The Beet
A Port Townsend Food Co-op Blog
Whether you're passionate about healthy recipes, sustainability initiatives, local giving programs, or supporting local farms, we’ve got something for you. Stay connected with the latest co-op news, learn how we’re making a difference in the community, and discover how you can get involved. Join us as we promote eco-friendly living and share the best in organic, local food."
Nov/Dec Beans for Bags Spotlight: Winter Welcoming Center
Now open, The Winter Welcoming Center provides a warm, welcoming space for those in need of shelter. Learn more about this much needed organization.
Sept/Oct Beans For Bags Spotlight: Olympic Angels
Olympic Angels exists to radically improve the foster care experience for children and families on the Olympic Peninsula.
May/June Beans For Bags Spotlight: The Benji Project
From art projects for the Rhody Parade to Summer Camps, learn what The Benji Project is doing to help teach proactive mental health tools to Jefferson County.
The Food Co-op Seeds Generosity: Unveiling the 2024 Beans 4 Bags Recipients
See which local nonprofits are on the list!
November/December Beans For Bags Spotlight: Housing Solutions Network
Hear from Liz Revord, HSN Director and how you can participate in the future of housing in Jefferson County.
November/December Beans For Bags Spotlight: Camp Beausite Northwest
Camp Beausite Northwest is located in beautiful Chimacum, WA and has been serving the special needs community for over 30 years. Come read what they are up to and watch their video.
September/October Beans For Bags Spotlight: Food Bank Growers
The Food Bank Growers network grows, gathers, and gives organically grown fruits and vegetables to build healthy, vibrant communities, improve food security, and decrease food waste for our Jefferson County neighbors.
September/October Beans For Bags Spotlight: Heartberries Playschool
Heartberries is an all outdoors program for children ages 2-5 based at Peace Hill and Shy Acre Farm in Port Townsend, Washington. We seek to provide affordable care that is nature immersive, multi-cultural, cultivates the imagination, and encourages children's natural inclinations towards love and kindness.
July/August Beans For Bags Spotlight: Community Build – Housing Builds Community
Community Build built three temporary supervised villages in Jefferson County starting with Peter's Place in Port Hadlock in 2020. This was followed by Pat's Place in Port Townsend, and we have built 20 tiny shelters for OlyCAP at Caswell-Brown off Mill Road. These facilities have housed over 75 residents over the last 3 years. We are so proud of this accomplishment!
March/April Bean for Bag Spotlight: StyroCyclers
Learn how volunteer Port Townsend StyroCyclers group, a Local 20/20 Beyond Waste Project, recycles expanded polystyrene, commonly known as styrofoam
March/April Bean for Bag Spotlight: PT Potential
PT Potential works to transform our community's waste plastic into community infrastructure while challenging PT to see its own prospects of moving beyond the plastic economy.
Winter Welcoming Center
Introducing our second Beans For Bag recipient for January/February – Winter Welcoming Center
Bayside Housing
Introducing one of our January Beans for Bags recipients – Bayside Housing & Services, with the mission of serving people experiencing homelessness in Jefferson County by providing transitional housing and meals, with individualized, trauma-informed case management support.