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Stahlbush Island Farms, a family-owned, certified sustainable farm based in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, is proud to announce ...
For decades, the family-owned farm on Sunnyview Road and Walker Road in east Salem grew a variety of crops, including pole beans, clover hay and strawberries. Developers are seeking to turn the ...
Babbinswood Farm, an organic farm near Oswestry, will be joining the national farm open day on June 8. The farm is aiming to make the community its landlord through the sale of half their land to ...
THAT IS WHAT WE WANT."> THIS IS AN ORCHARD FIELD AT HIKARI FARMS WHERE ORGANIC FUJI APPLES WILL GROW THIS FALL AND THEN BE DISTRIBUTED TO FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE CENTRAL COAST THE FAMILY ...
YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) — A nationwide shortage of organic dairy products has led to empty shelves and higher prices at grocery stores, as farmers grapple with rising costs to keep their ...
but organic farming hasn’t kept pace. That may change as farmers partner with brands. Mexican and Guatemalan workers harvest organically grown squash at Lady Moon Farms in Punta Gorda ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Small farms are struggling to stay open and farmers in Oregon are looking to lawmakers for help. Since 2017, Oregon has lost over 2,000 farms. Now farmers, ranchers ...
ALBANY, Ore. — In 2022, the Oregon Legislature passed a landmark bill requiring overtime pay for farm workers. It gave employers a gradual ramp-up, so they won't be paying overtime after a 40 ...
One reason is market demand. Another is that organic farmers face higher production costs than non-organic, or conventional farms. For produce to be certified organic, it needs to be grown without ...
So suggests a new study in the journal Science that examined how organic farms influence the behavior of their neighbors. Researchers found that when new organic fields come online, the insects ...
SEVERAL YEARS AGO. HIGHGATE DAIRY FARM IN NEWPORT HAS BEEN IN THE ORGANIC BUSINESS FOR TEN YEARS. THEY HAVE FELT THE ECONOMIC CRUNCH IN RECENT YEARS, BUT REMAIN STEADFAST ON THE BENEFITS OF THEIR ...
Volunteers of the University of Minnesota Student Organic Farm (SOF) have learned how to grow and provide organic produce at the University’s weekly farmers market every Wednesday at the Getaway Plaza ...