The OWA both at the 2025 Oregon State Fair had volunteers from every chapter in the state! Over 55 members, relatives, and friends showed up to share Agriculture and OWA with attendees.
The 2025 OWA Booth at the Oregon State Fair, organized by Eastern Oregon
This year we challenged fairgoers on their knowledge of agricultural crops in everyday items. It was a fun activity that could be tailored to the knowledge level of the participants. Many comments were received about how you never think of agriculture being in many of the items such as shampoo, lotion, baseballs, etc.
New in the booth this year was a TV playing an agricultural presentation on a continuous loop. Thank you to the PR Committee for the idea and funding to make that happen. The Promotional Committee supplied the booth with very popular wooden rulers, bookmarks, stickers, magnets, and temporary tattoos. We also had Play-Doh and SourPunch Straws to hand out along with “Almost Everything Starts on a Farm or Ranch” bumper stickers.
The Farmer Feeds display returned to the state fair this year. The Lane County Chapter did a beautiful job of
The ‘Farmers Feed’ display features 168 place settings, representing the number of people a U.S. farmer feeds in one year—plus themselves.
decorating and setting it up. It is a powerful display that shares the important message of how many people one farmer feeds each day.
Thank you to everyone who helped this year, it was a great success and because of all of you we were able to share so much information!
~ Bethany Woodall, Eastern Oregon Chapter President