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Save Family Farming speaks out to protect Washington’s family farming community through advocacy, outreach, and public education.
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As evidence of the harm #waleg ’s #farming overtime law is causing #farmworkers continues to mount, the state of CO legislators were able to achieve a bipartisan solution.

@kristinereeveswa.bsky.social
@governorferguson.bsky.social

#thefarmingshow #harvest

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How Olympia Can Learn From Colorado’s Farmworker Overtime Fix
As evidence of the harm Washington state's farming overtime law is causing farmworkers continues to mount, the state of Colorado has also grappled with the same problem, and state legislators there we...
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October 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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The Washington Supreme Court recently heard arguments over whether Ecology provided the technical assistance required by state law before imposing penalties. What they decide could have implications for how regulations are enforced against farmers across WA.
https://youtu.be/mIRxU4j76bw

#pnw #waleg
October 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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@wadepthealth.bsky.social and the media exposed that ELLA’s confirmation was false. When an organization tells a state agency, as well as the general public, something that is blatantly not true, that’s called a lie.

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Public Money, Public Accountability – Part Two
The Price of Plenty: When Public Money, Manipulated Narratives, and False Assurances Collide By Ben Tindall, Executive Director, Save Family Farming In Part One of this series, I explained how a c...
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October 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Moses Lake-area farm family finally got its day at WA state’s high court, after suing Ecology for breaking the law nearly a decade ago when it slapped the farm with a $500k fine.
https://savefamilyfarming.org/scow-justices-skeptical-of-wa-ecologys-excuses-for-attacking-farmer/
#wacourt #olympia #pnw
October 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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What does your support of Save Family Farming actually make possible?
It means an independent voice for Washington’s family farmers—one that can investigate, speak up, hold people accountable and push for solutions without waiting for permission.
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October 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Ben Tindall, Executive Director of Save Family Farming, joins The Farming Show host Dillon Honcoop with this live update on the Fode family’s case from outside the Supreme Court at the State Capitol in Olympia.
https://youtu.be/Xl16FGdkVQk
#livestream #savefamilyfarming #olympia #moseslake
October 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Farmers don’t get a year to ignore state rules.
So why does an activist group that received $500,000 in taxpayer money?

https://youtu.be/xJl2dogaGYc

Gov. Bob Ferguson
WA Dept of Health
Office of the Washington State Auditor

#HotTake #WALeg #PNW #appropriation #misappropriation #fyp
September 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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It all started with a logo.

https://savefamilyfarming.org/public-money-public-accountability/?preview_id=8944&preview_nonce=0259a613b7&_thumbnail_id=8945&preview=true

Gov. Bob Ferguson
WA Dept of Health
Office of the Washington State Auditor

#WALeg #pnw #taxes #misappropriation #ethics
September 29, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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Whatcom County committee refuses to retract false claims against farmers, saying it will "allow those contradictions to co-exist." Councilmember Mark Stremler isn't pleased.
🎧 https://savefamilyfarming.org/whatcom-county-committee-refuses-to-recant-false-claims-against-farmers/
#WhatcomCounty #PNW
September 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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@ecology.wa.gov is seeking input re: the State Waters Alteration Permit. We encourage everyone involved in agriculture to complete the survey by #September 25, and make sure #agriculture 's voice is heard before decisions are made.

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#PNW #Farming #WashingtonState #Washington
September 18, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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Billions of dollars in harm. Negligible to minor downstream fish benefits, according to the state’s own analysis.

A court has paused WA’s expanded forest buffer rule while an appeal moves forward.

Today it’s forestland. Tomorrow, it could be farmland.

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September 18, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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We fear ... the widespread loss of jobs the farmworker community could suffer as Washington farms continue to go out of business. #WALeg #PNW

https://savefamilyfarming.org/new-study-affirms-save-family-farmings-concern-about-wa-farm-overtime-law-harming-farmworkers/

Kristine M. Reeves (she/her)
September 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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#Olympia must not be empowered to make policy changes that cause vast harm to entire communities without demonstrating any significant #environmentalbenefit.

#waleg #forestry #farming #agviability #pnw

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WA Farmers Applaud Court’s Pause on Anti-Science Forestry Buffer Rule, Welcome Appeal Against Harmful Precedent
Jason Vander Kooy, Skagit County dairy farmer and Save Family Farming Vice President, issued the following statement regarding the Thurston County court ruling staying the Washington Forest Practices ...
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September 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Bureaucrats in WA state have forced a new, strict rule for forestry that would have few, if any benefits while costing farm foresters and the communities they support billions of dollars.

