advocacy

Idaho 2024-2025 FFA Vice President Josh Nelson talks about the important role advocacy plays at his family's cherry farm.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com ...

Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, Executive Director for the Modern Ag Alliance, is leading efforts to advocate for U.S. farmers' continued access to the tools they rely on to grow our food while facing increasing obstacles.   "The list of challenges facing agriculture today is, frankly, growing by the day," she noted.  "J...

Even if you're not a fan of social media, you may want to learn how to use the platforms to advocate for your sector of agriculture.  Oregon FFA Vice President Spencer Romans explains.   If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@to...

Hannah McAuliffe, the 2024 Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Educator of the Year, says misconceptions and misunderstandings about farming are not just reserved for those that live in cities and regions with large populations.  Which make it important to share the story of agriculture with everyone.  ...

Idaho is known for a variety of crops; potatoes, sugarbeets, cattle and calves just to name a few.  But more and more people who call Idaho home don’t appreciate the important role agriculture currently plays or how farming can help the state into the future.  Lance Zolling...

Earlier this month, the Potato Leadership, Education, and Advancement Foundation, better known as Potato LEAF, announced the 2025 class of the potato industry’s Leadership Institute.  During the 10-day program, which runs February 19th through the 28th, participants will receive an overview of the local and national potato industry, including some of the challenges and issues beyond the production

Former Oregon FFA Treasure JW Dippold says farmers need to use their passion to advocate for the industry that they love.   If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com ...

Tuesday is National Ag Day, and American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall says the date is an opportunity to celebrate the farming sector.   “National Ag Day is a celebration of the food and fiber community that has been taking place since 1973. This is t...

Lillian McGregor, Washington’s FFA State Reporter, says the ag sector can't use excuses or fears to prevent the real story of American farming from being shared.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremed...

How is the farming community doing when it comes to communicating with consumers?  And what can the ag sector do better?  We put that question before Washington FFA Treasure Madison Weber in today's Future of Farming.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquareme...