At a time when the state most needs to support its primary and reliable economic engines, a movement is afoot in Olympia which would cripple one of the state’s most economically important industries — agriculture.
Today, budget decisions are being made at all levels of government — federal, state and local – that will have lasting impact on our future success in CAHNRS and WSU Extension. These decisions are being made in an environment that reflects a new political reality for higher education, in general, and for CAHNRS and WSU […]
We recently lost one of the world’s great heroes. Plant scientist and green revolutionary Norman Borlaug died last week at the age of 95. Borlaug, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970, worked tirelessly to help ensure that people the world over have enough to eat.
Standing at the juncture of agriculture and higher education, I noted with interest the release of the Washington Department of Agriculture’s report on The Future of Farming, entitled “Washington Agriculture: Strategic Plan 2020 and Beyond.” The complete report, all 100 pages of it, is available here.
Recently, the organization Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) issued an analysis of the 2009 Agriculture Appropriations Bill, also known as the Farm Bill. The organization focuses on government waste of tax payers’ money, a laudable form of activism.