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The Farming Show

Save Family Farming

The Farming Show, hosted by Dillon Honcoop and produced by Save Family Farming, gives voice to the farmers, workers, and advocates fighting for the future of agriculture in Washington State. Each episode dives into the real challenges facing local farms—regulations, lawsuits, labor, water, and misinformation—while telling the human stories behind the headlines. Bold, honest, and unapologetically pro-farmer, the show exposes what’s threatening our food system and what’s being done to defend it.

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00:20:53

State Senator Pledges to Continue Fight for Overtime...

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2024/03/26

Nearly every other state that's enacted overtime pay rules for farm work allows for seasonal flexibility to help both farmworkers and farms--except Washington state. The state Senator who proposed adding flexibility to the law to bring relief for workers and farmers, Sen. Curtis King, joins Dillon to talk about the negative impacts of the poorly-thought-out new law, and how he plans to keep fighting even though his first bill on the issue is dead.

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00:19:51

Protecting Your Water: Upcoming Event to Educate...

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2024/03/18

Whatcom County water users will begin getting court summons in the mail this summer for the state's water rights lawsuit, and many are still unsure what this will mean for them.Jay Chennault, Principal Hydrologist with consulting firm Associated Earth Sciences, joins Dillon with details on an upcoming event that aims to educate community members about the process and the various steps they'll need to take to be able to try to defend in court their future water access.

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00:21:04

Is Chinook Salmon Recovery Suffering from a Great...

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2024/03/09

Many of the environmental efforts squeezing family farming in Washington state are connected to an assumed need for more fish habitat ostensibly to help restore the endangered Chinook salmon.But what if this major push is actually based on a misdiagnosis of the actual problems hindering Chinook recovery? Save Family Farming's Gerald Baron joins Dillon with details on his meta-analysis of several recent key studies that show habitat is unlikely the limiting factor keeping Chinook salmon

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00:19:54

New Data: WA Losing 14 Farms Every Week

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2024/02/24

The latest Census of Agriculture data is out from the USDA, and Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture, is calling it a "wakeup call." Pam Lewison, Center for Agriculture Director at the Washington Policy Center, says in many ways, the situation is even worse in Washington state than it is nationally, and joins Dillon with details.

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00:21:04

Skyrocketing Labor Costs Claim Another Family Farm

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2024/02/24

Saying it's not possible to survive financially the high cost of labor to harvest their fruit, another family farm is calling it quits. April Clayton, of Red Apple Orchard in Orondo, WA joins Dillon to explain why she and her husband decided to shut down the farm this year, and what might become of their beautiful orchards.

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00:18:42

New Local Documentary Shows How Water Lawsuit Pushes...

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2024/02/19

The state of Washington's broken promise to Whatcom County farmers and now a sprawling lawsuit on water in the Nooksack River Basin is pushing already-struggling farms to shut down.Dillon shares audio clips from "Losing The Farm," a new, locally-produced documentary sharing the story of Cascade Farms, whose owners were forced to close less than a year ago.

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00:20:17

New Documentary Features Lynden Couple Ending...

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2024/02/12

Deep emotion and harsh realities of farm life are on full display in a brand new documentary giving viewers an inside look at a local potato farm that chose to close in the face of daunting odds for survival. Jeff and Diana Bedlington talk with Dillon about "Losing The Farm," which shares the story of their third-generation Lynden-area seed potato farm, and they open up about the heartbreak of having to let go of a legacy started by Jeff’s grandfather.

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00:20:03

"Misinformation": Farmworkers Say New Overtime Law...

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2024/02/12

Farmworkers are losing money as a result of Washington's new agricultural overtime law, and they're not happy about the change that was originally promoted as a benefit to them. Erik Zavala is a former farmworker who's now director of field staff for a tree fruit growers' cooperative in Eastern Washington, and he joins Dillon with more on what workers are saying and feeling about the situation.

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00:20:52

State Senator Walks Out on Farmworkers Asking for Relief

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2024/02/05

Washington state Senator Rebecca Saldaña walked out of a hearing on a bill that would provide relief for farmworkers earning less money as a result of Washington's new ag overtime restrictions. Maia Espinoza, Director of the Center for Latino Leadership, joins Dillon and says Saldaña's exit happened as farmworkers in favor of a bill to allow overtime flexibility were about to speak. She shares with Dillon more details about the important hearing for farmworkers, as well as the farmworker rally

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00:20:24

Orchardist: Ag Overtime Forcing Farm Closures, Urban...

