Snohomish County farms are still recovering from December floods. A free county program is helping them rebuild with new technology.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — Three months after historic December floods devastated farms across Snohomish County, growers are still struggling to recover.
Nearly half of farms surveyed reported they lost 50% of their annual crop productiona blow that could make for a difficult growing season ahead.
At Snohomish’s Food Bank Farm, springtime usually means planting. The farm produces more than 300,000 pounds of fresh produce for local food banks every year. But the farm’s Jim Eichner is rebuilding greenhouses instead of putting seeds in the ground
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