By Senator David Brock Smith, SB 872, which directs the State Forestry Department to collaborate with the respective Douglas & Coos Forest Protection Associations and the United States Forest Service, with a focus on protecting lands and rural communities within the wildland-urban interface from fire on federal lands through stewardship […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Legislative Update   With just over three weeks left until the constitutional sine die, the legislative stall out continued into its 5th week. The situation has attracted national attention, and despite efforts by Governor Kotek to assist negotiations, the impasse continues, making it the longest […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation The Portland Bureau of Transportation received a $2 million grant to establish the nation’s first zero-emissions delivery zone downtown where no gas- or diesel-powered delivery trucks or vans can travel in a 16-block area, according to the Portland Business Journal. The bureau hasn’t yet […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A Portland Democrat in Congress wants the federal government to reform laws so legal cannabis businesses such as those in Oregon can tap into tax deductions as well as banking and financial services offered to other businesses, according to the Portland Business Journal. To […]

By Oregon Family farm Association A Southern Oregon rancher received a $235,000 grant to market and develop the products from her herd of 80 Tibetan yaks bred and raised on the 200-acre Firebird Farms near Ashland, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. Owner Sophia Weiss, one of 11 Oregon farmers who […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association A “farm to fork” bill introduced in the Oregon Legislature would create a demonstration project in Lane County where farmers could open restaurants to serve food grown on their land, according to KLCC, but opponents say such a bill would urbanize rural areas and increase […]

By Oregon State Representative Cyrus Javadi, Newsletter, I finally received a response from Governor Kotek regarding my March 7th letter regarding the devastating impacts of the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Her response was less than I had hoped for. In essence, the Governor acknowledged that […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Farmers are two to three times more likely to kill themselves than the general public, according to a study by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which prompted calls to create a suicide helpline for people who work the land, according to Oregon Public […]

(photo: Matt Roloff Instagram) By Oregon Family Farm Association Audrey Roloff, the 31-year-old star from the Little People, Big World reality show, shared an Instagram clip from a windy day on her family’s $1.5 million Oregon farm highlighting deer frolicking amid trees on green grass, according to The Sun. She […]

By Norm Groot as featured in Californian Farm Bureau newsletter The destruction to agricultural properties and crops from January and March flooding in Monterey County is considerable. There is frustration about a failure to address known dangers that caused or worsened the flood toll in this critical farming region. For […]