Emma Shorr has been working Snoqualmie Valley soil since 2016, first as an employee at a local farm, and now for herself as the operator of Rising Sign Farm.
The half-acre vegetable farm near Carnation produces food she sells directly to residents, and which ends up at restaurants and nonprofits in the area. Shorr signed a lease that will carry her into 2022, but beyond that, the future remains uncertain.
Shorr, like many other farmers in the Snoqualmie Valley, leases land instead of owning it. The price of farmland in the county is sky-high when compared to other areas of the state. And most farms need additional components like
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