“Farmers are used to weathering the weather,” said Blake Vanfield, marketing director of Genuine Skagit Valley (GSV), an organization that supports Skagit Valley growers and producers to help sustain farming in the region for generations to come. “But, this season, they have especially shown resiliency after their fields and farms were inundated with near-record flooding this past winter followed by a wet and cold spring.”
Extreme weather conditions can lead to delayed harvests and smaller crop yields in many cases, but Skagit Valley farmers have found a way to produce and deliver their bounty once again—just as they have done for more than 150 years.
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