County program brings new tech to flood-impacted farmers
SNOHOMISH — Jim Eichner, founder of Food Bank Farm south of Snohomish, lost nine greenhouses when the Snohomish River rose to over 34 feet in December.
Everything Food Bank Farm grows is donated to food banks, Eichner said in an interview Thursday.
“It just looked like the Mississippi River. It was like a mile across, and it’s just moving,” he said. “Lots of round bales went cruising down, and even though they’re buoyant, they’re not really light. They weigh 1,000 pounds.”
Hay bales and other debris destroyed fences, greenhouses and other structures, Eichner said. There was about $200,000 worth of damage to his farm and others in the surrounding area, he said,
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