Podcast Episodes

How A News Report Unfairly Labeled Local Animal Farms As Polluters

“Animal feeding operations are increasing Whatcom’s air pollution, study finds,” read the initial headline on a misleading article in Bellingham-based Cascadia Daily News, obscuring the fact that the…

Published on 3 hours ago

Olympia Shortchanges Whatcom Water Users Sued By State

Despite fully funding its own legal needs after launching a massive lawsuit against all water users in Whatcom County, the state has dialed back its support for the 30,000-plus Whatcom residents it s…

Published on 4 hours ago

Emergency Bridge Closure Leaves WA Creamery Fighting For Survival

Ryan Mensonides’ dream of providing his farm’s top-quality dairy products direct to the community was just starting to take off this summer, when a truck crash near Enumclaw, WA changed everything.

M…

Published on 1 week ago

New State Refrigerant Rules Threaten Big Costs For WA Farming

Refrigeration is an important capacity many farms need when they’re producing fresh food, but new Washington state restrictions on refrigeration systems could cripple farms with massive cost increase…

Published on 1 week ago

Is Washington State Sponsoring Anti-Farm Activist Propaganda?

A Yakima, WA-based activist group recently published anti-farm videos on its social media feeds that featured the Washington State Department of Health’s official logo, raising troubling questions ab…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Anti-Farm Activist’s Offensive Quote Demeans Farmers, Farmworkers

Discredited labor activist Rosalinda Guillén of Community to Community Development recently repeated false and offensive attacks on farms hiring guest workers via the federal H-2A visa program

Farms …

Published on 3 weeks ago

Ag Water Issues Dominate Recent Save Family Farming Advocacy Efforts

It’s no surprise that during a dry summer, people are talking about water issues, including many that involve the farming community.

Ben Tindall, Save Family Farming’s Executive Director, joins Dillo…

Published on 4 weeks ago

State Funding Cuts Leave Whatcom Water Users High & Dry

State leaders have said they would provide support for the 30,000-plus water users it has sued in its Whatcom water rights adjudication court case as they navigate the extremely complex issues the st…

Published on 1 month ago

State Wants Farm Forestry Buffers On Streams Without Fish

State leaders are going back on decades-old agreements with farm foresters with a troubling new plan that would force larger forest buffers on streams without fish.

The proposal has farmers worried t…

Published on 1 month ago

Why Would Seattle Need the Ability to Take Skagit Farmland?

Seattle’s hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River are up for relicensing, and Seattle City Light’s proposal leaves the door open to Seattle using eminent domain authority to condemn and take farmland …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago