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Racking up millions of video views, mother and daughter-in-law homesteaders Jordyn and Kay Clark became a viral sensation on social media, sharing day-to-day insights into growing food.

They share how they got started, what made them go viral, and what their newfound notariety means for their homestead, Portage View Farm, on Washington's Lummi Peninsula.

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Author and professor Gigi Berardi says some kinds of farming in Washington state are often much closer to the "extinction threshold" than people realize.

Gigi shares how she came from Hollywood to farming, via academia, and opens up about what she's found in her research on farms and at Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment.

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When Bernadette Gagnier came to WSU's agriculture research station in Prosser to get a PhD in horticulture, she was reconnecting with family farming roots she didn't even know she had.

She explains why the bugs she's researching are bad news for WA's amazing wines, and how she's trying to stop them without using pesticides.

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Even though she was diagnosed with cancer, Leann Krainick knew her family's 100-year-old dairy couldn't stop while she was in treatment.

She shares the emotional story of working through that time of crisis, and gives an inside look at running Krainick Dairy just a stone's throw from Seattle.

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This PNW-based farmer-turned-recycler has a powerful solution to America's food waste problem.

Luke Dynes has developed technology that he aims to take to every state in the nation and drastically reduce the amount of food that ends up in landfills.

In fact, he's already doing it right here in Washington and Oregon.

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He describes it as one of the best places in the world to make wine.

That's why Co Dinn crafts his award-winning wines in the heart of the Yakima Valley with a keen focus on sustainability.

Come with us as we visit Co Dinn Cellars' tasting room in Sunnyside, WA.

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Kyler Beard is a real Washington cowboy, and he's passionate about doing what's best for his cattle and the rangeland they graze on.

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Are dairy cows being treated well on Washington state dairy farms?

Coming into the world of dairy originally as an outsider, Brianna Parmentier is now in charge of taking care of a dairy herd near Everson, WA.

She shares what really happens behind the scenes on dairy farms in this state.

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This beef and dairy farmer is dangerously close to achieving sustainable carbon neutrality on his farm near Royal City, WA.

It may surprise you what Austin Allred of Royal Family Farming says is the secret to carbon neutrality, building soil health and producing food in a way that's sustainable for generations to come.

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Producing pastured pork, chicken, lamb and beef with her family on their small family farm Widnor Farms, Brianna Widen is living her dream.

Hear her unique perspective on what's wrong with our food system, and get a personal look at the challenges of small farming in Washington state.

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