1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgJennifer Langstonhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/jennifer-langston/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="j0avZndaa3"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2011/06/28/want-your-veggies-delivered-by-sailboat/">Want Your Veggies Delivered by Sailboat?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2011/06/28/want-your-veggies-delivered-by-sailboat/embed/#?secret=j0avZndaa3" width="600" height="338" title="“Want Your Veggies Delivered by Sailboat?” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="j0avZndaa3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sailboat-flickr-chickadee23.jpg180240So, a single company delivering boxes of vegetables on expensive boats that most people do not know how to sail is not going to change the world. But here at Sightline, we love documenting all the ingenious ways that Northwesterners move goods and people around without burning fossil fuels. Now here's another low-carbon mode of transport—a Seattle company that delivers organic produce via sailboat and electric truck. This fun story from sailing blog Three Sheets Northwest profiles the Salish Sea Trading Cooperative, which just started its seasonal deliveries of produce from Dharma Ridge Farm near Port Ludlow, WA to the Aster Coffee Lounge in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood.