Wilcox earns ‘Salmon-Safe’ label

Capital Press, March 2006
Wilcox Farms, one of the largest family-owned farms in Washington state, has been awarded the "Salmon-Safe" label. The certification is in recognition of the company’s efforts to protect water quality and habitat for native salmon on its 1,800-acre "home farm" in Roy, Wash. This spring, Wilcox will begin labeling its line of organic and Omega 3 eggs as Salmon-Safe. Other Wilcox products, including dairy, will be labeled as more of the farm’s land base is evaluated and certified by the program. The home farm is located along the Nisqually River, which provides important habitat for a variety of salmon and other fish and wildlife species.Read the article.