Save Family Farming

Working to protect the future of Washington's family farms

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

in a noisy political climate too often driven by strident ideology, will #Olympia listen to the often quiet voices of the people in this issue that matter most–the farmworkers themselves?
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@KristineMReeves
@GovBobFerguson

#WALeg #PNW #ProtectFarmworkers

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

Dillon Honcoop’s challenge to the farming community this week: Don’t wait for someone else to tell your story. Speak up, share your experience, and help people understand the realities of #farming.

Watch: https://t.co/s70HWsz64U

#hottake #pnw #waleg #washington #washingtonstate

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

Save Family Farming is grateful for the state leaders who are taking the time to visit farms, listen directly to farmers, and learn more about the innovative and sophisticated work happening across Washington agriculture.

#WALeg #SaveFamilyFarming #AgViability #Advocacy #PNW

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

Bob Larson, @AgNetWest reporter, discusses the challenges delivering relief / complications with President Trump’s recent executive order allowing expanded use of tax-exempt, red-dyed off-road diesel. 🎧 https://t.co/lAVKCscWW2

#TheFarmingShow #PNW #AgViability #Harvest #Diesel

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

Save Family Farming speaks out to protect Washington’s family farming community through advocacy, outreach, and public education.

Partner with us and let's elevate agriculture's voice together!
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#savefamilyfarming #advocacy #outreach #education #pnw

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

The embattled Lower Snake River dams are being accused of killing fish — by a pro-dam advocate! But the reason is not at all what you might expect.

🎧 https://t.co/4qwCtET4D8

@armchair_engr
#thefarmingshow #snakeriver #salmon #farming #agriculture #infrastructure #pnw #waleg

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

As evidence of the harm WA state’s farming overtime law is causing farmworkers continues to mount, the state of CO legislators were able to achieve a bipartisan solution.

#waleg #pnw #thefarmingshow #farmworkers #farming #harvest #seasonal #podcast

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[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

The WA Supreme Court recently heard arguments over whether Ecology provided 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://t.co/QFUHL4WwLP
#waleg

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

DOH 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.
@GovBobFerguson
@WADeptHealth
@WaStateAuditor

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#WALeg #PNW

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

An embattled Moses Lake-area farm family finally got its day at Washington state’s high court, after suing the state Department of Ecology for breaking the law nearly a decade ago when it slapped the farm with a half-million dollar fine.
https://t.co/wnM8rhWfXB
#wacourt #olympia

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

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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#pnw

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

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://t.co/7hx9SD2jHQ
#savefamilyfarming #pnw #olympia #moseslake

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

Farmers don’t get a year to ignore state rules.
So why does an activist group that received $500,000 in taxpayer money?

https://t.co/1bVoStjn0w

@GovBobFerguson
@WADeptHealth
@WaStateAuditor

#HotTake #WALeg #PNW #appropriation #misappropriation #fyp

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

It all started with a logo.
We asked four basic questions:
The result should concern anyone who believes public money should come with meaningful accountability.

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@GovBobFerguson @WADeptHealth @WaStateAuditor

#WALeg #pnw #taxes #misappropriation #ethics

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

Mark Stremler, #WhatcomCounty Council member, shares his frustration with the Whatcom County Food System Committee’s handling of the situation, and its apparent inappropriate overlap with the private, activist-led “Whatcom Food Network” group.

🎧 https://t.co/buMGgcz4GL

#PNW

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

A new study surveyed 600+ WA farmworkers about the state’s ag overtime law. Many report reduced hours and lost income—the consequences farmers warned about from the start. Will Olympia listen to farmworkers and reconsider the law? #WAFarms #waleg
https://t.co/32VuTggyG1

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

SFF Board Member Jason Vander Kooy shares the hard reality that farmers are facing as diesel fuel costs skyrocket and farms are having to make hard decisions as they contemplate the future of their operations in the midst of crippling expenses. https://t.co/OYFKfbsPlo

[Save Family Farming @savefarming]

“This study affirms the concerns we had even before this misguided law was passed: that it would ultimately harm not only Washington’s family farms, but the very people it was intended to help..."
https://t.co/eFTy09IUX8

#protectfarmworkers #waleg