Good Food Coalition Applauds Governor’s Executive Order as Good Step Forward Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network SEATTLE, WA – A coalition of farmers, children’s health advocates, environmentalists, and anti-hunger advocates applauded the Executive Order issued today by Governor Gregoire at the Food Systems Strategies Summit. Executive Order 10-02 brings […]

ODA inspectors monitor gold buyers and their scales Oregon Department of Agriculture The price of gold hovers at about $1,200 an ounce, the US dollar is weak, and the economic downturn is prompting many Americans to find ways of making some cash. As a result, more people- including a number […]

By Oregonians For Food and Shelter, Public comments due to EPA by 6/28/2010 8:59 A.M.  PDT The “Pitchfork Rebellion” and “Pesticide Poisoning Victims United,” activist groups from rural Lane County lead by Day Owen (A.K.A. Abba Nazariah) under the umbrella of the Oregon Toxics Alliance in Eugene, have successfully petitioned […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation Senators continue to haggle over amendments to the House passed American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213), which would extend a number of expired tax credits and provide disaster aid to farmers and ranchers. While much of the bill is expected to go […]

By  Judy Scott Oregon State University Extension Office photo by Robin Rosetta CORVALLIS, Ore. – A destructive insect called azalea bark scale has been found this spring on azaleas, rhododendrons and Japanese andromeda in Corvallis and Eugene. “We notice damage when the leaves of plants turn black from the scale […]

Statement from NCBA President Steve Foglesong Regarding USDA Proposed Rule on Livestock Marketing National Cattlemen’s Beef Association WASHINGTON – The following is a statement from National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Steve Foglesong regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) plans for a proposed […]

OREGON HOUSE MEMBERS LEAD BIPARTISAN EFFORT CHALLENGING EPA’S DECISION TO UNDERMINE SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of Oregon’s House congressional delegation, Reps. Greg Walden (R-Hood River), Peter DeFazio (D-Springfield), Kurt Schrader (D-Canby), and David Wu (D-Hillsdale) and led 63 members of Congress in sending a letter to Environmental Protection […]

By Adam Wlaters, Stoel Rives LLP, Attorneys at Law In November 2009 the Washington State Building Code Council (“WSBCC”) approved amendments to the Washington State Residential Energy Code imposing additional energy efficiency requirements for newly permitted homes.  The controversial changes, found in Chapter 9 of the new Code, are scheduled […]

Dave Dietz, JD Salem writer, We have heard much recently about the oil well break in the Gulf.   And, no doubt about it, harm will be a consequence of this effort to access and gain oil. Still, most of this harm can be relatively temporary, even passing. The broken well […]

Natural Resource Report News Note: Oregon’s new stricter field burning ban goes into effect this summer.  Last year 50,000 acres were burned and this year it will be down to 15,000 acres for certain areas. The state had to deny over 3,500 acres of burn requests due to the new […]