Washington Ag News and Views – April 13 – April 20
jgiuntoli April 20th, 2009
The Office of Farmland Preservation is pleased to present this week’s ‘News and Views’ feature, a collection of news features, articles, and editorials on the subject of agriculture from media outlets around the state. The information and opinions contained in the articles are those of their respective authors, and are not necessarily those of the Office of Farmland Preservation or the Washington State Conservation Commission.
- WATER: Supply outlook good in Eastern Washington (Tri City Herald)
- Immigrants help keep Washington’s economy strong (Seattle Times)
- Wash state snowpack back to normal – Northwest (The Olympian)
- New farmworker housing ready for summer cherry harvest (Wenatchee World)
- KDR will increase irrigation allotment (Daily Record)
- Pacific Northwest Organic Fruit Sales, Plantings Slowing (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- Complex to house migrant workers (Spokesman-Review)
- Newhouse gives a thumbs-up to the new job in Olympia (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Water supply should suffice for Eastern Washington (News Tribune)
- Franklin County water issue gets national attention (News Tribune)
- State working to help improve troubled water systems in rural areas (Bellingham Herald)
- Area waterways to soak up benefits of snowpack (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
- EDITORIAL: Putting NW’s Snake River on endangered list political (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
- BLOG: Yakima Valley growers and shippers support viaduct tunnel (Seattle P-I)
- Budget bills could extend water rights backlog (AP/Bellingham Herald)
- Rancher watches his beef from pasture to plate (Capital Press)
- Asparagus harvest begins in southeast Washington (Tacoma News Tribune)
- Judge awards $235,000 to farmworkers (Seattle Times)
- Eat local: How to cook your yard (The News Tribune)