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Polk Chapter Winter Update
Fall continued to be busy for the Polk county ladies! We reached out to Polk, Marion and Benton county high schools to encourage students to write an essay for our 2017 Constitutional Essay contest. As of today, we have received nine entries! A definite increase from...
Marion-Clackamas Chapter Winter Update
Fall harvest has just flown by for the Marion-Clackamas ladies. We had the most successful pie card fundraiser to date, selling more than 100 pies from Willamette Valley Pie Company! Thanks to their generosity, we're able to help further OWA's ag education outreach...
Columbia Gorge Chapter Winter Update
The Columbia Gorge chapter meet for a fall social on Wednesday, November 15 at Freebridge Brewery in The Dalles with 10 participants. The fun started with everyone identifying the agricultural products in our pizza, beer, wine and water and noting that local...
Comment on Worker Protection Standard Rulemaking
By Arwen McGilvra - To Garnet Cooke at OR-OSHA, I am very concerned about the OR-OSHA WPS PROPOSAL. I am the fourth generation to live on my families Willamette Valley farm. The farm my great-grandfather bought after leaving the dust bowl in North Dakota. The farm my...
Polk Chapter Fall Update
Polk County OWA has been busy this summer! Here’s what we’ve been working on: At the Polk County Fair – We presented our “Explore Opportunities in Agriculture” display board with brochures detailing a few of the many jobs available in agriculture. We also helped...
Linn-Benton Chapter Fall Update
We are pleased that harvest is over and fall has arrived! Our members put up two county fair booths and volunteered to help kids and their parents grind wheat and answer questions at the Benton County Fair. Thanks to Katie Glaser, Lorie Tharp, Kristi Miller, Betty Jo...
Yamhill Chapter Fall Update
We are busy planning the 2018 State Convention, Februrary 14-17th. Plans are coming together and it looks like it will be fun and educational! Also we are planning on our annual gift pack sale for November and December. If anyone would like to place orders early...
Marion-Clackamas Chapter Fall Update
This hot summer was very busy for the Marion-Clackamas chapter. We overhauled our Oregon Trail Farms guide this year, which included building a reliable and modern website as well as starting a Facebook page to promote our participating farms. We had 13 farm stands in...
Columbia Gorge Chapter Fall Update
Fall is here and that means the Columbia Gorge chapter is back to holding meetings after the summer harvest break. Our fall meeting was held Tuesday, September 12 in The Dalles, with 5 members and 2 guests present. Our chapter’s college scholarship winner, Emily...
REAL Oregon Leadership Development
By Helle Ruddenklau - There is an effort to revive the agricultural leadership program in Oregon. There was a similar program about 18 years ago, which unfortunately only lasted for one year. The program will start this fall and consist of five two and a half day...