"It's almost like the Ninja Warrior, you know, you're trying to go through just to see if you can make it to the end," Madison McPherson says of the challenges family farmers in WA face right now.
The Chelan-area cherry and apple orchardist shares why she's worried that more and more family farms will soon be gone for good if things don't change.
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Not only does she grow the grapes, but Kerry Shiels also makes Côte Bonneville's award-winning wines.
She shares how important having a sense of place is to appreciating fine wine, and how that sense should be key to all local food.
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A journey of self-discovery brought Alice VanderHaak full-circle after growing up in a small WA farming community.
Hear her share how passionate she is about sustainability, and how that influences every aspect of her small farm in Snohomish, WA, Lowlands Farm.
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Flor de Maria Maldonado's parents were farmworkers, and now the family owns their own small cherry, pear and apple orchard in Tonasket, WA.
Coming back to the family orchard at the beginning of the pandemic, Flor de Maria and her brothers face an uphill battle to carry on their parents' legacy.
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Arriving in the US with virtually nothing, Manuel Imperial and his family began building Imperial's Garden from the ground up 37 years ago.
He shares his incredible journey as an immigrant farmer, and the unique insight he's gained into the food system and its dysfunction.
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Brady Karstetter and his family grow apples, cherries, pears, sweet corn, field corn, beef, hay and more in the Quincy, WA area.
As you can imagine, it's a lot to manage, but Brady explains how it's not just the crops that make his life stressful.
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Admitting she fears for her young son's future as a family farmer, apple and cherry orchardist Leah Eddie reveals the intense pressure that Washington's tree fruit farmers face, and how she hopes it changes.
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Ashton Beanblossom had a big decision to make when her parents recently decided to retire from dairy farming.
Hear how she struggled with the sense of loss, but then chose to build her own dairy -- with an interesting twist.
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Living in the shadows is how Miguel Navarrete describes growing up as an undocumented person, explaining what it's like to feel invisible and isolated.
Miguel opens up about coming to the US and earning legal status in this week's episode.
He also shares how the technology he's responsible for maintaining as an IT Manager on an Eastern Washington dairy defies people's perceptions of farming.
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In the face of her father's struggle with a debilitating disease, Anna Nicholson wants to continue her family's small orchard and fruit stand near Leavenworth.
Hear about the struggles making that future uncertain for Anna and her siblings as we visit her orchard.
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