Save Family Farming

Working to protect the future of Washington's family farms

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Are farmers deliberately hiring undocumented immigrants?

Turns out, it’s not what you think it is.

#Farmers #Farmworkers #FarmLabor #Immigration #fyp

⏯️ Watch the full conversation: https://t.co/6yAg9bZNlr

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Farmers don’t have to get political about immigration policy to recognize that uncertainty and fear can disrupt a harvest. Being prepared for when Immigration Enforcement shows up at your farm helps protect both the farmworker and the harvest.

https://t.co/RcjQCLyZ1O

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As harvest season begins, Washington farms face growing uncertainty around immigration enforcement activity. That fear, confusion, and disruption that can ripple through an entire workforce. Preparation matters.

Read more: https://t.co/adWmVMRj9H

#WAFarms #Agriculture

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Farmers & farmworkers depend on each other. When fear and uncertainty keep people from showing up to work, families lose income, crops go unharvested & local food production suffers. We spoke with experts about what’s happening & how farms can prepare:
🎧 https://t.co/qjKllPPm22

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#ICYMI Enrique Gastelum of Wafla and Immigration Attorney Eamonn Roach joined The Ag Exchange to discuss how immigration enforcement is impacting Washington farming, farmworkers & their families.

⏯️ https://t.co/4EtvmT2wtT

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LIVE NOW: Protecting Farms & Workers: Navigating Immigration Enforcement https://t.co/UzggvwyqYG via @YouTube

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In this week’s Hot Take, Dillon Honcoop explains why clarity matters, why people need to know their rights, and why Save Family Farming is hosting an important legal information webinar for farms and farmworkers across Washington state.
👉 https://t.co/unHeXWR2KT

#PNW #Labor

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We’ve attempted to resolve these issues privately, but now that @yakima_herald’s leadership expressed its unwillingness to address–or even acknowledge–the substance of our legitimate concerns about bias in their reporting, we are sharing this all publicly.
https://t.co/HQhvkIpCMZ

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🛎️ REMINDER! Join us #LIVE May 28 at 10am on Facebook, Instagram & YouTube as we discuss Protecting Farms & Workers: Navigating Immigration Enforcement with Enrique Gastelum of WAFLA and immigration attorney Eamonn Roach.

#theagexchange #Webinar #FarmLabor #farmworkers

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Join us #LIVE May 28 at 10am on Facebook, Instagram & YouTube as we talk with Enrique Gastelum of @waflalabor and immigration attorney Eamonn Roach about immigration enforcement’s impact on #farming. What rights do #farmworkers have, and how can #employers protect their #farms?

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We pause and take this moment to remember all of those who served and died for the freedoms we enjoy today.

#gonebutnotforgotten
#memorialday

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Join us #LIVE May 28 at 10am on Facebook, Instagram & YouTube as we talk with Enrique Gastelum of @waflalabor and immigration attorney Eamonn Roach about immigration enforcement’s impact on #farming. What rights do #farmworkers have, and how can #employers protect their #farms?

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We are encouraging supporters to send an email directly to their lawmakers to keep the crisis facing family farms at the front of their minds and push for meaningful action now — not months from now!

📣 : https://t.co/TWVlLrTi7a

#PNW #FarmingCrisis #WashingtonState #WALeg

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Washington farmers lost nearly $400 MILLION in 2024.
How much longer can this continue before farms disappear for good?
Watch this week's Hot Take. Lawmakers need to hear from all of us NOW.

#HotTake #WALeg #PNW #FarmingCrisis #SaveFamilyFarming

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We won’t be staying on the sidelines — and we expect our elected leaders won’t be either.

#WALeg #PNW #AgViability #WashingtonState
@GovBobFerguson
@EcologyWA
@WADeptHealth
@AGOWA

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Most dairy farms raise the famous Holstein or Jersey breed of cattle for strong milk production. So why are many of those dairy cows giving birth to calves that are Black Angus–a breed famed for top-notch beef?

🎧 https://t.co/UcpMSYFYS6

#TheFarmingShow #Podcast #Dairy #Beef

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This July, SFF will host a full-day training event designed to equip farmers and agricultural advocates with the skills, confidence, and tools needed to engage effectively with the media and the public.

✅ https://t.co/EaNf2EWSWS

#savefamilyfarming #media #press #training #pnw

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Misinformation about H-2A is spreading in WA state.
The truth: 🇺🇸 U.S. workers get hiring priority, equal wages & equal protections. H-2A exists because WA farms face a *real* domestic labor shortage.
Learn more:
👉 https://t.co/zHxLNe80wu

@waflalabor @usdol
#WALeg #PNW #Farming

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Anti-farm activists are once again accusing Washington farmers of deliberately replacing local workers with foreign guest workers through the H-2A program. But the facts tell a very different story.

Watch 👉 https://t.co/xVhbvHPR0o

#PNW #HotTake #Farmworkers #FamilyFarming

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It’s disappointing to see the @SpokesmanReview providing a prominent platform for such harmful false accusations, without substantiation or the opportunity for the farming community to respond.

Read our letter we sent to the editor: https://t.co/IghCYLrzm3

#PNW #Farming #H2A

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@liama509 @KooyVander

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"While we cannot control a global conflict like what’s happened with Iran, our leaders in Olympia can prevent the collapse of farming here by addressing the out-of-control costs they’ve placed on people simply working to grow food."

- @KooyVander

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