Agriculture and farmland - old landing
December 31, 2009 — letter to the Department of Justice during a public comment period on the impact of concentration and consolidation in the food industry.
November 16, 2009 — signed onto a letter sponsored by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, suggesting revisions to the Food Safety Modernization Act to prevent unnecessary and unintended negative impacts on family farms, organic farms, value-added agricultural development, conservation and the environment.
March 5, 2009 — letter to Washington State University's Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture re: supporting "Cultivar Selection, Soil Management, and Preservation of Organic Fruits and Vegetables for Improved Nutritional and Sensory Quality" project.
January 19, 2009 — letter to the Obama administration re: endorsing IAASTD and specific nominations for USDA positions.
October 15, 2007 — letter to U.S. Senators on the agriculture and finance committees, re: advocating support for specific measures in the developing Farm Bill.
August 27, 2007 — letter to USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service during a public comment period, urging a prohibition on outdoor plantings of genetically modified crops that produce experimental drugs and industrial chemicals.
January 18, 2007 — sign on letter sponsored by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition; re: How unfair consolidation, concentration and market manipulation in agriculture must be addressed as a top priority when shaping the 2007 Farm Bill.
July 27, 2005 — to chairs and ranking members of the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Nutrition, and Judiciary committees, Re: unfair competition and consolidation in agriculture.
June 21, 2005 — to Washington's two U.S. Senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, Re: support for Conservation Security Program funding, Country of Origin Labeling, and Farm to Cafeteria funding.
August 27, 2004 — to Matt Gallo, Vice President of Coastal Operations, Gallo of Sonoma, Re: labor dispute with the United Farm Workers.
July 3, 2003 — to several members of Congress (see letter), Re: Value-Added Producer Grants Program (VAPG) and the Conservation Security Program (CSP).
June 12, 2003 — to Director Valoria Loveland, WA State Dept. of Agriculture, Re: WSDA's Small Farm and Direct Marketing Program.
February 25, 2001 — to EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman, Re: "Recycled" hazardous wastes in fertilizer, docket # F-2000-RZFP-FFFFF.
January 30, 2001 — to Senator Marilyn Rasmussen, WA State Agriculture Committee, Re: Bill #56-13 and the Small Farm & Direct Marketing program.
October 12, 2000 — to Dept. of Ecology, Mike Gallagher, Re: DOE's draft plan to eliminate dioxin and other PBT-contaminated substances.
October 12, 2000 — Thank you to Seattle Times, for covering story about PBTs being used in agricultural fertilizers.