Washington farming

Record heat across the Northwest is taking a toll on agriculture – both the crops and the workers who harvest them. Central Washington farmer Alan…

Cool offshore flow and mild summer heat normally make western Washington an ideal place to grow red raspberries. The state commission for that crop…

Locally grown foods are better for the environment; it takes fewer resources and produces fewer greenhouse gases to get them from farm to table.And a new…

Washington state apple farmers have the second largest crop in history but too few pickers to get it all in this harvest.

Spokane, Wash. – Thursday’s Washington Supreme Court holding that large livestock operations need not have permits for the water they pump could spell…