Alejandro Figueroa
Oregon Public BroadcastingAlejandro Figueroa is a JPR content partner from Oregon Public Broadcasting. Alejandro is a graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.
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Oregon farmworkers, many of them immigrants, face a housing market that is fraught with substandard living conditions or is financially out of reach. -
A group of about a dozen farmers is lobbying state legislators to loosen Oregon's iconic land use laws to expand business opportunities on agricultural land. -
If passed, Measure 119 would give most workers in the industry, including those in cannabis retail and processing, the right to unionize. -
A conservation group will pilot a program that uses GPS, collars and cows. The concept could make Eastern Oregon rangelands more resilient against wildfires. -
More Oregonians were food insecure, couldn鈥檛 afford groceries or outright skipped meals in 2023, compared to 2020. That鈥檚 according to an annual U.S. Department of Agriculture household food security report released Wednesday. -
Oregon officials are proposing significant updates to farmworker housing standards to improve health and safety. -
Earlier this month, a U.S. District judge in Portland issued a ruling about grasshoppers control. The decision has implications for Oregon's public rangelands. -
Wildfires in Eastern Oregon have significantly altered the landscape this summer 鈥� and burnt crucial livestock range grounds. That鈥檚 left many cattle displaced or dead, and ranchers facing major losses. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will more closely weigh in on the harm caused when pesticides drift away from farm fields onto nearby communities. -
Oregon farmers raising sheep, chicken or cows will soon have to comply with new state rules. -
With climate change adding to their burden, agriculture researchers say more farmers are seeking ways to cope and be more resilient. -
Over the last few years, farmers and ranchers in southern and eastern Oregon have dealt with record-breaking grasshopper infestations. To help fight the plant-munching swarms, the state's department of agriculture will send funds to five of the most impacted counties.
