PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Lorna Michael Butler has been named as the first Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. Butler is extension anthropologist and professor in the department of rural sociology at WSU–Puyallup. “I am delighted by the recognition given to Dr. Lorna Butler in her selection […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University will celebrate its heritage as a land-grant institution as well as Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 2. The Land-Grant Day celebration will begin with an Extravaganza Fair from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the WSU Rugby Field across from the Lewis Alumni Centre. Student clubs in the College of […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Several administrative changes have been announced by Washington State University Cooperative Extension. Chris Feise has been appointed interim director of Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources. He succeeds Phillip Crawford, who retired. Blair Wolfley has been named director of the Southwest District of Washington State University Cooperative Extension. Wolfley will supervise […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. — James Kropf has been named director of the Northwest District of Washington State University Cooperative Extension. Kropf formerly was an area extension agent in Pierce County. His office is at the WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center in Puyallup. As district director, Kropf will supervise extension programs and personnel in Island, King, […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. Blair Wolfley has been named director of the Southwest District of Washington State University Cooperative Extension. Wolfley was promoted from chair of Clark County Cooperative Extension. Gary Fredricks has been appointed interim chair. Wolfley has moved from the Clark County Cooperative Extension office in Brush Prairie to WSU-Vancouver. As district director, Wolfley will […]
COLVILLE, Wash. — Wayne Madson has been named director of the Northeast District of Washington State University Cooperative Extension. Madson has been the chair of Stevens County Cooperative Extension. As district director, Madson will supervise extension programs and personnel in Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens and Spokane counties. Al Kowitz, a […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Two youths from Edwall will receive the highest honor given America’s youth in ceremonies at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Extension Education Building in Spokane. Rep. George Nethercutt is scheduled to present Nathan Klein and Kira Fagan with Congressional Award medals for work they have done to better their eastern Lincoln County […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Nineteen state employees who organized a community-based food safety intervention in Yakima County in 1997 were honored recently at the Executive Mansion. The team received the Governor’s Award for Service and Quality Improvement. The award recognizes teams in state government who have demonstrated excellence in cutting red tape, improving customer service, improving […]
We read and hear a lot in the media these days about the farm crisis. No one needs to tell farmers and ranchers that it isn’t just hype. As I write this column at the end of August, the Portland cash price for soft white wheat hovers around $3.10 a bushel. That’s at least 30 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Working seminars aimed at breaking free of chronic economic crisis in Northwest agriculture are scheduled September 13-14 in Moscow, Idaho and Pullman. The September 13 seminar will look at how the conventional focus on bottom line profits has created the current situation and how the economics of sustainability can turn the crisis […]