about us
WHO WE ARE
The Duvall Food Forest is a non-profit community organization, founded in 2020. We are powered by volunteers, in-kind donations, and fiscal sponsorship from SnoValley Tilth, a registered 501(c)(3) organization. Our mission, values, ethics, and design plan was born out of a six month series of community-centered design and planning meetings.
mission
To create a model for environmental stewardship while the nourishing community.
Values
Community and connection
Education and role-modeling
Play
Health and healing
Security
Biodiversity
Ownership, stewardship, and conservation
Habitat building
Job creation
Creating a tourist destination
Beauty
Acts of gathering
Kindness
Family
Tranquility
History
Anchoring our agricultural heritage
Daydreaming
Purity
Wonder
Respect
Ethics
Earth care - Respect all life
People care - We are all family
Share the surplus - Give what you can
design plan
THE LAND
We acknowledge that we are on the Indigenous Land of Coast Salish peoples who have reserved treaty rights to this land, specifically the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe (sdukʷalbixʷ). We thank these caretakers of this land who have lived, and continue to live, here since time immemorial.
The city of Duvall is the legal owner of this one half acre plot, located adjacent to The Historic Dougherty Farmstead at 26524 NE Cherry Valley Rd, Duvall, WA 98019. In 1910, the Dougherty Family moved their house up the hill and lived there until Leo Dougherty died in 1983. In 1985, the Duvall Historical Society started working on preserving the house, with a lease from the Catholic Archdiocese who owned the house upon Leo Dougherty's death. In 1997, King County purchased the 26 remaining acres with open space funds and gave it to the city of Duvall.
From 2010 to 2016, Alana McCoy, project manager for the city of Duvall, stewarded the one acre of land and grew food with the community. From 2016 to 2019, Kyle Koch, natural movement instructor, stewarded the land and gathered community to create pathways, hugelkulture beds, and plant fruit trees and herbs.
Today, we are creating a beautiful future for this place and it's people, based on the diverse, abundant, and gracious support of the past. You can learn more about the fascinating history of this particular place by visiting The Duvall Historical Society.
THE team
jeff davis
Founder
Jeff Davis has worked throughout California, Costa Rica, Hawaii, and Washington for almost a decade in the fields of environmental education and permaculture design, installation, and maintenance. In addition to this experience, he brings his creativity as an interdisciplinary artist to the organization. You can view his personal work here.
mark weiss
board member: treasurer
Bio coming soon.
sarah cassidy
board member
Bio coming soon.
MAtt Jernigan
board member
Matt Jernigan has worked in sustainable agriculture and the local food movement for the past several years in North Carolina, Southern Mexico, Missouri, and Washington. He brings together experience in public health, permaculture, and community organizing to help promote resilient local communities. He received a permaculture design certificate from the Possibility Alliance and just completed a program in Holistic Landscape Design and Permaculture at Bastyr University.
will rak
board member
Bio coming soon.
alana mccoy
board member
Bio coming soon.
natalie rivera-booth
board member
Bio coming soon.
Action is hope.
there is no hope without action.
Ray Bradbury
contact us
We love meeting new people and sharing new ideas. Send us a message using the form below. If you want to subscribe to our newsletter, just fill out the form at the bottom left of this page. Thank you!
Phone
(949) 940-6409
Physical Address
26524 NE Cherry Valley Rd.
Duvall, WA 98019
Mailing Address
PO Box 332
Duvall, WA 98019
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