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Madi Clark

@WAPolicyAg

Ag Research Director for Washington Policy Center, Agriculture Advocate, Farm Girl, bad tractor driver, Wife, Mother to a little guy and angel daughter.

 Kennewick, WA
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Joined July 2016
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Recent comments from a Congressional candidate on H-2A program hurt farmers and farmworkers washingtonpolicy.org/publica…
Recent comments from a Congressional candidate on H-2A program hurt fa

Recent comments from a Congressional candidate on H-2A program hurt fa

Anti-farming, anti-farmworker advocates, and a congressional candidate in our state need a history lesson. It is time to rev

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Cows are awesome, and science proves it washingtonpolicy.org/publica… #waleg

Cows are awesome, and science proves it

Cows are awesome, and science proves it. Some environmental groups attest otherwise, with legislative testimony earlier this

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NAFTA 2.0 creates few improvements for Washington agriculture washingtonpolicy.org/publica…

NAFTA 2.0 creates few improvements for Washington agriculture

In one more event for this year of trade turmoil, the U.S. released a new agreement with our most important trading partners

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Bailing out farmers shows why tariffs were always bad policy aei.org/publication/bailing-…
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County farming coordinator knows agribusiness first hand - heraldnet.com/business/count…
County farming coordinator knows agribusiness first hand - HeraldNet.com

County farming coordinator knows agribusiness first hand - HeraldNet.com

“The biggest challenge women farmers face is being taken seriously,” says Linda Neunzig.

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Dear Farmers: Let’s own our numbers washingtonpolicy.org/publica…
Dear Farmers: Let's own our numbers

Dear Farmers: Let's own our numbers

Washington farmers and agricultural companies do a lot of things right when it comes to the safe handling and application of

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Educate don’t regulate to improve pesticide safety washingtonpolicy.org/publica…

Educate don't regulate to improve pesticide safety

What works better than regulations at improving pesticide safety? According to a panel of farmworkers and farmers at the thi

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One Washington farm spends $25,000 every year on safety equipment but the public's perception is getting worse washingtonpolicy.org/publica…

One Washington farm spends $25,000 every year on safety equipment but

$25,000 per year for one farm. This number does not refer to a new piece of equipment, agricultural labor wages, or chemical

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Several states act to ban local food taxes washingtonpolicy.org/publica… #waleg

Several states act to ban local food taxes

In November the people of Washington will vote on Initiative 1634.Though framed as a ban on local grocery taxes, it is bette

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Agriculture community needs to talk about how tax preferences affect operations washingtonpolicy.org/publica… #waleg
Agriculture community needs to talk about how tax preferences affect o

Agriculture community needs to talk about how tax preferences affect o

Taxes. Need I say more? Yes, because the last thing Washington farmers and ag businesses need in this risky business atmosph

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Agriculture community needs to talk about how tax preferences affect operations washingtonpolicy.org/publica…. Attend the meeting in Yakima tomorrow July 20th to talk about how the Ag Tax Preferences affect your operation here in Washington state! RSVP here: housetaxworkgroupyakima.app.…
Agriculture community needs to talk about how tax preferences affect o

Agriculture community needs to talk about how tax preferences affect o

Taxes. Need I say more? Yes, because the last thing Washington farmers and ag businesses need in this risky business atmosph

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How Washington farmers would benefit from reforms to the federal Farm Bill washingtonpolicy.org/publica… #FarmBill #USDA #2018farmbill

How Washington farmers would benefit from reforms to the federal Farm

Download the full Policy Brief Key Findings Renewed about every five years, the federal Farm Bill is broad legislation that

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary highlights overregulation in visit to Washington washingtonpolicy.org/publica…

U.S. Agriculture Secretary highlights overregulation in visit to Washi

“When man has not enough to eat he has one problem. When man has enough to eat, he has many problems.” U.S. Secr

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Legislators and activists seek solutions to farmer suicides - rentonreporter.com/northwest…

Legislators and activists seek solutions to farmer suicides - Renton Reporter

Agricultural workers end their own lives at a higher rate than workers in any other profession.

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A case for the robots - Washington courts are putting farmworkers out of work washingtonpolicy.org/publica… #waleg
A case for the robots - Washington courts are putting farmworkers out

A case for the robots - Washington courts are putting farmworkers out

In an unsurprising, yet disappointing ruling from the Washington state Supreme Court, agricultural employers will have anoth

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A great panel on the Farm Bill at our Solutions Summit led by our Ag Director Madi Clark (@WAPolicyAg).
Image from Todd Myers 🐟🌲🐝 (@WAPolicyGreen)
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Simplistic thinking harms food production:thepacker.com/article/simpli…
The Court's ruling in Carranza v. Dovex will grow Washington's rural urban divide washingtonpolicy.org/publica… @WAPolicyCenter #waleg

The Court's ruling in Carranza v. Dovex will grow Washington's rural u

A recent ruling from the Washington State Supreme Court is indicative of the growing rural urban divide in Washington state.

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When we reconsider the #FarmBill let’s protect farmers and move forward washingtonpolicy.org/publica…

When we reconsider the Farm Bill let's protect farmers and move forwar

After a tense debate in recent weeks, the Farm Bill (H.R. 2) failed to pass the House 198-213 today. Members of the Freedom

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The #FarmBill fails 213-198!!!! With 30 republican members voting "NO!" Maybe they should take the time to make it bipartisan!
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