The EPA Got the Facts Wrong, Learn How
- Clean Groundwater, Clean Water, EPA Nitrate Study, Nitrate Fact Check, What's Cooking
- July 6, 2020
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EPA Lied. Farms Died.0
- Clean Groundwater, Clean Water, EPA Nitrate Study, Latest News, Nitrate Fact Check
- July 6, 2020
The EPA created a false science report and despite warnings by other agencies, used it for enforcement against family farmers. This led to the killing of farms and caused widespread losses to Washington family dairies. Government studies of this significance require independent peer review by federal policy. If properly reviewed the study would never have
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Crosscut Report Shows Shameful Disregard for the Facts0
- Farmworker Protection, Farmworkers' Voice, Latest News, Media Fact Check, Press
- June 30, 2020
Emily McCarty’s June 29 article in Crosscut represents false and biased reporting that exacerbates the urban-rural divide that Knute Berger revealed in his January 9, 2018 article and several since then. Calling highly valued farm workers “sacrificial lambs” is deeply offensive. Farmers have gotten accustomed to such outrageous accusations from Rosalinda Guillen who openly claims
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Carbon Farming: The Present and Future of Agriculture0
- A Future for Farming, Latest News, Sustainable Farms
- June 29, 2020
All farmers know that the element carbon is a valuable resource. This element is essential to all living things and can be found in everything from our bodies to our food to soil to cow manure. In North Central Indiana, a farmer named Brent Bible has taken the importance of carbon to a new level.
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Governor Inslee Protecting Washington’s Grapefruit Workers?0
- A Future for Farming, Latest News, Media Fact Check, Press, Uncategorized
- June 15, 2020
On May 28 Governor Inslee and United Farm Workers Union executive Erik Nicholson announced new rules that will protect farm workers in Washington. Specifically, Governor Inslee noted that he was glad grapefruit workers were going to gain from this “step forward” as he enjoyed a “great grapefruit” that morning. The Governor thanked Erik Nicholson for
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Farm worker union “Victory!” cries may not be what you think0
- Farmworker Protection, Latest News, Media Fact Check, Worker Safety
- June 12, 2020
New Farm Worker Union Lawsuit Reveals Conflicting Goals of Competing Farm Worker Unions0
- Farmworker Protection, Latest News
- June 11, 2020
In mid-April, two farm worker unions went to court to force Washington state to impose new Covid-19 regulations on farmers. The unions were the United Farm Workers, the California-based farm worker union formed by the esteemed organizer Cesar Chavez. The other is a tiny one-farm union called Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ), created by
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Dairy Farmers Face A Roller Coaster Milk Price0
- A Future for Farming, Latest News
- June 8, 2020
It’s no secret that the dairy industry has had a roller coast when it comes to milk prices. Yet, with 2020 on the horizon, things were actually looking up. According to Dwayne Faber, a Skagit County dairy farmer, “2020 was supposed to be the year where things started to turn around for the dairy industry.”
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Governor Inslee Plays Politics with Safety Rules for Essential Workers0
- Farmworker Protection, Latest News, Protecting Farmworker Jobs
- May 29, 2020
Farmers are very concerned about the safety of their employees and have been following all federal and state guidance, often going beyond that with guidance from industry groups. In fact, many of the safety measures the state is calling for are already common practice on many Washington farms. However, the fact that these very detailed,
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