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Genuine Skagit Cooking, from the program Genuine Skagit Valley, features over 45 recipes from food producers, small-business owners, and residents around Skagit Valley, Washington, that highlight the unique agricultural diversity of the region. Readers will discover recipes for every meal of the day, all utilizing some of the distinctive produce grown in this fertile Pacific Northwest valley, as well as profiles about Skagit Valley farmers and producers. Paired alongside food photographer Charity Burggraaf’s photos of recipes and locally grown produce, Genuine Skagit Cooking paints a vibrant picture of the region’s agricultural way of life, inviting both locals and others across the country into the kitchen to cook the Skagit way.

The Skagit Valley, nestled in the Pacific Northwest between Seattle and Vancouver with views of Mount Baker and the San Juan Islands, is the most important agricultural valley remaining in the Puget Sound region. Since the first commercial harvest of potatoes in 1853, Skagit farmers and their fertile soil have supplied the Northwest, nation, and world with nearly every crop imaginable. Genuine Skagit Valley is an initiative designed to increase awareness of Skagit Valley agricultural products and services. They are administered by the Northwest Agriculture Business Center and partner with the Port of Skagit to enhance the local agricultural industry, promoting innovative approaches that combine research and technology producing new jobs and a robust economy centered on the valley’s rich agricultural resources and heritage.