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WSDA presents climate resilience plan for agriculture with six goals and 27 actions
Summary
The Washington State Department of Agriculture presented a climate resilience plan to the Senate committee that outlines six goals and 27 strategic actions to help farms, farmworkers, and agricultural landscapes adapt to extreme weather and longer‑term climate trends.
Danny Gilardi, senior soil scientist and climate coordinator at the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), presented the agency’s climate resilience plan, describing the science, stakeholder engagement and proposed actions to support producers and farmworkers.
Why it matters: WSDA told the committee that climate impacts are already affecting Washington agriculture in varied ways — from drought‑stressed dryland wheat in the east to unprecedented heat and coastal shellfish losses on the west coast — and that a coordinated plan is needed to protect production, worker safety, and rural livelihoods.
Stakeholder outreach and key findings: WSDA said it gathered input from more than 400 farmers and about 200 farmworkers through surveys and…
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