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October 4, 2025 - Legislative Ag update

Legislative Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The month-long Special Session ended this past Monday, when the Senate finally had sufficient attendees and votes to approve the gas tax, payroll tax and vehicle registration package, meeting the Constitutional 3/5th supermajority requirement. However, the fate of the package is still […]


October 1, 2025 - Woodburn farm worker challenges ICE action

By Oregon Small Business Association of Oregon, A 25-year-old Guatemalan man living in Woodburn, Ore., is challenging his detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who arrested four of seven workers during a raid on an Oregon blueberry farm. Before dawn on Aug. 7, ICE agents in unmarked SUVs stopped […]


September 28, 2025 - Ag update on Legislature, statewide petition

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Legislative Update The Special Session is set to continue on Monday, although it is unclear whether it will proceed or be delayed again based on Senator Gorsek’s ongoing health issue. The Special Session is also scheduled over the top of next week’s Legislative Days, […]


September 24, 2025 - Cowboy statue controversy in Sisters

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, City officials in Sisters, Ore., are being accused of trying to ban construction of a bronze cowboy statue over fears that it will draw conservatives to town, according to the UK Daily Mail. The proposal to erect a bronze statue rodeo star Lane Frost […]


September 21, 2025 - Cultivate Northwest launched

Welcome to the next chapter: Cultivate Northwest! By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Since the 1990s, OFS has partnered with the Northwest Food and Forest Education Foundation to provide education and resources for agriculture, forestry, and natural resource communities. Today, with a refreshed mission and vision, the Foundation launches under […]


September 17, 2025 - Farmworker contests ICE arrest

By Oregon Small Business Association of Oregon, A 25-year-old Guatemalan man living in Woodburn, Ore., is challenging his detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who arrested four of seven workers during a raid on an Oregon blueberry farm. Before dawn on Aug. 7, ICE agents in unmarked SUVs stopped […]


September 14, 2025 - Make America Healthy Again issues recommendations

Make America Healthy Again Commission Publishes Strategy Recommendations By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Last week, the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released its Make Our Children Healthy Again: Recommendations of the MAHA Commission to President Trump, detailing its strategy to address childhood chronic disease through Federal Government restructuring. […]


September 10, 2025 - Tootie Smith chosen to head Oregon farm Service

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon The Trump administration has picked Republican Tootie Smith, former Clackamas County Commission chair, to serve as director of the Oregon Farm Service Agency in a move expected to advance the president’s less-regulation/more accountability agenda.  Democrat Craig Robers, former Clackamas County sheriff, defeated Smith, who served […]


September 7, 2025 - Beavers used to help with wildfires, salmon

By Oregon Family Farm Association, They don’t call it The Beaver State without reason, and Oregon’s lawmakers are doing what they can to protect the furry dam-makers from hunting, in part to safeguard drinking water, inhibit wildfires and help salmon, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. House Bill 3464 recently passed […]


September 3, 2025 - How drones are used to protect cattle from predators

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A team of biologists conducting research along the California-Oregon border is experimenting with some unconventional methods to deter apex predators from cattle. By using AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” movie clips, and even live human voices, they aim to keep wolves at bay. The wolf population has […]