Author: 
Chrys

Chrys’ Articles for the Inland FoodWise Online Journal

Newsletters and Action Alerts for the Inland Northwest Foodshed


 

Good News for Small-scale Egg Producers in Washington State - Action Needed

Saturday, November 15, 2025 - 10:55

Residents Score a Victory for Spokane Livability

Monday, July 14, 2025 - 14:07

It’s Not Just PFAS, Folks

Monday, July 7, 2025 - 17:52

Sewage Sludge Pollution Awareness Moves to the Front Burner in Ground-breaking Reporting from the New York Times

Friday, December 27, 2024 - 21:08

Permission to Dump Sewage Sludge on Crop Land? ! VOIDED !

Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 09:06

Keep Sewage Sludge Off Stevens County Farmland

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - 07:36

Tell your Governor and local officials to ban the use of biosolids in farms and parks!

Sunday, July 23, 2023 - 08:34

Action Alert! Protect Farmers' Freedom to Feed You and Your Right to Eat What You Choose

Friday, March 31, 2023 - 08:04

Spokane City Council Endorses Regional Food Action Plan

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - 08:53

Spotlight Shines on Sewage Sludge as Likely Source of PFAS Food Contamination. Problem Likely Widespread. What Will Washington State Do?

Sunday, February 6, 2022 - 11:01

USDA Sec. Vilsack Appoints Sewage Sludge Propagandist from Washington State to New Urban Agriculture Advisory Committee

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 - 17:08

Public Hearing - Spokane Growth Management - Jan. 19 - End the Dysfunction!

Monday, January 17, 2022 - 13:44

Ethics, Ecology and Sovereignty - The Renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 12:17

Petition Demands EPA Restrict Pollinator-killing Neonicotinoid Pesticides

Saturday, November 20, 2021 - 16:45

Write Letters Now: Moratorium on Development in Latah Valley

Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 18:00

Comment Today: Oppose Wells and Septic Tanks for New Developments in Spokane's Urban Growth Area

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 - 10:52

USDA Advisory Committee Urges Unnecessary Tinkering with Custom Exempt Meat and Poultry Regulations

Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 12:31

Coeur d’Alene Tribe Purchases Latah Valley Land Saving it from Development

Thursday, September 16, 2021 - 15:31

Video: Nature's Solutions as National Policy

Sunday, August 29, 2021 - 16:18

Our Super Expensive Cheap Food System is Killing Us and Costing Us $Trillions. What Can We Do?

Tuesday, July 27, 2021 - 10:53

65% Say 'No More Sewage Sludge on Farmland' in Comments to Department of Ecology

Monday, July 12, 2021 - 11:56

It’s Time to Stop Spreading Sewage Sludge on Washington Farms Say Environmental and Food Safety Advocates

Monday, June 28, 2021 - 09:28

Keep Filth Away from our Foods

Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 09:45

Tell Spokane County: No Land Swap in Airway Heights!

Friday, June 11, 2021 - 11:14

Your Input as well as Your Support Sought for the Draft Sustainability Action Plan for Spokane - Local Food and Farming are Emphasized

Saturday, April 10, 2021 - 11:08

Take Action: Spokane County is Acting Improperly Regarding the Sundance Meadows Development

Monday, March 22, 2021 - 11:21

Action Alert: Stop Illegal Development of Open Space

Monday, February 15, 2021 - 10:04

Palouse "Beauty" is Really an Ecological Disaster

Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 08:39

Action Alert: Development of Open Space in NW Spokane has Neighbors Concerned, Threatens Farmland

Monday, January 18, 2021 - 09:25

Support the City of Spokane's Efforts to Save a Farm from Development

Sunday, December 20, 2020 - 09:03

National Young Farmers Coalition 2020 Land Policy Report

Saturday, December 19, 2020 - 18:01

Please Donate for Farmland Preservation in Spokane this Giving Tuesday

Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 09:52

American Farmland Trust to the Biden/Harris Administration: Five Recommendations

Saturday, November 7, 2020 - 18:23

Pilcher Property in Vinegar Flats Subject of City-sponsored Tour

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - 23:29

Some Reflections on Indigenous Peoples' Day, October, 2020

Monday, October 12, 2020 - 18:31

Oppose Farmer-unfriendly Carbon Market in Senate Climate Bill

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - 08:42

Send Your Comment: Strengthen Enforcement of the Organic Standards

Monday, September 21, 2020 - 08:23

Three Important Federal Food/Farm Bills Need Your Support

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 - 10:10

Petition Calls for Expanded Consumer Access to Locally Produced Meat in Washington

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 - 08:00

Add Your Voice: Spokane Regional Food Action Plan Survey

Friday, August 7, 2020 - 12:31

Action Alert: Urge Senators to Support Local Meat Processing

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 08:31

Action Alert: Tell USDA to Crack Down on "Organic” Livestock Factories!

