farmers /tags/farmers farmers en-US Copyright Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:08:34 GMT Climate change increasingly taking a toll on Oregon farmers, ranchers /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-13/climate-change-increasingly-taking-a-toll-on-oregon-farmers-ranchers With climate change adding to their burden, agriculture researchers say more farmers are seeking ways to cope and be more resilient. Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:08:34 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-13/climate-change-increasingly-taking-a-toll-on-oregon-farmers-ranchers Alejandro Figueroa Hundreds of fruit packers in Oregon and Washington vote on union membership this week /labor-employment/2023-11-13/hundreds-of-fruit-packers-in-oregon-and-washington-vote-on-union-membership-this-week More than 350 apple, pear and cherry packers at three facilities in the Columbia River Gorge will decide this week whether to unionize. Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:24:12 GMT /labor-employment/2023-11-13/hundreds-of-fruit-packers-in-oregon-and-washington-vote-on-union-membership-this-week Alex Baumhardt Rogue Food Unites celebrates one year of free farmers markets /food-and-agriculture/2023-11-08/rogue-food-unites-celebrates-one-year-of-free-farmers-markets In Oregon, about 10 percent of residents struggle with food insecurity. In the Rogue Valley, one nonprofit has found a unique way to help: a free farmers market, open to all. Wed, 08 Nov 2023 13:30:30 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2023-11-08/rogue-food-unites-celebrates-one-year-of-free-farmers-markets Jane Vaughan Extreme weather has triggered over $3 billion in insurance payouts to California farmers since 2001 /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-11-03/extreme-weather-has-triggered-over-3-billion-in-insurance-payouts-to-california-farmers-since-2001 The program, funded in large part by taxpayer money, pays farmers when their crop yields decline in an effort to keep the agricultural sector economically stable. Fri, 03 Nov 2023 13:37:11 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-11-03/extreme-weather-has-triggered-over-3-billion-in-insurance-payouts-to-california-farmers-since-2001 Manola Secaira A glut of french fry potatoes means a big spud dump across Northwest /food-and-agriculture/2023-10-30/a-glut-of-french-fry-potatoes-means-a-big-spud-dump-across-northwest Farmers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alberta are all dumping potatoes Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:36:35 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2023-10-30/a-glut-of-french-fry-potatoes-means-a-big-spud-dump-across-northwest Anna King Farmworker overtime bill moves closer to final passage /labor-employment/2022-02-28/farmworker-overtime-bill-moves-closer-to-final-passage The measure is the most divisive of the 2022 short legislative session. Lawmakers have largely been split along party lines, with Republicans echoing concerns of many farmers who say the legislation would devastate the state’s agricultural industry and force family farms to move toward automation or sell to large corporations. Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:02:05 GMT /labor-employment/2022-02-28/farmworker-overtime-bill-moves-closer-to-final-passage Lauren Dake Bill To Grant Overtime Pay To Oregon Farmworkers Gets Last-Ditch Shot At Revival /food-and-agriculture/2021-06-17/bill-to-grant-overtime-pay-to-oregon-farmworkers-gets-last-ditch-shot-at-revival House Bill 2358 had been considered dead. A new proposal to use public money to cover farmers' overtime costs might not change that fate. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 13:00:35 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2021-06-17/bill-to-grant-overtime-pay-to-oregon-farmworkers-gets-last-ditch-shot-at-revival Dirk VanderHart High-Stakes Supreme Court Clash Between California Growers, Farmworkers Could Blow Up Other Laws /law-and-justice/2021-03-22/high-stakes-supreme-court-clash-between-california-growers-farmworkers-could-blow-up-other-laws At issue is a 1975 California law that allows union organizers limited access to farms so they can seek support from workers in forming a union. Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:31:57 GMT /law-and-justice/2021-03-22/high-stakes-supreme-court-clash-between-california-growers-farmworkers-could-blow-up-other-laws Nina Totenberg Farmer Group Sets Up Relief Fund /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-04-01/farmer-group-sets-up-relief-fund Farmers live among us and grow our food. And a number of programs urge us to get to know local farmers better. Here's another place where Covid-19… Wed, 01 Apr 2020 17:18:30 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-04-01/farmer-group-sets-up-relief-fund The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team As It Was: Farmers Strike It Rich as Gold Miners /show/as-it-was/2019-08-09/as-it-was-farmers-strike-it-rich-as-gold-miners Two married brothers were farmers in their hometown of Red Bluff, Calif., when they decided to try their hand at cattle ranching. The brothers, John B.… Fri, 09 Aug 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-08-09/as-it-was-farmers-strike-it-rich-as-gold-miners Gail Fiorini-Jenner