Preserving the legacy and future of family farming in Whatcom County by unifying the farming community and building public support.
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💧 JUST RELEASED! Don’t miss this exclusive look into how Whatcom County farmers are grappling with the immense pressure on local water resources.
#EveryLastDrop #Documentary #PNW
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Come see us TOMORROW, June 13, at the 2026 Tractor Trot! 🚜 🏃
tractortrot.surepost.com/
#TractorTrot #5K #10K #PNW #WhatcomCounty #Lynden
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@SaveFamilyFarming issued the following statement, “Finally, a state agency that’s routinely persecuted farmers and abused the law will have to face a reckoning at Washington’s highest court for its irresponsible and harmful actions."
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Can Washington agencies ignore their own rules when fining citizens? A Moses Lake farm family’s case is now headed to the state’s highest court.
🎧 savefamilyfarming.org/why-th…
#TheFarmingShow #Podcast #FamilyFarming #SCOW #SupremeCourt #WALeg
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Whatcom Family Farmers Executive Director, Fred Likkel, talks with Lance Calloway on The Whatcom Report about the farming economy in Whatcom County and Washington State.
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#TheWhatcomReport #PNW #WhatcomCounty #Podcast #AgEconomics #AgViability #WALeg
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Slapping farmers with huge fines for how they’re using water has become common practice for @EcologyWA in recent years, putting some farms out of business and even going so far as to threatening to take one Spokane-area farmer’s land.
🎧 savefamilyfarming.org/is-thi…
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Enrique Gastelum of Wafla and Immigration Attorney Eamonn Roach joined @SaveFamilyFarming on The Ag Exchange to discuss how immigration enforcement is impacting Washington farming, farmworkers & their families.
⏯️ youtu.be/25MKyz6lOV8?si=aFra…
#WhatcomCounty #WhatcomFarmers #PNW
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Farms don’t just exist, and they don’t survive for generations by chance. They survive when communities recognize their value and make room for them in long-term planning. The future of farming will be shaped by the decisions we make today.
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Which photos deserve the spotlight?✨
✅ Vote by June 7
🏆 Winners announced June 9
Have your say: pollunit.com/polls/qg1jchky2…
#WFFPhotoContest2026 #WhatcomFarmers #WhatcomFarming #WhatcomAgriculture #WhatcomCounty
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WA is anticipating its worst drought since 2015, and Whatcom farmers are already adapting. The bigger challenge? State water law that can penalize conservation. Family farmers shouldn't have to choose between efficiency and their water rights.
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Washington state’s farmers are among the first to worry when the “D” word is used–will drought limit the amount of water they have available to grow their crops?
🎧 savefamilyfarming.org/drough…
#TheFarmingShow #podcast #wawx #drought #flooding #pnw
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“If silence is ever golden, it must be here beside the graves of fifteen thousand men, whose lives were more significant than speech, and whose death was a poem, the music of which can never be sung.”
James Garfield, 1868, Decoration Day
#gonebutnotforgotten
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Government data showed Washington state losing an average of two farms a day even before farmers in the state sank to last in the nation for profitability, losing nearly $400M in 2024, with 2025 numbers not expected to be any better.
savefamilyfarming.org/farmin…
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Whatcom Family Farmers retweeted
May 7
Washington grows over 300 crops, but our farms are struggling to survive. Costs are rising, profitability is falling, and we’re losing 2 farms every day. Here are 3 of the reasons why.
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The 2026 Tractor Trot is coming soon 🚜 🏃
Sign up today and help support agricultural education! 📚
tractortrot.surepost.com
🤚 If trotting is not your jam volunteers are needed to help direct runners along the route!
#TractorTrot #5K #10K #WhatcomCounty #Lynden
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"We’re encouraged to see state leaders including the Washington State Department of Ecology acknowledging this reality and shifting toward a collaborative perspective, as the daunting water challenges we all face become more clear with each passing year."
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WA flood victims got little help after Pacific's levee failures and officials warn it will happen again.
The Nooksack has broken records 2X in 4 years. Whatcom farm communities are rebuilding. Again. At what point does urgency actually become action?
👉 seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
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Whatcom farmers are encouraged by @ecologywa's shift toward collaborative water solutions. We need real action to secure water for food production, salmon recovery, and tribal communities alike. Read our full statement: whatcomfamilyfarmers.org/202…
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"“... our prices that we’re getting paid are the same as it was 30 years ago, but our costs, our prices getting paid here, and our costs are clear up here. So anybody can do that math,” said Blaine Smith, the owner of Bountiful Orchards in Chelan County."
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Even in the busiest season, your voice matters. @WSDAgov is asking farmers to take a quick survey to help shape how agencies understand/respond to real challenges in WA farming. More participation = harder to ignore what’s happening on the ground.
👉 conta.cc/4dopVNH
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This field experience is a partnership between Whatcom Family Farmers - Education, Whatcom Conservation District, and local farming families who are actively stewarding land, water, and salmon habitat in the watershed that feeds the Nooksack River.
whatcomfamilyfarmers.org/202…
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