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Save Family Farming speaks out to protect Washington’s family farming community through advocacy, outreach, and public education.
This Thanksgiving, we’re thankful for the farmers who push through long days, tough weather, low prices, and relentless regulations to keep us fed. Your grit and stewardship inspire us every day. Thank you, farmers.
#Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A Thanksgiving message from Executive Director Ben Tindall: thank you to the farmers and ranchers working through all conditions to feed our communities—and thank you to everyone who supports and shares our work. We’re truly grateful for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5_AaA4XzMg
#Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"[E]ven as people celebrate the abundance of food we are afforded in this country, the people who have produced it will continue to struggle to be understood and respected.”https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/from-cornucopia-to-crisis-what-thanksgiving-hides-about-farming-in-america
From Cornucopia to Crisis: What Thanksgiving Hides About Farming in America
WPC Agriculture Director Pam Lewison shares how the celebration of abundance inherent to Thanksgiving masks growing struggles for farmers.
www.washingtonpolicy.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Public records reveal UW–Madison's Professor Rebecca Larson took over $200k for testimony now facing major scientific issues. Ben Tindall explains what this means for the EPA’s credibility.
https://savefamilyfarming.org/bought-paid-for-professor-testifying-against-wa-dairies-gets-200k-payday/
#PNW
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Hours cut. Paychecks shrinking. Farms pushed to the edge. Our Dec. 13 documentary shows what rising labor mandates are really doing to workers and farms. We’re raising $6,000 to get their stories in front of lawmakers statewide.

#GivingTuesday #FarmingOnTheBrink #Documentary #PNW #AgViability
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The story no one in #Olympia has wanted to talk about.
We’re telling it.
Dec. 13.
Real farmers. Real families. Real consequences.
Free to watch + share.

#FarmingOnTheBrink #FamilyFarming #WeFeedYou #EatLocal #FoodSecurity #PNW #AgViability #WALeg #Documentary #Film

https://youtu.be/rZm3MSincrE
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Lawmakers are finally acknowledging the huge pressures pushing WA family farms out of business, but acknowledgment isn’t action. With the 2026 session coming, it’s time to ACT to reduce burdens & protect WA’s food security. #PNW
Kristine M. Reeves (she/her)
👉 https://youtube.com/watch?v=uvtFTRlJJ0c
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Randy Fortenbery, an agricultural economist at Washington State University, joins Dillon with the data and what it indicates may be involved in the big change.

https://savefamilyfarming.org/wa-farm-income-plummets-as-state-piles-on-new-costs/

#TheFarmingShow #AgViability #PNW #WALeg
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#ICYMI: The replay of our Ag Exchange webinar is now available.
We talked with a Modernizing the EPA co-author about how smarter, more transparent regulation can rebuild trust and support real science.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/a-gsYPzJiBQ

#PNW #WALeg #AgViability #Farming #Trust #Science
The Ag Exchange Webinar Series: Modernizing the EPA
- Modernizing the EPA: Restoring Scientific Integrity, Environmental Protections, and Demanding AccountabilityLive webinar recorded on November 13, 2025Resou...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A Yakima activist group made people list their occupation to attend a film screening… then charged only dairy farmers $535 while everyone else got in free.
https://savefamilyfarming.org/yakima-nonprofit-charges-dairy-farmers-over-500-to-see-film-all-others-get-in-free/
#TheFarmingShow #WALeg #PNW
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The EPA’s “expert” against Yakima dairies? A Wisconsin professor who’s never set foot on a single farm here, but got $200K to say we’re polluting. That’s not science. That’s spin.
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA0V7ktCAvo
UW–Madison
#DOJ #EPA #Farming #Dairy #Yakima #PNW
HOT TAKE: EPA’s $200K ‘Expert’ Never Visited the Farms
The EPA paid a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor more than $200,000 to testify against Yakima Valley dairies, without having ever visiting them. The ...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A UW–Madison university scientist’s report backing DOJ & EPA pollution claims doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. Here’s what the data really shows.

https://savefamilyfarming.org/expert-doj-scientists-accusations-against-yakima-dairies-not-credible/

#thejusticedept #environmentalprotectionagency #pnw
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#ICYMI: Family farming is being heard in The Seattle Times, FOX 13, and even Newsweek because we’re refusing to stay silent. But this is no time to coast. Look for details inside our newsletter for our EPA reform webinar this month, Campaign School, and new documentary Farming on the Brink!
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A WA anti-farm group is charging *only* dairy farmers $538 to attend its “anti-dairy” film. *Everyone else* is free. Is that even legal for a non-profit? 🤔

Watch this week’s #HotTake 👇

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GeGXPbyY5n4

#Dairy #TruthMatters #WALeg #PNW #NonProfit #501c #questions #fyp
Hot Take: Free for All… Except Farmers
An anti-farm activist group in Washington called ELLA, or We Are ELLA, is hosting a screening for its anti-dairy film. But, get this: they’re charging *only...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Every vote is a voice. If agriculture is silent, agriculture loses. Cast your ballot. Speak up for those who feed you. Stay engaged. Stay informed. Stay loud. Farming survives when its supporters show up.

#Vote #VoteWA #SaveFamilyFarming
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Farmers and many others across the Pacific Northwest and beyond have followed a unique, regional weather blog over the last more than three decades.
https://savefamilyfarming.org/beloved-ag-focused-pnw-weather-forecast-blogger-calls-it-quits-after-31-years/

#PNW #wawx #farming #agriculture #weather
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"At the end of the day it's lose-lose for consumers and ranchers, and I think that is something most Americans wouldn't want to get behind," Honcoop said.
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-cattle-ranchers-beef-president-trump/281-8fa6dd4e-2f4a-4858-bad9-ff49ac8643e2

#Beef #PNW
Some Washington cattle ranchers have a beef with President Trump
President Trump plans to quadruple beef imports from a political ally in Argentina, ostensibly to lower prices — a reversal of his "America First" campaign promise.
www.king5.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Will you be there? Bring your questions and learn how reforming the EPA can strengthen both science and stewardship while restoring trust in the agency’s mission.

▶️ Live Streaming on SFF’s Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube

#Agriculture #Energy #Environment #Science #EPA #PNW
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
In this week's #HotTake, Dillon Honcoop breaks down why this deal hurts American producers — and what really needs to change if we want to protect both farmers and consumers.
#AgViability #Beef #Argentina #FoodSecurity #ProtectFarmers #PNW #WALeg #Olympia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6L6IhjHN4A
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Chelsea Hajny, WA Cattlemen’s Assoc. Exec. VP, joins Dillon with the Washington state ranchers’ reaction to the move and Trump’s upsetting comments about it.

🎧 https://savefamilyfarming.org/why-us-cattle-ranchers-have-a-beef-with-president-trump/

#TheFarmingShow #Cattlemen #Beef #PNW #AgViability
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM