Chef Maria Hines

Winner of the 2009 James Beard Award for Best Chef Northwest, Maria Hines has been turning heads and palates on the national culinary scene since she took the helm at Earth & Ocean in 2003. In 2005, she was named one of Food & Wine Magazine’s 10 Best New Chefs. Hines opened her own restaurant, Tilth, in September 2006. Tilth is certified organic and features New American cuisine. In 2008, the New York Times named Tilth one of the top-10 best new restaurants in the country. Maria also owns Seattle certified organic restaurants, Golden Beetle and Agrodolce. She is a board member of PCC Farmland Trust and a founding member of Seattle Restaurant Week. 

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Erick and Wendy Haakenson

Jubilee Farm is a biodynamic farm in the heart of the Snoqualmie Valley. Erick and Wendy Haakenson have spent 17 seasons on the farm, running one of the area’s oldest and most comprehensive CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) subscriptions.

Thanks to the vision of the Haakensons and the combined resources of King County and the Farmland Trust, the entirety of this much-loved biodynamic farm will remain farmland forever.