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May 6, 2024 - Joining the Modern Ag Alliance

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, OFS is proud to support the Modern Ag Alliance, a diverse group of over 60 agricultural groups across the U.S., led by Bayer, pushing for science and uniformity in the regulation of crop protection tools.   The group is focused on legislative solutions that […]


May 1, 2024 - Wyden: 11 Oregon Ag projects funded

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced the introduction of the Oregon Research Bounty Act, legislation to authorize funding for 11 research projects that benefit Oregon’s agriculture and forest product sectors. As the former top Democrat on the Appropriations subcommittee that writes our […]


April 24, 2024 - DeRemer: Major agriculture final report issued

Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) Press Release Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and her colleagues on the bipartisan Agricultural Labor Working Group (ALWG) released a final report that details policy recommendations to address workforce issues facing the nation’s ag producers. The report comes after months of engaging with stakeholders, employers, and workers […]


April 22, 2024 - REAL Oregon 2024 Ag leaders honored

REAL Oregon Celebrates Class 7 Graduation, Empowering Rural Leaders for a Sustainable Future By REAL Oregon, SALEM–REAL Oregon is thrilled to announce the graduation of Class 7 marking another milestone in the organization’s commitment to empowering natural resource leaders and fostering sustainable growth in Oregon communities. “We are immensely proud […]


April 17, 2024 - Judge sides with right-to-milk

By Oregon Family Farm Association It’s only temporary, but people in Oregon won’t need a state permit to milk a trio of cows or a handful of goats after a U.S. District Court judge prevented the Oregon Department of Agriculture from enforcing its new rule as it intended to do […]


April 15, 2024 - Oregon Environmental Justice Council update

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, OFS continues to track the work of Oregon’s Environmental Justice Council, as the Council directs the development of a new Environmental Justice mapping tool for Oregon based on HB 4077, passed in the 2022 Legislative Session. Two OFS staff members, Katie Murray and Tiffany […]


April 10, 2024 - Rep. Bentz pushes to delist Gray Wolves

Bentz Leads Letter to Urge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Delist Gray Wolves as a Protected Species Press Release WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Bentz led 19 of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Director, Martha Williams, urging her to delist the […]


April 8, 2024 - Activists abuse the petition process

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, OFS submitted comments to EPA related to the Agency’s process for handling pesticide efficacy data as part of the pesticide registration process. In this case, petitioners are pushing the Agency to require efficacy data for neonicotinoids and other systemic insecticides. More and more, we […]


April 3, 2024 - Oregon Ag crisis helpline now open

By OSU Extension Office A crisis helpline dedicated to serving Oregon’s agricultural and forestry communities is now open. The Oregon Agristress Helpline – 833-897-2474 – is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week by call or text. The voice line can be accessed in up to 160 languages […]


March 26, 2024 - Comment on Supreme Ct. denial of petition for writ of certiorari on O&C lands case

AFRC and AOCC Comment on U.S. Supreme Court’s Denial of Petition for Writ of Certiorari on O&C Lands Case By American Forest Resourcr Council, The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the Obama-era expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 2016 Resource Management […]