Northwest Washington agronomist Lance Honcoop with Elenbaas Agronomy talks with Dillon about how the wet, cold spring is affecting farming activity in Whatcom, Skagit and Snohomish counties

Madilynne Clark, Agriculture Policy Director for the Washington Policy Center, joins Dillon to talk about a phenomenon she calls "farmism," and explains why she believes it's bad for everyone. Her full blog post is here: https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/food-policy-should-put-farmers-and-food-eaters-first-and-farmisms-last

Yakima-area farming advocate Ashley White talks about her journey to understanding farming and the pressures that it's under, as well as the #FARMNOW expo she is organizing.

The EPA-funded "What's Upstream" smear campaign against farmers is back in the news, and Gerald Baron, Save Family Farming Executive Director, explains how an EPA spokesman called out the $570k "What's Upstream" campaign funded by previous EPA leadership to defend the current administration's PR spending

Ever since 1996, Skagit farmers have been left in limbo about access to water needed for farming. Water has become a political tool. There is no lack of water, there is plenty for fish, for farms, for a growing community. But some use the courts and laws to build their political power. More: http://www.savefamilyfarming.org/hirst-fix-except-skagit.html

The head of a local farm group says the Whatcom County Council didn’t follow state law when they updated some rules for farms late last year. More: http://whatcomfarmbureau.org/statement-on-growth-management-act-appeal/ http://kgmi.com/news/007700-whatcom-county-farm-groups-request-critical-areas-ordinance-review/

Longtime dairy columnist and markets expert Lee Mielke talks with host Dillon Honcoop about the latest dive in milk prices, and what the future might hold for dairy producers in Whatcom County as well as around the state and nation.

Host Dillon Honcoop welcomes longtime Seattle columnist Knute Berger to talk about bridging the urban-rural divide

Host Dillon Honcoop welcomes Farmworker Justice Now Labor Policy Adviser Juan Baldovinos to talk about H2A Guest Worker program and the new farmworkerjusticenow.org website in light of recent allegations against a Sumas blueberry farm

Author and Purdue University communications expert Jessica Eise talks with Farming Show host Dillon Honcoop about the challenges the agricultural community faces in telling its story to an urban public increasingly less connected with where food comes from.