Bil Thorn tends to specialty tomatoes and cucumbers that grow inside his greenhouse at Sky Island Farm in Grays Harbor County. Thorn and his wife Kate Harwell built the greenhouse from logged trees on their Olympic Peninsula property. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
Bil Thorn tends to specialty tomatoes and cucumbers that grow inside his greenhouse at Sky Island Farm in Grays Harbor County. Thorn and his wife built the greenhouse from logged trees on their Olympic Peninsula property. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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Running a small farm without generational wealth and easily accessible capital can be tough. So the outpouring of support for Black-owned small businesses after George Floyd's death really caught Bil Thorn, owner of Sky Island Farms, by surprise.  VIEW

The Seattle Mariners opened Spring Training 2 – now referred to as “Summer Camp” – at T’Mobile Park Friday, July 3, 2020. 214374
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Bil Thorn CQ points out flowers that will soon turn into fuzzy kiwis at Sky Island Farm near Humptulips, Wash. on the Olympic Peninsula. “Sky Island Farm is one of very few Black-owned farms in the Pacific Northwest,” says Thorn. “Our primary motive is to help people however we can-whether it be serving low-income communities, hospitals or educating- we are always looking for opportunities to serve our community.” 214337

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LO LADY LIBERTY ON KITE HILL FOR THE FOURTH 070410 Michael Chandler with One Reel helps give Lady Liberty a face lift Firday to help stabilize the front of the approximately 28-foot-tall head which is to scale with the actual Statue of Liberty New York City (according to One Reel spokeswoman). She first went up in Gas Works Park in 1995 and is an annual icon for the Fourth of July festivities and fireworks there.

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Two of the Woodland Park Zoo’s giraffes are the tallest land animals. Some grow to a height of 19-feet. This is in the African savanna habitat. reopens to the public at 25% capacity, Wednesday July 1, 2020 214372
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Seattle artist Mari Shibuya paints a portrait of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medial technician who was killed when shot eight times in her apartment by Louisville, Kentucky police in March of this year. Mari said she is painting the portrait to bring visibility to Breonna’s memory and her story. The mural is on a piece of plywood covering a window of Eastern Cafe in Seattle’s International District. The cafe is still open for business. Around 200 volunteers have volunteered to paint murals on plywood covering the windows of 140 businesses in the International District as part of the Beautify & Protect project. On the second day the volunteers were out, Monday June 8, around 80 artists shared their talents by painting the murals. Another “Mural Painting Day” will take place this weekend. 214188
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Laine Anderson tends to her plants at the UpGarden P-Patch Community Gardens in Seattle’s lower Queen Anne neighborhood, Sunday, June 14, 2020. Anderson weeds around her carrots, peas, raspberries, strawberries, cherry tomatoes and green onions. At right is the garden’s famous 1963 Ford Galaxie planter, filled with Rosemary and even a fruit tree. According to the p-patch’s lead coordinator Bob Grubbs, the UpGarden is raising money to eventually temporarily move several garden plots along the south, north and middle so a garage renovation planned for November can install gutters. The garden has 60-90 members at any given time. 214251
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