WA Opens Another Round of Farm To School Food Grant Applications
Fram to School is a program that help get WA grown or produced food to school and other child nutrition programs.
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USDA Farm Labor Report: More Farm Workers & Higher Wages
More hired workers on U.S. farms and ranches than a year ago working for higher wages than a year ago. That’s the finding of the USDA’s recent Farm Labor Report. The Department of Ag said during the week of October 9th- 15th there were 785,000 farm and ranch workers who had been hired directly by farm operators. That is 2%...
Franklin County Farm Slapped with Six-Figure Fine
(Pasco, WA) -- A large fine for a local farm. The Washington Department of Ecology imposing a $304-thousand dollar penalty to Frank Tiegs LLC for illegally irrigating 250 acres of crops in Franklin County in 2021.
As part of its investigation, Ecology found Tiegs LLC tilled the unfarmed land and planted a crop in early 2021 and began irrigating from McNary Pool in March
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CWU Farmworker Students Talk First-Hand of Their Experiences
ELLENSBURG, Wash.- As the concluding event in its National Week of the Farmworkers, Central Washington University students who hail from farm-working backgrounds told some of their stories. Freshman Ramiro Casas, from Prosser, was among them
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