politics
Despite industry pushback, WA farmworkers will keep overtime pay
Since Jan. 1, agriculture has a 40-hour work week. But the system drew concerns from some growers over labor costs — and has workers split, too.
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Environment
The Skagit valley’s white winter birds bring beauty — and conflict
Birders, hunters and farmers clash over the lesser snow geese and trumpeter and tundra swans that flock to the land in the colder months.
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Fair weather yields fruitful 2023 apple harvests in Washington
After a cold and snowy 2022, projections anticipate this year’s crop will be over 134 million 40-pound boxes.
Mossback
Mossback’s Northwest: Who’s behind the “P” in Seattle’s P-Patches?
In the 1970s, a bold idea in the Wedgwood neighborhood turned a failing farm into a movement of urban gardening.
Equity
Small Axe Farm grows Seattle-area Black agricultural community
The four-acre farm near Woodinville expands the work of the Black Farmers Collective to develop shared resources and solutions.