Facts about nitrate and dairies
- Nitrate Fact Check, What's Cooking
- December 10, 2019
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NPR and KUOW Report Misrepresents the Skagit Elk Problem and Creates Community Discord0
- Latest News, Media Fact Check, Skagit
- January 22, 2020
The Dec. 19, 2019, report by KUOW’s Eilis O’Neill on the Skagit elk issue demonstrates some of the worst about today’s media. It is a false, misleading and damaging report that works to create discord between neighbors. It mischaracterizes the problem of a large herd of elk in a populated area with schools, homes and
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Former dairy farmer tries hand at growing hemp0
- A Future for Farming, Latest News, Sustainable Farms
- January 8, 2020
Jay Gordon, a former dairy farmer in Southwest Washington, is giving hemp a shot. Gordon has grown dozens of types of crops in the past, and has been trying to figure out how to grow hemp. “We started growing it this last summer,” Gordon said. “It just sounded like a chance to try something different,
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Dairy farms unable to participate in state projects needing compost0
- A Future for Farming, Latest News, Sustainable Farms
- December 30, 2019
Save Family Farming has written a letter to the Washington State Department of Transportation urging them to alter language in the laws regarding using dairy compost for WSDOT projects. The state doesn’t allow dairy manure to be used for DOT projects needing compost, even though it would save taxpayers a lot of money. “Dairy compost
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Article explains why big farms shouldn’t have a bad rap0
- A Future for Farming, Latest News, Sustainable Farms
- December 30, 2019
An article came out a few months ago that illustrates the upside of farm consolidation. With trade wars and the ever-changing market, farms are changing. The article reports in less than 100 years, the amount of farms in the U.S. has gone down 70%. The amount of small farms has risen over recent years, but
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Animal rights activists want animal theft to be legal0
- A Future for Farming, Latest News
- December 20, 2019
A city in California is showing support for the theft of animals by activists who say they’re “rescuing” them. Protect the Harvest’s Dave Duquette speaks to Dillon Honcoop to explain why they’re doing this, and the threat this activism poses to farms across the country. Berkeley, Calif., has recently passed a resolution that allows for
READ MOREElk problem continues for Skagit Farmers0
- Latest News, Skagit
- December 17, 2019
Even though landowners are harvesting more of the imported elk than they have in the past, they’ll never keep up with the non-native herd’s growth, says Randy Good with the Skagit Cattlemen’s association. He joined Dillon Honcoop on the Farming Show to explain how the real cost of the invasive elk’s damage is much higher
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Save Family Farming presented with “Most Valuable Partner” Award0
- Latest News, Press Releases
- December 10, 2019
Federation President Ed Zurcher cites efforts to defend and improve public understanding of dairy farming (GRAND MOUND, Wash.) Board members of Save Family Farming and its affiliates in Whatcom County, Skagit County and Eastern Washington were called to the stage during the state’s annual dairy conference. Washington State Dairy Federation president, dairy farmer Ed Zurcher, presented
READ MOREHow biochar could help farmers grow better crops0
- A Future for Farming, Latest News
- December 3, 2019
As farmers become increasingly focused on soil health to improve their operations, one of the tools people are talking about is biochar. But what is biochar, and what can it really do? Local author and policy researcher Jack Petree has reported extensively on biochar for farming and forestry publications nationwide, and he spoke to Dillon
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Dairy journalist points out activists posing as reporters
- Press Reports, What's Cooking
- September 12, 2019
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