Farming

Trump’s 2018 tariffs are among the developments that undercut state’s apple market, devastating small farmers.

Since being elected in 2018, Democrat Kim Schrier has faced competitive races to keep her seat in Washington’s expansive 8th Congressional District. This election is no different.

The nation’s agricultural policies — and the price of your food — are at stake this November.

State officials are establishing a program to promote the state’s culinary and agricultural delights.

As demand for locally sourced foods has risen, Food hubs allow producers to enter new and additional markets that would be difficult or impossible to access on their own.

Washington farmworkers will become eligible for overtime after a 40-hour work week in January. Producers are looking to relax that standard during peak harvest times.

U.S. farms have faced worker shortages for years. Now compounding the problem: The children of farmworkers are leaving the fields, forcing farm owners to look to other countries for labor.

Jose Martinez has picked America's food for decades. With all that experience on different farms, he saw workers lacking labor protections. Now he works to give farmworkers more rights.

Washington state is among a handful of states with new laws granting farmworkers the right to earn time-and-a-half for overtime work. But for many workers, things haven't turned out as expected.

A family-owned apple and cherry orchard business has agreed to pay the amount to settle a lawsuit filed by the state Attorney General's Office in 2021. The workers will each get about $1,000.