Ag Tourism

Poultry, Eggs & Dairy

Have you ever compared a home-grown, farm fresh egg with an egg from a big chain supermarket? Naturally raised chickens produce yolks that are a deep orangey-yellow and taste like the old fashioned farm eggs your Grandma used to make in the mornings! And Sunday's fried chicken? Try it with Okanogan Valley fresh chicken and it will take you home again! Here in Okanogan Country organic free range chickens and their eggs are easy to find. Many Okanogan Valley and Methow Valley groceries and restaurants serve our local, sustainably grown poultry and eggs. Visit a farm in North Central Washington to hold some baby chicks and see where your food comes from.

Enjoy a Washington farm tour at a cow or goat dairy to get a taste of warm fresh milk, and fresh artisan cheeses. Participate in the goat or cow milking and see how artisan cheese is made. The kids can pet a calf or hold baby goats while you taste some Chevre (Okanogan's fresh artisan goat cheese).You can ask about the incredible health benefits of fresh whey or the high protein, low-fat goat meat delicacy called Chevon.

If you worry about how animals are treated, you will be delighted to learn that here in Okanogan Country we like to make sure our animals are well cared-for and happy. It is simple, but true, that naturally raised poultry and dairy animals produce more, higher quality products than their factory raised cousins. . . . ok, we may pamper them just a bit!