Should federal agency leaders be held accountable for blatant misrepresentation of the facts? (Some call this lying.) Below you will see three documents related to the 2012-2013 Yakima Nitrate Report. These are about the peer review and they conclusively settle the current argument with the Region 10 Administrator Chris Hladick. ...
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President Trump’s EPA leadership promised that this administration would bring a new era of transparency in environmental science. But Trump appointees are ignoring that commitment – including EPA Director Andrew Wheeler.
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The UFW claims the meetings in Eastern Washington were intended to silence dairy farm employees. The facts show that it is the other way around.
More news outlets cover our call for EPA Regional Administrator Chris Hladick to allow a real peer review of the very damaging and false EPA science study.
In mid-July, nearly 50 Washington farm employees gathered to hear from two special guests from California. Sylvia Lopez is a farm worker from the Gerawan Farm in California, one of the largest fruit growers in the country. Francisco Cerritos was a longtime employee of the United Farm Workers union, where ...
Dairy farmers are appealing to EPA Director Andrew Wheeler to take long-delayed action on conducting a real peer review of the 2012-2013 EPA Yakima Nitrate Report. This follows a similar request submitted by Congressman Dan Newhouse of Yakima on June 26. After months of effort with new Region 10 Administrator ...
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Why is Whatcom Family Farmers needed? Because our family farms are worth protecting. Protecting our farms requires the understanding and support of the public –– especially voters living in our cities far away from our farms. If our children are to have the opportunity to continue our multi-generation family farms, ...
