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Is the Yakima Herald-Republic holding people’s opinions to a higher journalistic standard than their own reporters?
On April 14, former Save Family Farming board member Dan DeGroot submitted a letter to the editor of the Yakima Herald-Republic, voicing his concern about lopsided coverage of anti-farm activists’ claims in an April 3 article. John Taylor, Yakima ...
State Admits Anti-farming Activists Misused Official Logo, Created False Appearance of WA Dept. of Health Endorsement
State official claims Department of Health does not endorse Yakima-based We Are ELLA’s messages, despite supporting the group’s “storytelling” with nearly $500,000 state grant (OLYMPIA, Wash.) A Yakima-based anti-farming activist group, We Are ELLA, violated state rules by creating the ...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: “Yakima Herald-Republic presented readers with an unchallenged pipeline of activist claims”
Dan DeGroot, former Lower Yakima Valley dairy farmer and former Save Family Farming board member, submitted the following letter to the editor of the Yakima Herald-Republic. To the Editor, Your report on Yakima Valley air quality essentially ...
Surge in ICE Arrests of Farmworkers Worries WA Farmers As Busy Season Approaches
Save Family Farming Executive Director Ben Tindall issued the following statement regarding a notable increase in federal agents’ enforcement activity impacting farmworkers and the farming community. “Washington state farmers fear the surge in federal immigration enforcement arrests could spell disaster ...
Olympia Knew Washington Farming is in Crisis, But Did Nothing
By Ben Tindall, Save Family Farming Executive Director As the 2026 legislative session comes to a close, there is at least one thing worth noting: some of the worst anti-farm ideas introduced this year did not make it across the ...
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