Legislature

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Plotting a route

By Trista Crossley
Editor

Leaders at the Washington Soil Health Initiative (WaSHI) now have a better understanding of the route ahead thanks to a recently released road map that outlines issues and concerns and sets milestones on the journey to improving the state’s soils. The road map, available at soilhealth.wsu.edu/washington-state-soil-health-roadmap/, divides the state into…

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Food and Farm Tour

By Trista Crossley
Editor

More than 60 legislators, legislative staff and industry stakeholders descended on Walla Walla in late September to take part in a two-day food and farm tour that highlighted issues facing agriculture and celebrated the region’s many farms. Stops on the tour included a wheat farm, a grain elevator, a vineyard,…

Showing up matters the most
By Gil Crosby
President, Washington Association of Wheat Growers
The next chapter: Planning for retirement
By Guest Author
Why do I farm?
By Gil Crosby
President, Washington Association of Wheat Growers