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Volunteer With Us at the State Fair
This year’s theme, “Where Oregon Comes Together. ” Visit the Oregon State Fair site to learn more. Our plan is to tell the OWA story on standup easels with text and pictures with the Ag quilt as background. We’ll showcase OWA and chapter projects as much as we...
Extremists Cause Rift in Rural Oregon Community
Out highway 36 in the community of Triangle Lake, just West of Junction City, Oregon, has been in turmoil for the last four years. In early 2010, a group in the area known as the “Pitchfork Rebellion” made accusations that they were being exposed to toxic levels of...
Oregon Agriculture: Rooted in the Past – Growing for the Future 2013 OWA Auction
The 2013 OWA Fundraiser Auction is in the history book as a success! Thank you to everyone who committed time, energy and talent to this huge undertaking. New categories included the Wine Lottery, where you bought a $20 token and received a number that corresponded...
Eat, Play, Live Food & Fitness Affair 2013
Oregon Women for Agriculture is happy to partner with the first ever Eat, Play, Live event in Salem. We're sponsoring "The Journey of Healthy Food" Farm to Fork seminars and we'll have a booth at the tradeshow. We have arranged for a group of speakers with a variety...
2013 Oral Auction Items 21-46
21. Seattle by Train Board Amtrak and begin your journey for two to Seattle, Washington. Once you arrive you can see the city from the ‘Duck Tour Boat’ (goes on water and on land), then use your $250 VISA card for the hotel of your choice. Dinner at the top of the...
Announcing the 2013 Oral Auction Items! 1-20
1. OWA Auction Platinum Table Reserve your seats for 2014! The exclusive PLATINUM TABLE for eight can be yours for next year’s OWA Auction. Get the VIP treatment and special recognition for you and your guests. Oregon Women for Agriculture 2. Secluded Steens Mountain...
March Report
The weather was perfect, the conversations lively, and the speakers were intriguing at the 2013 OWA Convention hosted by PCWA. Thank You to our speakers. Darin Grimm, president of Ag Chat Foundation who is a self confessed introvert yet leads this social networking...
March Report
Linn/Benton—The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow… On February 19th , 32 members attended our annual dinner meeting with a slide show movie put together by member, Shawn Wells. She visited Africa last summer and she was our entertainment. We were surprised to find out that...
March Report
Our Central Oregon chapter has been busy working on new ideas and supporting old ones too. We are exploring the possibility of creating a scholastic scholarship. Christina Withers has volunteered to gather some information to present at our April meeting. We are...
March Report
The Ladies in Marion/Clackamas Counties have been busy! Not only with their own farm chores but also with their County chores! We had ten ladies from our county attend the Oregon Women for Agriculture yearly Convention at Salishan in Lincoln City on March 8th &...