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Severe storms in December flooded farmland across Western Washington. In Snohomish County, farmers are continuing their recovery efforts ahead of this year’s growing season.
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Efforts to hammer out “agritourism” rules in the county stretch back several years, and debate has been heated. Skagit County residents have until April 15 to weigh in.
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Almost all of the wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest is for export, and even before President Trump's trade war, farmers were dealing with rock bottom prices and slagging global demand.
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Feed stores are selling out of baby chickens. But there are downsides to having a backyard flock, such as cost and potential exposure to bird flu.
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A man searches the patchwork of sagebrush and agricultural fields in south-central Washington for a bird that has struggled to maintain its population in recent years.
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Fans of the famers' market can look forward to a reinvigorated market this year, but expanding the market’s "Fresh Bucks" program will also make this food more accessible.
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In southeast Washington state, both farmers and farmworkers are contemplating the new Trump administration. But their worries about the future are often not the same.
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Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.
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Trump’s 2018 tariffs are among the developments that undercut state’s apple market, devastating small farmers.
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Sunflare! That’s the new name for Washington State University’s newest apple, a cross between a Honeycrisp and a Cripps Pink apple, known at first as WA 64.
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A legislative task force charged with recommending action to rescue the industry and communities that depend on it is considering a broad range of responses.
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Oregon State University researchers want to find a way to make your hamburger less bad for the planet by feeding cows in the pasture an unlikely food that’s not grown on land — seaweed.