Recommendations of the Future of Farming strategic plan to keep Washington State’s agriculture viable include making agriculture a priority, eliminating regulatory barriers, and protecting resources. Strategic plans are only valuable if they come off the shelf and are put to use. Such will be the real measure of success of the Future of Farming report recently compiled by Washington State’s agricultural industry and submitted to the legislature. Robert Gore, deputy director of the Washington State Department of Agriculture, presented the comprehensive Washington Agriculture Strategic Plan 2020 and Beyond to state policymakers in early February, culminating a year’s worth of work […]