{"id":12551,"date":"2023-05-09T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T22:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/?page_id=12551"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:27:55","slug":"conservation-ag","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/conservation-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"Farming and the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left wsu-hero--size-xsmall \">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2018\/04\/Current-1.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2018\/04\/Current-1.jpg 1573w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2018\/04\/Current-1.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2018\/04\/Current-1.jpg 729w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2018\/04\/Current-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2018\/04\/Current-1.jpg 1536w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 1573px) 100vw, 1573px\"\n\t\talt=\"Flowering Current\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 45% 55%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wsu-overlay wsu-pattern-after wsu-overlay--light wsu-pattern--none\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"title-id-6a2a852ba1603\" class=\"wsu-title wsu-hero__title\"><span>Farming and the Environment<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs \" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to WSU Extension.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">WSU Extension<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span> &gt; 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