A letter from the controversial renewable diesel refinery’s CEO says a boating crash ‘calls into question’ NEXT’s ability to operate the refinery under current conditions.
Some activists call the bill “watered down” after the Legislature struck down a provision calling for a moratorium.
Oregon Housing and Community Services interviews show how low wages, housing shortages are impacting farmworkers.
The share of organic produce that’s both eaten and grown locally is relatively small — but the amount of organic acreage grown in the state is growing.
The Bill’s chief sponsor says the new, voluntary soil health program represents a ‘new way forward’ for Salem Democrats to approach farming issues.
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.
Proponents hope tax allowances, a gradual phase-in period and government subsidies will convince legislators to adopt a 40-hour work week for agriculture workers — but farmers say that threshold isn’t realistic.