by lmg_admin | Oct 24, 2014 | Advocacy, Pesticides, Uncategorized
From our friends at Oregonians for Food & Shelter and Oregon Forest Industries Council – Download the report here. Download the report here. (PDF) In profiling the use of herbicides in Oregon’s forestry sector, two recent stories in The Oregonian (Story 1,...
by lmg_admin | Oct 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Whew! Summer is over and the leaves are changing. Now that I have time to be inside I wonder where all this dust came from, that I was too tired to notice during June, July & August. A time and a season for everything! OWA is involved with Celebrate Oregon...
by lmg_admin | Oct 14, 2014 | Advocacy, Uncategorized, Yamhill Chapter
This op-ed by Helle Ruddenklau appeared in the McMinnville News-Register on September 12, 2014.
by lmg_admin | Oct 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Polk county member and OWA 2nd Vice President Tiffany Marx talks about how family farms like hers grow Oregon wheat. Wheat Facts 90% of wheat grown in Oregon is exported Wheat ranks #6 in Oregon’s top crops Wheat is the #1 product exported through the Port of...
by lmg_admin | Oct 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Marion-Clackamas member Lauren Olson talks about the bountiful Oregon tree fruits that Oregon farm families grow! Tree Fruit Facts: Oregon farmers produce an average of 48 pounds of pears, apples, sweet cherries and peaches per person in Oregon The pear is...
by lmg_admin | Oct 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Mary Holzapfel was the founder and first president of Oregon Women for Agriculture. The below article appeared in the Albany Democrat Herald October 7, 2014. Frugal — with flair — across a lifetime By Theresa Novak When grass seed farmer Ralph Holzapfel married...
