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WSU Skagit County Extension outlines outreach, SNAP‑Ed and farm support programs
Summary
WSU Skagit County Extension gave a quarterly update to the Skagit County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 28, describing staffing changes, farm stress and safety events, SNAP‑Ed nutrition and food‑access work, Spanish‑language assistance for farmers, and pilot projects including a pasture management grant and a Peruvian "popping" bean crop study.
WSU Skagit County Extension staff briefed the Skagit County Board of Commissioners Jan. 28 on a suite of county-supported programs spanning agriculture, nutrition education and community health. Don McMoran (WSU Skagit County Extension) led the quarterly update and introduced staff and collaborators who described programming and funding needs.
Shauna Beese of Whatcom County Extension described a rural neighborhood development project that adapts tools used in urban and suburban research for rural contexts; she said the work studies "how trust is built within that community" and that a core survey and interviews are being tested across six counties including Skagit.
Don McMoran and staff highlighted staffing changes (the retirements…
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