The United Farm Workers union has been taking advantage of the people they are supposed to represent. Farmworker Silvia Lopez is speaking out against the union's dishonest practices, and shares her story with Dillon, as well as explaining why she's visiting farmworkers targeted by UFW here in Washington.

Several farms all over Whatcom County are opening up their operations for the public to come and visit. Abbie Lindeberg with Sustainable Connections fills Dillon in on all the details for this year's Eat Local First 13th Annual Whatcom County Farm Tour - MORE: https://eatlocalfirst.org/all-events/whatcom-farm-tour-weekend/

A new variety of red raspberries developed by Pat Moore at WSU Puyallup could provide answers to some problems that have nagged our region's commercial growers. Moore joins Dillon to talk about how his new variety Cascade Premier was developed, and how it fits into the long history of red raspberry development in the Pacific Northwest.

Juan Gavette has been raising, showing and judging animals ever since he was a kid on his parents' Everson, WA farm. He's won national awards and done animal judging all over the country, but he was back home in Whatcom County to help judge sheep and goats at the Northwest Washington Fair. Dillon caught up with him at the fair to learn more about what he does.

A fraudulent federal science study has caused major unnecessary problems for Larry Stap and dairy farmers across Washington state. He joins Dillon to explain the backstory, saying he and his fellow dairy community members won't stop calling for justice until the bad science is fixed. Find out how to help Larry and WA dairy farmers get justice here: https://savefamilyfarming.org/help-family-farmers-send-a-message-to-the-epa-we-want-the-truth/

Third-generation Whatcom County seed potato grower Melissa Bedlington-Kleindel gives us the lowdown on this year's season, and throws a little Bedlington family history in just for fun.

Overwhelming evidence shows the damage that breaching the Snake River dams would cause farming, consumers and communities without actually helping fish. Despite this, an activist group made headlines this week saying their new study supports dam removal. But is that really what the study revealed? Todd Myers, head of the Center for the Environment at the Washington Policy Center, takes a closer look at what the ECONorthwest report really shows.

The Whatcom County red raspberry crop suffered from wet weather during harvest, as well as damage from a late winter storm in February, local grower Todd Van Mersbergen tells Dillon. But he had a different outlook on the local blueberry harvest that's just getting underway.

Farmworker advocates from California recently met with workers and farmers in the Yakima area, explains Eastern Washington Family Farmers' new staffer Stacey Cobb.

Not only did the EPA deliberately botch an influential science report so it could be used against family farmers, but they also may have broken federal law when they tried to cover up the unethical study. Save Family Farming director Gerald Baron joins Dillon to explain why they're calling for a criminal investigation into the fraudulent actions by EPA regional staff and leadership - MORE: https://savefamilyfarming.org/blog/dairy-farmers-ask-where-is-the-trump-administrations-commitment-to-transparency-in-science/