Legislature Mulls Factory Farm Moratorium
Proponents says HB 2667 will let regulators catch up to discoveries about factory farm pollution before 3 large-scale chicken farms set up shop in Linn County.
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Proponents says HB 2667 will let regulators catch up to discoveries about factory farm pollution before 3 large-scale chicken farms set up shop in Linn County.
The grants, totaling $1.5 million, will go to expanding educational programming and land access — including a ‘matchmaking’ program that helps new farmers network with retiring farmers in search of successors
Tennessee-based Grain Craft, which owns the mill, says it’s working with farmers to handle wheat supply
Acting Consul General Pan Qingjiang discusses how the United States’ ongoing trade war — and economic sanctions against Russia — add uncertainty to Oregon and China’s economic partnership.
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