01/31/2023
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"Last, I have very little time, but I just wanted to touch on a piece of legislation I am working on to modernize the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, or the SARE Program."
"the local offices that help farmers on the ground are simply not staffed, and so, this puts undue burden on local conservation districts to fill in the gaps"
"Thank you very much. I really appreciate your attention to it, and calling that to my attention so I can address it on our end."
"I want to thank you again for coming out to Washington State a few months back so that you could see the great work happening and how important specialty crops are to Washington State."