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'No supervisors, no boss': Upending farm labor by owning the land
Tired of mistreatment and not being able to afford the food they harvested, two Bellingham farmworkers left corporate agriculture to start their own berry cooperative.
Manola Secaira
Manola Secaira is formerly a reporter for Crosscut, where she covered Native communities, the changing region and environmental justice. Before Crosscut, she interned at a variety of local pu
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After their neighborhood became a food desert, disabled residents are fighting back
Bellingham's Birchwood neighborhood lost its grocery store nearly four years ago. For some locals, that means spending extra time and money that they might not have.
Focus
How this immigrant farmer in Kent is reconnecting to her agrarian roots
Veronica Karanja grew up farming in Kenya, but it took her years in the U.S. to find land again.
Equity
After a century of suppression, Native languages are being revived in Washington schools
Throughout the state, tribal elders and educators are bringing Salish and other languages to youth.
Growth
Report: Washington should have built 225,600 more homes over past 15 years
Washington state lawmakers seek bipartisan policy solutions to keep up with growing demand for housing.