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USDA Grant Helps Oregon Yak Farmer

By Oregon Family farm Association

A Southern Oregon rancher received a $235,000 grant to market and develop the products from her herd of 80 Tibetan yaks bred and raised on the 200-acre Firebird Farms near Ashland, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. Continue reading

Farm To Fork Bill In Legislature

By Oregon Family Farm Association

A “farm to fork” bill introduced in the Oregon Legislature would create a demonstration project in Lane County where farmers could open restaurants to serve food grown on their land, according to KLCC, but opponents say such a bill would urbanize rural areas and increase both traffic and pollution. Continue reading

Bill To Help Farmers In Stress

By Oregon Family Farm Association,

Farmers are two to three times more likely to kill themselves than the general public, according to a study by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which prompted calls to create a suicide helpline for people who work the land, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. Continue reading

Roloff Farm Hit Hard By Storm

(photo: Matt Roloff Instagram)
By Oregon Family Farm Association

Audrey Roloff, the 31-year-old star from the Little People, Big World reality show, shared an Instagram clip from a windy day on her family’s $1.5 million Oregon farm highlighting deer frolicking amid trees on green grass, according to The Sun. Continue reading

Storm Damage At Famous Farmhouse

By Oregon Family Farm Association,

Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, heavy winds following a severe ice storm caused an enormous tree to topple and nearly strike one of Oregon’s most famous farmhouses. Continue reading

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