Washington Ag News and Views – March 9 – 16
jgiuntoli March 16th, 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.
- Seed companies have a bumper crop of customers (Seattle Times)
- ‘Farm Fresh Family:’ Eating local is no piece of cake (Seattle PI)
- Some farmers required to register trucks (Capital Press)
- EDITORIAL: Local trail and farmland projects at risk in funding cuts (Bellingham Herald)
- Markets struggle with ‘local’ (Capital Press)
- Senator backs small growers (Capital Press)
- Beef leader offers strategies to improve operations (Capital Press)