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# Growing Community Upriver at Long Hearing Farm
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/growing-community-upriver-at-long-hearing-farm/
- Published: 2026-02-23T15:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-25T15:37:55.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: blog, skagitonians to preserve farmland, organic agriculture

"Growing Community Upriver at Long Hearing Farm," *Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland*, Meet a Farmer, February 23, 2026.

[Growing Community Upriver at Long Hearing Farm — Skagitonians to Preserve FarmlandSome Skagit farmers are born into it; others take a circuitous route but find a home here, nonetheless. Elizabeth Bragg and Kelly Skillingstead of Long Hearing Farm are of the latter group. Standing next to the Skagit River with Sauk Mountain above and illuminated by rare winter sunshine, Elizab![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/favicon-22.ico)Skagitonians to Preserve FarmlandBryony Angell![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/Vista-2BLong-2BHearing-2BFarm-2BKirsch-2BCreative.jpg)](https://www.skagitonians.org/blog/growing-community-upriver-at-long-hearing-farm?ref=adamsowards.net)