Wyden, Merkley Announce $2.3 Million for Rural Renewable Energy Projects
Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act will go toward 28 Oregon projects aimed at building renewable energy and energy efficiency infrastructure.
Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act will go toward 28 Oregon projects aimed at building renewable energy and energy efficiency infrastructure.
Records show the dairy site has been sold back to its original owners, ending plans to resurrect the controversial operation.
Some activists call the bill “watered down” after the Legislature struck down a provision calling for a moratorium.
Concerns about industrial agriculture were mainly expressed by respondents living in urban areas, held college degrees, who were less likely to have school-age children.
Noble Family Dairy will pay a $25K fine for harboring 130 more cattle than it was permitted, causing manure to flow into a creek and river.
A University of Portland team is working on a way to detect the blooms — which can make people and animals sick, and devastate coastal economies — on a molecular level.
McCollum will be present at a Saturday meet and greet with Adelsheim Vineyard, with which he has had a partnership since 2017.
Oregon Housing and Community Services interviews show how low wages, housing shortages are impacting farmworkers.
The share of organic produce that’s both eaten and grown locally is relatively small — but the amount of organic acreage grown in the state is growing.
The Bill’s chief sponsor says the new, voluntary soil health program represents a ‘new way forward’ for Salem Democrats to approach farming issues.