/tags/farms farms en-US Copyright Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:45:10 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2023-12-04/osu-researchers-to-lead-4-2m-grant-study-on-honeybee-disease A persistent disease is killing honey bees, affecting farmers across the US. Now, a team of researchers—including several from Oregon State University—are on the case. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:45:10 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2023-12-04/osu-researchers-to-lead-4-2m-grant-study-on-honeybee-disease Chrissy Ewald /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-12-01/usda-grows-solar-power-in-rural-oregon-despite-limited-transmission-assistance Historic funding to the Rural Energy for America program has helped fund more than three dozen rural solar projects in Oregon this year. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 23:32:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-12-01/usda-grows-solar-power-in-rural-oregon-despite-limited-transmission-assistance Alex Baumhardt /food-and-agriculture/2023-04-27/california-bill-could-ban-foreign-investors-from-buying-state-farmland The bill would also require the state to annually track and publish a report on foreign ownership of California’s farmland. Critics say the bill could open the state up to retaliatory trade efforts. Thu, 27 Apr 2023 12:37:49 GMT /food-and-agriculture/2023-04-27/california-bill-could-ban-foreign-investors-from-buying-state-farmland Steve Milne / CapRadio /environment-energy-and-transportation/npr-news/2022-02-10/how-dairy-farmers-are-cashing-in-on-californias-push-for-cleaner-fuel Big dairy farms are profiting from California's tougher limits on greenhouse emissions. They're getting paid to capture methane from cow manure. But critics say the system subsidizes polluters. Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:10:46 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/npr-news/2022-02-10/how-dairy-farmers-are-cashing-in-on-californias-push-for-cleaner-fuel Dan Charles /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-11-25/farm-bureau-works-on-oregon-farm-succession Everyone needs to eat, and some of us like it a lot. But that doesn't mean we want to be in the business of making food. And that is an issue among… Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:33:04 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-11-25/farm-bureau-works-on-oregon-farm-succession The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-09-09/stories-of-southern-oregon-skiing-pears-and-more Dunbar Farms has been in Medford so long, the original pear orchards were plowed with the help of horses. 110 years later, most of the pear trees are… Mon, 09 Sep 2019 17:39:28 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-09-09/stories-of-southern-oregon-skiing-pears-and-more The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-06-01/farm-animals-unbound-cage-free-california One of the more notable ballot measures in California's November election could be a real chicken fight. Because it is all about the treatment of farm… Fri, 01 Jun 2018 16:44:39 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-06-01/farm-animals-unbound-cage-free-california Geoffrey Riley /show/as-it-was/2018-03-12/as-it-was-in-the-early-1900s-farm-fun-was-homemade-and-memorable Growing up in rural Oregon communities in the early 1900s was a combination of hard farm and ranch work, a few months of school and lots of good times.… Mon, 12 Mar 2018 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2018-03-12/as-it-was-in-the-early-1900s-farm-fun-was-homemade-and-memorable Alice Mullaly