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Yanasa TV News On a podcast cross-over, Yanasa TV’s Charlie warns that an eye-popping fine against an elderly hay farmer isn’t an isolated mistake—it’s a template. When the Fearless Podcast invited Charlie of Yanasa TV on to talk about an elderly hay farmer in Washington State, the story sounded small at first: a man, a field, 20…

Yanasa TV News Public backlash paused new rules and kept lifelines for small farms alive. When Oregon’s land-use agency floated changes that many farmers feared would narrow what a “farm stand” can do, the backlash was immediate and loud. Farm owners, customers, counties, and advocacy groups piled on with comments, coverage, and calls to the…

Yanasa TV News USDA chief blasts “INSANE” 5-CFS cut as PG&E surrenders the project—can D.C. save Potter Valley before the harvest dies? Signed in D.C., Felt on the Farm: FERC’s 5-CFS Greenlight Drains Potter Valley’s Spigots When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins posted that the Potter Valley shutdown “was just flagged for me… INSANE. I’m on…

Yanasa TV News Protect the border, respect the land: a pro-security case for fair pay, narrower corridors, and real farm access in South Texas. STARR COUNTY, Texas — Border wall construction is moving forward again in the lower Rio Grande Valley. In late August, federal officials cleared the way for about 4.7 miles of new, non-contiguous wall segments…

Yanasa TV News “I don’t make a $100,000… probably in my whole life.” To be clear, laws must be respected for societies to function properly. But governments must not use the law as a weapon against its own citizens.  The abuse of power within Washington’s Department of Ecology can be described in one word “PREDATORY.” …

Yanasa TV News Washington’s loss of 3,700 farms in five years exposes a deeper national crisis—where rising costs, aggressive state regulations, and accelerating corporate consolidation are killing family farms. Washington has shed more than 3,700 farms in just five years—roughly two operations a day. The number comes from the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture and…