April the Apple Gal

Organic Orchardist and Analytical Chemistry PhD pissed off that more people don’t know where their food comes from. Interested in space, motocross, and zombies

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

Did you know that there are the same number of farmers in the US as there are people who believe they been abducted by aliens?
It’s true 👇 #farmers #Agriculture #ancientaliens

Western Innovator: Grower seeks to counter ag critics https://t.co/zCY1NjI2BW via @capitalpress

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@Unclebarney1966 @WallStreetApes I’ve been farming for the last 20 years in Washington State -

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@WallStreetApes Without GMOs there would be no insulin

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@AriyaVeyron @WallStreetApes Worms have stomachs? I thought that humans and worms had very different digestive pathways

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@Unclebarney1966 @WallStreetApes Twenty years ago 2% of the American population were farmers today it’s 1.5%, farming is not a “cushy” lifestyle. Most farmers do NOT set the price of the food they grow and produce. WA state losses two farms a day because farming is not profitable

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@tttesupremacist @TheCinesthetic https://t.co/SYA5OBEAfs

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@ArchieHicoxGB @Mark_Drenthe @giveashitnature You do realize less than 2% grow food for the rest of the population? Everyone in the Amish community contributes to food growth

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@RepublicofThink @giveashitnature Less than 2% of the U.S. population are farmers, currently Washington State losses 2 farms a day - at this rate they will be gone in one generation. If it was so profitable making “mega profits” more people would do it.

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@joannmgrant @giveashitnature How large is your garden?

[S.A. Dupres @Susan_Dupres]

Washington State

Spokane County Family Farm

Comply or Die: Washington State Just Destroyed an Elderly Farmer Over a Road

May 18, 2026

For more than 70 years, one family irrigated the same hayfield in rural Washington.

Then the state changed its interpretation — and called it a crime.

In this investigation, Yanasa TV examines how Bob Greiff, an 85-year-old farmer near Deer Park, was fined $121,000, hit with a state lien, and labeled an “irrigation outlaw” — not for expanding his farm, not for diverting new water, but for irrigating on the wrong side of a road.

The enforcement action came from the Washington Department of Ecology, which claims Greiff’s senior water rights only apply to part of his land — despite decades of continuous use dating back to the 1950s.

This story isn’t just about water.
It’s about paper water vs. wet water. It’s about how historical farming practices are being erased by modern mapping.

@trentloos
@SecRollins

Post by Educated Gypsee + link to WATCH:

[Community Notes & Violations @CNviolations]

Best thing I watched today

[Farm Action @FarmActionUS]

Rep. Thomas Massie is on the verge of delivering “one of the crown jewels” of MAHA wins.

“And nobody wants to talk about it.”

“I got my PRIME Act in the Farm Bill.”

The PRIME Act would be a huge win for independent farmers.

And it would deliver a blow to Big Ag’s monopoly on meat processing.

It would “make it easier for… sustainably-managed farms to sell direct to consumers without this meat monopoly, the oligopoly of foreign interests that own the meat processing plants in the United States, getting involved in that transaction.”

“Without the regulatory capture of the USDA.”

@RepThomasMassie

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@TheRealThelmaJ1 @ScottPresler https://t.co/gJZsE3ezIG

[Farm Action @FarmActionUS]

“Just because that dollar is higher on that check that you're receiving doesn't mean that that dollar is still the same as the check that you write to the people you owe money to.”

There’s a misconception at the moment that record-high beef prices mean ranchers are making record profits.

They’re not.

The truth is, consolidation across agriculture has tilted the entire system. 

Even with beef prices at all-time highs, many ranchers are barely breaking even, and some are still losing money.

Consumers are paying more than ever, while farmers are getting squeezed more than ever.

That’s not how a healthy market works.

That’s what a broken system looks like.

[Farm Action @FarmActionUS]

“A check from the government is welcome, but it isn’t what we want.”

Farmers should not have to rely on government checks to survive.

But when a handful of companies control the system from seed to plate, farmers get squeezed out and pushed toward dependence.

They are not asking for handouts. 

They are asking for a system that actually works.

[J∅kër Kîng 👑 @j0ker937]

Let's be honest, when a manufacturer knows that got you by the short hairs, they're going to tug that wallet as often & as hard as they can.
With that said, @JohnDeere definitely got their money from this poor farmer.
I cannot believe how much he had to pay for that part.

[stevemur @stevemur]

Washingtonians, don’t like the income tax?

THEN MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW. The new, unconstitutional income tax is on the ballot five times.

That’s because there are FIVE spots up for election on the WA Supreme Court.

🔔Election Day: November 2nd 2026

🔔Primary election: August 4th

SET THEM BOTH WITH REMINDERS 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE. DO NOT LET YOUR BALLOT JUST SIT THERE THIS YEAR!

In the Primary, we narrow down the choices to two finalists for each position, so don’t leave this to the activists alone. In August, people are on vacation and so the most hardened activists get an outsized say in the final two November choices. (That’s why we often end up with Bad and Worse to choose from.)

Pay attention, and resolve to VOTE this year. It matters. At a minimum, put these two dates on your calendar with reminders well in advance.

Please re-share.

[MyNorthwest @Mynorthwest]

After doing some digging, Glen Morgan found Washington State Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen is writing laws that benefit the company he works for.

https://t.co/KRkjRCB93W

[Liza Lockwood @DrLizaMD]

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

Did you know that Mother Nature protects her seeds by covering them with cyanogenic compound?

That’s right - she protects her babies by making cyanide.

She also makes 99.99% of the pesticides that you eat daily since plants can’t run away from you.

They’re 100% organic.

https://t.co/zSUa205KRT

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@CaryKelly11 https://t.co/8iX4GXXnpK

[April the Apple Gal @AppleApril111]

@RekTradinCrypto @CaryKelly11 Chemicals are substances with a defined composition, which can be either natural, like water, or manufactured, like chlorine. They are present in everyday items, including food and clothing, and can undergo chemical reactions to form new substances. https://t.co/rvqNHNioI8