Respect for Agriculture Pt 2

Respect for Agriculture Pt 2

With at the moment’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. Washington legislators ought to invite extra ag voices to Olympia to show them what is definitely occurring within the meals manufacturing enterprise.

That’s the opinion of the Washington Policy Center’s Pam

Lewison who says the shortage of regard for agriculture might have devastating outcomes …

LEWISON … (*2*)

Legislators, Lewison says want to speak with farmers …

LEWISON … “Don’t get into the weeds about activists’ stances, but have a real understanding of on-farm, boots on the ground, hands in the dirt, people who are doing this every single day.”

That contains, Lewison says, farmers from throughout the state …

LEWISON … “Because ultimately, when you go to Olympia, no matter what district you represent, you’re making decisions for every single person in this state.”

There’s a lot, Lewison says farmers don’t get credit score for …

LEWISON … “We have learned, as a community, to produce more food with less land. We’ve learned to be more efficient in how we use that land and the water that’s available to us, and feed more people because we’ve had to.”

Lewison says many legislators appear oblivious to the place their meals actually comes from.