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2024/02/05

Growing pears near Cashmere, WA, orchardist Alex Lanuza is a first-generation Latino farmer and former farmworker. He joins Dillon to explain how the state's new overtime restrictions for farmworkers are forcing the closure of family farms, and ultimately resulting in the urban development of productive farmland.

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00:21:08

WA Hearings Tackle Farm Labor Regulations

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2024/02/05

Redundant reporting rules for farms employing guest workers, as well as a proposal to ease the burden of Washington state's new ag overtime restrictions on farmworkers were both up for public hearings in Olympia (segment aired 1/27/24). Scott Dilley with wafla joins Dillon to discuss the details and what may or may not happen in the hearings, as well as the impact of the hundreds of farmworkers that rallied just two days before this interview.

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00:17:49

Nearly 300 Farmworkers Rally at WA Capitol Against Ag...

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2024/02/05

Farmworkers making less money as a result of Washington state's new agricultural overtime law are unhappy, and gathered by the hundreds at the state Capitol in Olympia Jan. 25. Just two days after the event, Dillon explains what happened, and what farmworkers are saying about the new law (Episode aired 1/27/24).

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00:21:13

Ag Overtime Law Reduces CA Farmworker Income: Study

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2024/01/16

A new UC Berkeley study is showing how new overtime laws for farm work in California is leading to significantly fewer hours for each worker, and thus less take-home pay. Researcher Ali Hill joins Dillon to break down the data she's been uncovering about the counterinuitive real-world impacts of a law similar to new legislation here in Washington state intended to help farmworkers.

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00:19:41

Japanese Beetle Prompts Quarantine, Treatment in...

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2024/01/15

Japanese Beetles can be a threat to crops here in Washington State, but leaders are optimistic it can be eradicated. Cassie Cichorz with the Washington State Department of Agriculture joins Dillon to explain why they're going to battle against the invasive species now that it's become a problem in the lower Yakima Valley.

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00:19:48

Farm Advocate Critical of New State Bid to Regulate...

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2024/01/05

Small farms and rural businesses in Washington that rely on wells could be forced to get special permit under a state Department of Health proposal. Jay Gordon, southwest WA farmer and Policy Director for the Washington State Dairy Federation, joins Dillon with details on the proposed regulation and the possible ulterior motives behind it.

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00:21:15

Flawed Formula: Group Pushes Back Against Guest...

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2024/01/05

With the minimum wage for guest workers on farms in WA going up to $19.25/hr. this year, many family farms are fighting to stay afloat. Michael Marsh, CEO of the National Council of Agricultural Employers, joins Dillon to explain how the Federal government's flawed methodology is driving the skyrocketing minimum wage, how that wage is driving unsustainable wage inflation for more than just guest workers, and how that inflation is pushing American farms out of business.

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00:19:40

Former Top Federal Official: Secret Dam Deal "Very...

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2023/12/21

After several members of Congress leaked an agreement on the future of the Lower Snake River Dams that the Biden administration negotiated in secret to exclude farmers and others, many are voicing condemnation of the deal. Karen Budd-Falen, former US Department of the Interior Deputy Solicitor, who has followed activists' longtime campaign to force the dams' removal, joins Dillon with reaction and insight into what could happen next.

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00:20:46

Labor Activists Misrepresent Farming Overtime...

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2023/12/13

Extreme labor activists are falsely claiming that the farming community is going back on its word in a legislative agreement on overtime for farm work. Pam Lewison, Director of the Center for Agriculture at the Washington Policy Center, tells Dillon the activists' narrative doesn't align with what actually happened in 2021 when a deal was forged to begin the ag overtime rollout.

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00:19:08

Conflict over tide gates protecting Skagit farmland...

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2023/12/11

Will Honea, Skagit County Senior Deputy Prosecutor, joins Dillon with the latest on the ongoing controversy over water management, fish recovery and farming in Skagit County.

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00:41:36

Secret dam negotiations exclude farmers, electricity...

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2023/12/07

Despite several science studies casting major doubt on their claims that it would save endangered salmon, activists continue to push for the removal of the dams on the lower Snake River in a move that would devastate agriculture, electricity rate payers and many others. Todd Myers, Director of the Center for the Environment at the Washington Policy Center, joins Dillon with details on the secret negotiations the federal government has been having with only certain groups in the region, and notably

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