🎧: https://savefamilyfarming.org/new-rule-could-set-dangerous-precedent-how-farm-foresters-are-fighting-back/
September 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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A new UCLA report is being used to claim Washington farmers are pushing local farm workers out of jobs in favor of H-2A guest workers. There are serious questions about the report’s methodology, its conclusions, and the background of its author.

#waleg #ucla #ucsantacruz #pnw #hottake #h2a #farming
September 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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“You cannot credibly argue that farmers are choosing H-2A workers to save money while ignoring the enormous additional costs farmers are legally required to bear when they use the program.”
https://savefamilyfarming.org/falsified-ucla-report-deceives-public-about-wa-farmers/
#pnw #waleg #falsereport
September 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Activist author of a misleading new UCLA-sponsored study claims farmers closely following the strict rules for hiring guest workers through the federal H-2A program are actually exploiting a “loophole.”

https://savefamilyfarming.org/loophole-misleading-ucla-study-disparages-wa-farms-following-law/
September 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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We've arrived at the last couple of weeks of summer, and fall is quickly approaching. Find out what is happening here at Save Family Farmers in September's newsletter.

Start here: conta.cc/4x94AyC

#ICYMI #savefamilyfarming #pnw #washington
September 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Austin Allred, a beef producer and dairy farmer based near Royal City, gives an inside look at the differences between what grocery shoppers and farmers face - what the real solution to high food prices needs to be particularly in WA state.
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#eatlocal #pnw #waleg
Food Prices: WA Beef Farmer Explains What Actually Needs To Happen
As the public's concern about higher food prices--especially beef--is getting headlines and political attention from President Trump, farmers and ranchers are again pushing back against his move to in...
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September 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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President Trump says he wants to make it easier for farmers to process their own food. That could help some, but here in Washington, farmers say the biggest barriers are state and local regulations.

Want more local food? Look to #Olympia.

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#waleg
September 3, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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"Farmers here in Washington ... know some of the biggest restrictions limiting local food come from Olympia, not Washington, D.C."

https://savefamilyfarming.org/trump-beef-processing-announcement-wont-solve-problem-for-wa-farmers/

Gov. Bob Ferguson
Washington State Department of Agriculture
#waleg
Trump Beef Processing Announcement Won’t Solve Problem For WA Farmers
Markus Rollinger, Yakima-area dairy farmer and Save Family Farming President, issued the following statement reacting to President Donald Trump’s social media pledge to roll back beef processing regulations“Farmers here in Washington state are skeptical about President Trump’s announcement about allowing them to process their own food, not just because of the lack of details, but
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September 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Chelcie Cargill, an eastern Oregon rancher, joins Dillon with reaction to Trump’s previously-announced plan to temporarily drop tariffs on imported ground beef that’s angered many American beef producers.

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Will Trump Food Processing Pledge Help PNW Farmers & Ranchers?
Taking aim at the 'Big 4' meat processors, President Trump pledged in a social media post Friday to reduce red tape for farmers and ranchers and allow them to "PROCESS THEIR OWN FOOD." Chelcie Cargil...
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August 31, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Jack Fields, Exec Dir of the Washington Cattle Feeders Assoc, joins Dillon to explain why the news has beef producers in the region on edge, and how the high cost of farming in our state contributes to their uncertain future.

Listen to the conversation:
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WA Ranchers On Edge As Pasco Beef Packing House Put Up For Sale
The biggest beef packing house in the Pacific Northwest has been put up for sale by its owner, multinational food giant Tyson Foods. Jack Fields, Executive Director of the Washington Cattle Feeders A...
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August 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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High beef prices are getting the headlines, but the bigger issue is our food supply.

If we want more food produced here in America, we have to make it possible for American farmers and ranchers to keep producing it.

We can’t keep importing our way out of the problem.

#pnw #beef #tariffs #waleg
August 26, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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“People cherry-pick the #science to try to back it up, but really it’s a religion of no touch, of let it go back to #nature. Then it ignores the fact that we are dealing with managed systems at some level.”
Read: https://www.aginfo.net/report/66142/Fruit-Grower-Report/Wildfire-Management

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Wildfire Management - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
Wildfires are filling our news with stories and our air with smoke this summer, while farmers across the state are worried about their harvests.
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August 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM