PORT HADLOCK — Concerns that an educational and sustainable agriculture project could foul the Tri-Area’s largest groundwater source are without merit, a representative of Sunfield Farm said Monday.
Abby Jorgensen, Sunfield site committee member, said that Jefferson County Public Utility District officials have not discussed with Sunfield Farm representatives the farm’s waste management concept.
Just the same, Jorgensen said the farm’s approach to manure and other waste management is taken seriously.
“A biodynamic animal farm requires meticulous animal waste management as part of it integral and sustainable system,” Jorgensen said in a prepared statement Monday.
Helen Curry, Sunfield board president, adds: “We are very aware of the sensitive nature of the whole environment of the valley in which Sunfield is, and our educational mission actually involves raising the awareness of the sensitive nature of this area.”
She said Sunfield wants to demonstrate how farming, open space and commercial activities can co-exist “when they have balanced, sustainable type of practices.”