Washington Ag News and Views – January 13 – 20
jgiuntoli January 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.
- Is local food safe(r)? (Seattle PI Blog)
- Washington snow pack levels (Seattle Times)
- Report: Washington Farmers May Profit from CO2 Capture (Environmental Protection Online)
- Farmers seek to help consumers connect with their food (Tri-City Herald)
- VIDEO: Impacts of flooding on agriculture (Capital Press Blog)
- Flood joins list of woes (Capital Press)
- Snow adds to farm troubles (Capital Press)
- Fate of wheat depends on snow cover (Capital Press)
- Agriculture must tell its story (Capital Press)
- Ag Jobs bill seen has having better chance of passing (Yakima Herald Republic)
- Storm damage to agriculture light, but loss of snow threatens wheat (Wenatchee World)
- Agriculture new briefs (Wenatchee World)
- ‘Meet the Farmers’ Wednesday at WSUV (The Columbian)
- Timber county hopes canola oil will spur economy (KOMO News)
- Hinkle and Warnick propose bill for tax relief (Columbia Basin Herald)
- Lawmakers eye more rural tax breaks (Yakima Herald Republic)
- Volunteers help Pierce County clean up after flood (The News Tribune)