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January 09, 2023 Cows & Carbon: How Anti-Science Naysayers Are Getting It Wrong
Despite an effort by Yakima Valley dairies to benefit the environment, longtime anti-dairy activist Jean Mendoza is slamming the plan with her typical unscientific dogma. Jay Gordon, Policy Director for the Washington State Dairy Federation, joins Dillon to explain how Mendoza's unfounded criticism exposes her anti-farm agenda, and how the science of dairy's carbon cycle actually works.
21 min
January 09, 2023 How You Can Support Whatcom Family Farmers' Education Efforts
As part of their work to preserve the legacy and future of local family farming, Whatcom Family Farmers provides a range of educational programs, both for kids and adults. But it requires community support, and Dillon talks with Ellie Steensma Corbin, Whatcom Family Farmers' Education & Outreach Coordinator, about an upcoming online auction to benefit those educational efforts, and how you can sponsor or donate items to be auctioned.
21 min
January 04, 2023 Feds re-write farm guest worker program rules, adding new costs, challenges
Throwing out a Trump-era effort to simplify the federal H-2A guest worker program, the Biden administration has now issued its own changes that complicate and add more expense for farmers using the system. Enrique Gastelum, CEO of wafla, joins Dillon to explain how the changes will make it even more challenging to grow food here in Washington state.
21 min

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