Wild Thyme Farm News Articles

Centralia Chronicle • January 23, 2010 Having a Wild Thyme with Sustainable Farming Oakville farm a mecca for agroforestry by Dian McClurg Agroforestry is the science of creating forestry plantations that function much like an agricultural system, where you plant a variety of woody plants that can provide you with an annual and semi-annual product.
Yes! Magazine • January 7, 2010 Big News for Small Forests by Ian Hanna Sustainable, small scale working forests are feeling the economic pinch. But nonprofit groups are helping family and community owned woodlands thrive by connecting them with carbon markets.
Northwest Natural Resource Group • August 2009 Wild Thyme Farm by Jennifer Whitelaw John Henrikson’s land speaks to him, and he thinks more people should listen. “We need more people to develop that relationship – to fall in love with the land.”
Evergreen Magazine • Spring 2009 The Entrepreneurial Forester How Two Evergreen Alumni are Reshaping Northwest Forestry Ian Hanna and Kirk Hanson want you to cut down your trees.
Sustainable Industries • April 2009 Green Building Forests Yield New Carbon Credits John Henrikson, a co-owner of Wild Thyme Farm, earns money by not harvesting his forest...The program establishes incentive for private forest owners to maintain healthy forest by creating a market for carbon credits.
Northwest Woodlands • Fall 2004, Vol 20 No 4 From Character Wood to Silvopasture Wild Thyme Farm Explores all the Angles By John Henrikson -- The dramatic evolution of the forestry operation at Wild Thyme Farm near Olympia WA, speaks more to the transformation of the landowners than to the land itself.
SkagitValleyHerald.com • November 9, 2004 Gang Green A group of Western Washington landowners are teaming up to seek certification through the Forest Stewardship Council and tap into the market for eco-friendly wood...
SeattlePI.com • November 7, 2004 Some foresters want 'green' certification OAKVILLE, Washington (AP) -- There are tall, thick alders and gargantuan maples on John Henrikson's land that could line his pockets handsomely if he cut them for timber, but...
CNN.com • Science & Space • November 9, 2004 Green certification in demand for forests Washington forest owners ban together to sell eco-friendly wood. OAKVILLE, Washington (AP) -- There are tall, thick alders and gargantuan maples on John Henrikson's land...
Centralia Chronicle • April 18, 1998 Wild Thyme Farm is having a wild time with bamboo Growers prepare for bamboo market. Kirk Hansen waters one of the ornamental varieties of bamboo plants on Wild Thyme Farm in Oakville...