilizes 10 acres of fescu fields overlayed on our prime fruit and nut orchards with a mission of providing people with pure,raw, and organic products that are free of unnatural additives. They also provide, hive collection, distribution, and pollinator services

Bellstar Farm and Forge stewards 40 acres of pastoral fields; they raise sheep, goats, and a few friendly horses. They offer grazing services, fiber, ferrier services and much more.

Uphill Farms have 1/4 acre small poultry flock that include chickens, geese, and heritage turkeys.

Dragon Heart Flowers have 1/4 acre of seasonal bulb flowers, perrrenials, and dried arrangments, and have over 10 years of Event Planning and Floral Design experience.

Are Farmstand Campaign also means we are looking for additional support and managment contributions

We are looking for:

An experienced long-term leaseholder(s), with interest in utilizing our 10 acre orchard for fruit production and product managment to join our community.

An experienced Agricultural Forest Manager to utilize our 23 acres of Old Stand Forest. Our mission is viable economic sustainability balanced with preservation of ecosystems and the development of future campgrounds and trails

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO DO!!

Current Restoration efforts include; rebuilding an on-site fueling station,  installation of a solar power generating system , increased efficiency of the irrigation system, and drainage district maintenance. Better efficiency will improve the carrying capacity of the farm and increase the diversity of production. The farm includes 150 acres of prime soils, 23 acres of agricultural forest, 10 acres of fallow apple and hazelnut orchards, and more than a 1/2 mile of Chimacum Creek, scenic vistas from two rural arterials and habitat for salmon, trumpeter swans, eagles, hawks and many other animals. The highly visible, scenic vistas of this farm define the rural character of east Jefferson County.

The Jefferson Land Trust established a Conservation Easement on Glendale Farm in May of 2009. We work closely with the Jefferson Land Trust to steward the land with integrity and an eye towards preservation, conservation, and sustainability.