Sunday, May 24, 2020 - 09:06

Sign the petition! Decentralize access to local meat in Washington State

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 11:03

Action Alert: Congress Must Pass 'Relief for America’s Small Farmers Act'

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 08:11

Action Alert: Waive Matching Funds for Grants to Small Farms

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 11:12

Action Alert: Keep the Pressure On to Pass the PRIME Act

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 11:09

Action Alert: Congressional Agriculture/Food Relief Legislation

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 11:07

Action Alert: Tell Gov. Inslee to protect farmworkers during COVID-19

Friday, April 17, 2020 - 06:16

Positive Movement to Save Vinegar Flats Farm

Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 19:13

Spokane City Climate Action Plan Survey

Sunday, February 23, 2020 - 11:52

Add Your Name! Help save 48 acres of farmland in Spokane.

Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 10:47

Action Alert: Allow Raw Milk Sales by Small Farms in WA

Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 17:39

Action Alert: The Sustainable Farms and Fields Grant Program

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 20:34

Time to talk about sewage sludge

Saturday, January 18, 2020 - 11:03

Hearing Examiner Approves Development on Farmland

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 10:52

Action Alert: Oppose the Destruction of a Permaculture Homestead in Yakima

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - 12:16

FoodWise Action Alert: Spokane's Only Zoned-Agricultural Farmland Under Development Threat AGAIN!

Sunday, May 5, 2019 - 11:05

Report on the Public Hearing, May 2, 2019 re the Proposal to Develop Prime Farmland into Housing on Ecologically Sensitive Land in Spokane

Friday, May 3, 2019 - 19:16

FoodWise Action Alert: Spokane's Only Zoned-Agricultural Farmland Under Development Threat

Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 09:46

FoodWise Action Alert: Expand Options for Farm and Farmworker Housing in WA!

Monday, March 11, 2019 - 21:42

2019 is the year we take sewage sludge off your kitchen table

Monday, January 14, 2019 - 21:20

Organizations Call for Action on Farm Bill

Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 13:37

Growing Food Partnerships Summit, Spokane, Nov. 13

Monday, September 24, 2018 - 10:07

What a Pickle We Are In

Friday, September 14, 2018 - 14:20

Action Alert: Urge Your Representatives: VOTE NO on the House Farm Bill

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 23:06

Action Alert: Add Your Voice! Call for a WA Sewage Sludge Moratorium Today

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 22:33

Action Alert: Pass a Law to Label Food Grown on Sewage Sludge!

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 22:26

Action Alert: Tell Your Representatives: Vote NO on Worst Farm Bill Ever!

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 22:11

Action Alert: Senate Farm Bill deserves your qualified support. Call Your Senator Today!

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 22:00

Action Alert: Congress Needs to Hear from You as it Reconciles the House and Senate version of the 2018 Farm Bill

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 21:25

March 2018

Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 12:54

Straw - Leave it in the ground

Saturday, September 2, 2017 - 06:11

Volunteerism and Community

Saturday, September 2, 2017 - 05:35

Actively Aerated Compost Teas - Nature’s Miracle Grow

Saturday, September 2, 2017 - 05:15

Panhandle Gardening and Forestry

Saturday, September 2, 2017 - 04:58

Can Hydroponics be Organic?

Saturday, September 2, 2017 - 00:08

Details Regarding Protect Mill Canyon Watershed’s Objections to the Land Application of Sewage Sludge by a Neighboring Farm

Friday, September 1, 2017 - 18:00

Washington State Department of Ecology: Deny Permission to Spew Sewage Sludge in Mill Canyon's Watershed

Friday, September 1, 2017 - 17:53

September 1, 2017

Friday, September 1, 2017 - 17:46

Are People Allowed to Feed Each Other? Food Sovereignty in the Inland Northwest.

Friday, September 1, 2017 - 15:28

The Soil Food Web: Life Beneath Our Feet

Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 16:30

The Permaculture Conservation Trust

Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 15:56

The Inland Northwest Food Network Celebrates our Region's Food System

Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 05:38

Rural Roots: Healthy Farms, Healthy Foods, Healthy Communities

Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 05:14

Wild Foods of Spring: Nettles and Morels served up with some musings!

Friday, May 26, 2017 - 20:06

What’s Wrong with Organic

Friday, May 26, 2017 - 17:22

Chasing Toxic Herbicides Out of Washington State

Friday, May 26, 2017 - 11:25

Eastern Washington Farm Receives Grant from West-side Foundation for Solar-powered Drip Irrigation System

Friday, May 26, 2017 - 11:20

Getting Flame Retardants Out of the Food Supply

Friday, May 26, 2017 - 11:15

June 1, 2017

Saturday, April 15, 2017 - 06:08