Opinion: WA farms face plenty of pressure, and state regulations are part of it

As a longtime farmer, I fear more farmers in our state will be forced to leave this traditional and important way of life behind. Washington has seen a steady decrease in the number of farms. As a recent Seattle Times story noted (“3,700 WA farms shut down in 5 years. Why?,”) nearly 4,000 farms disappeared in our state from 2017 to 2022, according to the Census of Agriculture. Read the rest of the article here.