June 2016 – Oregon Family Farm Association

Miss Oregon: Agricultural Ambassador to Japan

June 11, 2016 / OFFA / Comments Off

BY NAOMI INMAN

Oregon’s Department of Agriculture (ODA) deployed a new culinary ambassador this recent February when Miss Oregon 2015, Ali Wallace, flew to Japan to promote trade and raise eyebrows for her home state’s sensational food and beverage exports. Continue reading

Oregon Wine Industry Flourishes

June 10, 2016 / OFFA / Comments Off

Attracts Out of State Buyers

BY MATT EVANS

In the last decade, Oregon’s wine industry has evolved from a cottage industry into one the state’s burgeoning economic engines. Continue reading

Oregon FFA’s Future is Bright

June 9, 2016 / OFFA / Comments Off

Not Enough Teachers to Catch Up

The FFA Motto: Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, and Living to Serve.

BY NAOMI INMAN

When you think of the Oregon FFA Association (OFFA), three words come to mind: Continue reading

NW Cranberry Growers See Record Growth

June 9, 2016 / OFFA / Comments Off

Sometimes all it takes is an opportunity. That’s what cranberry growers in Oregon and Washington have been given following the 2015 fall harvest season.

BY KURT HEATH

As demand for cranberries and related market competition continue to rise in the United States and around the world, the Northwest’s cranberry industry is poised to capitalize on a less than stellar 2015 in Wisconsin, which is the largest cranberry growing state in the country. Continue reading

Oregon Seed Council Director Roger Beyer

June 7, 2016 / OFFA / Comments Off