Left Foot Organics is a local nonprofit organization helping people with intellectual disabilities and rural youth to gain job and life skills while growing good food for their community. Now in its eighth year, Left Foot offers paid employment experience and is committed to provide the support each individual needs to overcome their challenges and be successful.

On the third Saturday of each month Left Foot hosts volunteers in the morning to come out and help with farm work.  The farm then provides a hot lunch for volunteers and following lunch a workshop is put on to provide community members with farm  and social skills that are transferable to their everyday lives.

For the month of August workshop Left Foot Organics is present our own Farm Manager, Lydia Beth Leimbach, as she teaches the fine art of bouquet making.  Having specialized in growing and raising perennials, natives, and carnations, she will display her keen eye for creating an eye-catching arrangement.  Plan on taking your bouquet home with you!

The day begins at 10 o'clock for volunteers and lunch is served at noon!  Workshops typically begin around one o'clock.  Please come ready to work in the elements!
Left Foot Organics is located at 11122 Case Road SW, Olympia, 98512, just 3 miles from exit 99 off interstate 5.

Anyone interested in learning more about Left Foot Organics or about participating in the life of our farm is invited to the first OFFICIAL Left Foot Organics Volunteer Orientation on July 11 at 7:00 p.m.  This event will be hosted by the Volunteer Center located at 317 4th Ave E on the third floor in Downtown Olympia.  We hope this orientation will propel potential volunteers to join us in our mission to give people with disabilities and rural youth paid employment skills in selling quality organic produce! 

Left Foot Organics is a local nonprofit organization helping people with disabilities and rural youth to gain job and life skills while growing good food for their community. Now in its eighth year, Left Foot offers paid employment experience and is committed to provide the support each individual needs to overcome their challenges and be successful.

On the third Saturday of each month Left Foot hosts volunteers in the morning to come out and help with farm work.  The farm then provides a hot lunch for volunteers and following lunch a workshop is put on to provide community members with farm  and social skills that are transferable to their everyday lives.

The month of June workshop will feature Hugh Zars of Zarswerks.  Hugh will be teaching and giving hands-on advice about small engine maintenance and tractor repair.  Hugh is a new friend to the farm and has given his time and energy to making sure all our equipment is in tip-top shape.  He is a real expert with years of experience in engine repair and maintenance under his belt! 

The day begins at 10 o'clock for volunteers and lunch is served at noon!  Workshops typically begin around one o'clock.  Please come ready to work in the elements!

Left Foot Organics is located at 11122 Case Road SW, Olympia, 98512, just 3 miles from exit 99 off interstate 5.

 

Left Foot Organics is a local nonprofit organization helping people with intellectual disabilities and rural youth to gain job and life skills while growing good food for their community. Now in its eighth year, Left Foot offers paid employment experience and is committed to provide the support each individual needs to overcome their challenges and be successful.

On the third Saturday of each month Left Foot hosts volunteers in the morning to come out and help with farm work.  The farm then provides a hot lunch for volunteers and following lunch a workshop is put on to provide community members with farm  and social skills that are transferable to their everyday lives.

For the month of June workshop Left Foot Organics is excited to host Dominic Corriveau of Ewing Irrigation.  Ewing Irrigation is a landscape and irrigation specialist creating healthy, sustainable environments.  Dominic will be presenting about water management solutions, agronomic supplies, landscape lighting, water features, hardscape, and erosion control.

Mothers Day Weekend Plant Sale Left Foot Organics will have its annual spring plant sale at the farm on Saturday, May 8, from 10am to 3pm. A wide selection of vegetable starts, herbs, native plants and flowers will be ready for your garden and for beautiful Mothers Day gifts. Left Foot Organics is located at 11122 Case Road SW, Olympia, 98512, just 3 miles from exit 99 off Interstate 5. Left Foot Organics is a local nonprofit organization helping people with intellectual disabilities and rural youth to gain job and life skills while growing good food for their community. Now in its eighth year, Left Foot offers paid employment experience and is committed to provide the support each individual needs to overcome their challenges and be successful. All the proceeds from the plant sale go toward supporting Left Foot’s vocational and life skills employment and training program for people with intellectual disabilities and rural youth. Bring Mom to the farm to pick out everything she’ll need to get the garden started. If your garden beds aren’t ready yet, there is still something for you at the sale. Try a salad bowl, pre-planted for a supply of greens that will last into the fall. Eggs from Left Foot’s flock, tote bags and cookbooks will also be available. Vegetable lovers may also support Left Foot by signing up for a CSA share ($450 at the farm, $495 for in town delivery) and receive a box of fresh produce grown on the farm each week from June through October. Left Foot crew members will be giving tours of the farm all day. There is plenty of parking at the farm, and the sale area is wheelchair accessible. For more information, call 360-754-1849 or visit our website at www.leftfootorganics.org.

Left Foot Organics is a local nonprofit organization helping people with intellectual disabilities and rural youth to gain job and life skills while growing good food for their community. Now in its eighth year, Left Foot offers paid employment experience and is committed to provide the support each individual needs to overcome their challenges and be successful. On the third Saturday of each month Left Foot hosts volunteers in the morning to come out and help with farm work. The farm then provides a hot lunch for volunteers and following lunch a workshop is put on to provide community members with farm and social skills that are transferable to their everyday lives. For the month of May workshop Left Foot Organics is excited to host Casey Mullen of Fungi Perfecti. Fungi Perfecti is a family-owned, environmentally friendly company specializing in using gourmet and medicinal mushrooms to improve the health of the planet and its people. Casey will be teaching on Mushroom Spawning and Log Inoculation. The day begins at 10 o'clock for volunteers and lunch is served at noon! Workshops typically begin around one o'clock. Please come ready to work in the elements! Left Foot Organics is located at 11122 Case Road SW, Olympia, 98512, just 3 miles from exit 99 off interstate 5.

Left Foot Organics operates a 5 acre horticultural therapy farm that works to employ people with developmental disabilities in order to give them meaningful, paid employment.

On the third Saturday of every month Left Foot Organics provides free workshops to enable members of our community to take home skills and knowledge about food, farms, and developmental disabilities which are transferable to their everyday lives.

The topic this month is Autism: Come to hear Barbara Young, a Professor at SPSCC, tell her story of working with people with Autism and Aspergers Syndrome. Participants have the opportunity to come for a morning of volunteer work beginning at 10. A hot lunch courtesy of the farm will be served at noon and Barbara Young's workshop will begin at 1 p.m. Feel free to come at any time. Please email - volunteer@leftfootorganics.org - with questions!

We hope to see you there!