By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Late this afternoon, the Oregon Elections Division completed signature verification for Initiative Petition 28 and has determined that the petition does NOT contain sufficient signatures to qualify for the November general election ballot. While some in the industry hoped to see it on the […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Forest Grove firefighters quickly doused a brush fire started in a crimson clover field near Gales Creek by farming equipment, days after firefighters fought a similar field fire sparked by combine. The blaze burned two acres in the 5400 block of Northwest Old Wilson River […]

Regulatory Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter,   The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) has released the final Climate Resilience Attributes of Oregon Lands and Waters report. The metrics developed from these attributes will be used to track state agency progress toward the Governor’s climate resilience goals. During the […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, As part of its recycling program, California has offered a $5 million grant to help Revino expand its reusable wine bottles with a washing and processing center. With the CalRecycle grant, Revino, a Newberg startup that has sold 1.9 million specially designed bottles for […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, OFS and our broad coalition of concerned partners are closely watching the developments for IP 28, or what we believe is likely to become Ballot Measure 121. Oregon voters are inching closer to voting on whether to prohibit animal agriculture, pest control, hunting and […]

Helfrich Calls for Immediate Action to Protect Oregon Family Farms By Oregon State Representative Jeff Helfrich, Hood River, OR – Following a meeting with Columbia Gorge tree fruit growers yesterday afternoon, Representative Jeff Helfrich (R-Hood River) is calling on Governor Tina Kotek, state agencies, and legislative leaders to take immediate […]

New Lawsuit Threatens Forest Management as Oregon Faces Another Summer of Wildfire and Smoke By American Forest Resource Council A new lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Bureau of Land Management’s Northwestern and Coastal Oregon Resource Management Plan for western Oregon’s O&C lands threatens to delay active forest management across 1.3 […]

Jay Remy, ODFW, Press release, It’s gonna be a hot one—for people and for fish this year. Oregon’s snowpack is at a record-breaking low this year and most of the state is in moderate to extreme drought as of June 2026. That will present challenges for cold-water fish, like trout […]

Regulatory Update By Oregonians For Food and Shelter,   OFS submitted comments to the Board of Agriculture ahead of their meeting regarding budget reductions and program prioritization. We emphasized that prioritization should focus on measurable program impacts, lowering Pesticide Analytical Response Center (PARC) and Pesticide Stewardship Partnership (PSP) due to […]

A New Era for Oregon Seafood Starts Now, USDA Announces Office of Seafood By Tootie Smith, State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Oregon    Oregon fishers, crabbers, clammers and shrimpers will greatly benefit from the newly established Office of Seafood, recently announced by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins in a move that signals a stronger federal commitment to support and […]