Looking Ahead

We have been receiving a lot of inquiries about land at our Overmarsh Farm Commons and still have a few parcels left.

  • Community garden patches: 100-400 square feet
  • Medium plots: 500-1000 square feet
  • Allotments: 1000-2000 square feet
  • A commercial operation of up to half an acre
  • Collaborative farms: up to two acres
  • A share in a community orchard
  • Pastures for grazing animals
  • Custom growing ideas: just ask!

What’s Happening with the Grange

Don't Panic, Prepare

Don't Panic, Prepare!

Posted May, 2025

With the next Big One in the headlines, recents cuts to FEMA, and an ominous economic climate, awareness is growing among islanders of the need to look after each other in emergencies.

What's up at the Farmers Market

What's up at the Farmers Market

Posted May, 2025 by Samantha DeChristopher

The San Juan Island Farmers Market has been a beloved community hub since 1987, bringing people together over fresh produce and local goods. Over the last few years, there has been a decline in the number of farmer vendors at the market. This has sparked concerns about whether the market is maintaining the spirit of a true farmers market.

Beautiful Beginnings

Beautiful Beginnings

Posted April, 2025 by Bruce Robinson

Two major recent events will help ensure the success of the Overmarsh Farm Commons project. The first is the signing of a 20-year lease by the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank and the Grange. The second is the selection of a Farm Manager.

Grange Seed Bank News

News From the Grange Seed Bank

Posted April, 2025 by Nancy Best

Resiliency is a guiding mission of our Grange. Hoping for the best and planning for the worst, the Grange has created a seed bank. Ensuring that there are vegetable seeds available on San Juan Island is one of the ways that we can make sure we have some of the food we would need for emergencies.

Island Resilience

Island Resilience: A Community Lecture Series

Posted April, 2025

3rd Thursday of the Month, 5:30-7pm at Grange Hall. This Grange lecture series features local speakers who will share how our community can prepare for, adapt to, and withstand

Seed Swap

Seed Swap Coming Up

Posted Feb, 2025

Following in the footsteps of millennia of hungry humans, let’s get together to share and give away seeds. This is an opportunity to share within our community. Vegetable, herb, and flower seeds are welcome. If you grew out seeds last year, bring some to pass along.

Our Mission

To support a resilient community of growers, makers, and keepers, to foster social and political engagement, and to maintain our Hall as a home for celebrations and programs.

We are a grass-roots, non-partisan advocacy group, and because we are a non-profit (501c8), we can accept donations and participate in crafting legislation at all levels.

Our Grange

San Juan Island Grange #966 is for rural citizens with both legislative programs and community activities such as talent and craft contests, scholarships, and much more. You don’t have to be a farmer to belong, though many are. Our elected officers volunteer and our ‘work’ occurs through various committees, but the heart of our mission is community well-being, and we enjoy gathering to celebrate this.

Our History

The Grange started after the Civil War to begin healing and overcome the sense of isolation that many farmers were feeling as well as help them respond to new national markets. Grange Halls across the country housed mutual assistance programs, and many agricultural cooperatives were started by Granges to improve the economic lot of the family farm. Today each local Grange chooses its own mission and program, and Granges come together at the state and national levels for joint efforts.

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