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Hannah Weinberger/Crosscut is a reporter at Crosscut focused on science and the environment. Reach her on email at [email protected].
![Fred Meyer in Greenwood, sell seeds and food-bearing plants on packed shelves with green plants in the background March 2022.](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Fred-Meyer-in-Greenwood-sells-seeds-March-2022.jpeg)
![LEFT: Head cider maker Andrew Byers poses for a portrait at Finnriver Farm and Cidery in Chimacum, Washington on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. CENTER: An apple with likely sunburn at Finnriver Farm and Cidery. According to Byers, there are too many variables to say for certain what harms or affects apple growths. RIGHT: Byers peers into a box of Perry pears while sipping some cider near the end of the day. December 2021](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/feature-cider-climate-change-industry-december-2021.jpg)
![An endangered Chum Salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, (aka. Dog Salmon) attempts to jump a small dam on the Deschutes River in Tumwater Washington. The concrete in the foreground is the opening to a fish ladder.](https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Washington-Fishing-Creek-August2021-scaled.jpg)
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Hannah Weinberger/Crosscut is a reporter at Crosscut focused on science and the environment. Reach her on email at [email protected].