Thurston County Farmland Inventory

Thurston County Farmland Inventory (PDF)

From a 1 acre urban garden that produces over 10,000 pounds of food a year to hundred acre parcels associated with dairies or livestock production, Thurston county has – and needs – a diversity of farms and farmers. Farmland provides local foods, local economies, and open space. Future plans for the county define how many new roads, sewers, and schools will be needed, but what about farmland? As Thurston County continues to grow, development pressure on farmland will only increase.

How much farmland is left in Thurston County and how can we work together to protect it? These are the questions that helped guide our recently completed inventory of current and potential farmlands in the South Sound.

The inventory was completed by project leads Lea Mitchell and Jeff Fisher with a grant from the Bullitt Foundation. Most analysis was done with local parcel data and GIS software. The inventory also summarizes recent data from the federal census and other sources. In order to honor data agreements, maps and data at the parcel level is not posted here. The farmland trust will use the inventory to help define and protect farmlands at risk.

Please follow this link to our inventory report:
Thurston County Farmland Inventory (PDF)