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50 Years of Grit and Grace
In 1974 Oregon Women for Agriculture along with Women for the Survival of Agriculture in Michigan, Wisconsin Women for Agriculture, and Washington Women for the Survival of Agriculture came together in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin to form American Agri-Women. This past...
2024 Photo Contest Results
By Kristi Miller, Education Chair, Linn-Benton OWA has once again gathered beautiful photos for its third annual Photo Contest. Mary Howarth won first place and $50 for her “Frosty Hazelnut Trees”. She says, “This picture was taken at sunrise on January 16, 2024 at...
Oregon Women in Timber Update
OWIT members continued to stay busy in November. Douglas County Chapter celebrated Veteran’s Day and participated in their local parade, passing out candy and Coni Fir stickers. They also placed wreaths at their local veteran’s cemetery Saturday December 14th with the...
2025 Oregon AITC Literacy Project Book Selected
Outdoor Farm Indoor Farm selected as the featured 2025 Literacy Project book Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom is excited to announce their featured 2025 Literacy Project book, Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm by Lindsay Metcalf. Join two children as they explore the inner...
Polk Chapter Winter 2025 Update
This fall our chapter participated as one of the non-profit organizations in the Festival of Trees event sponsored by the Dallas Chamber, Visitor Center, and the Dallas Arts Association. The chamber helped pair each non-profit with a local business to assist with...
Central Oregon Chapter Update
We were busy in October volunteering every weekend at the Smith Rock Ranch, in Terrebonne. The Pumpkin Patch has a total attendance for the month of about 25,000 people. WOW. We visited with many people including our own Jessica Jansen and her family. Dawn and...
Lane Chapter Winter 2025 Update
A quick update on what our chapters been up to. November 7th, we held our annual members social at Bennett Vineyards in Chesire. It was a good time with food and friends resulting in two new members Stevie Miller & Shelby Filley, Welcome! This year we had three...
Linn-Benton Chapter Winter 2025 Update
The Linn-Benton Chapter kicked off the fall season with a meeting at the Squeaky Cork, where we welcomed two FFA state officers, Vivian Seaholm and Julie Amos. Our chapter also contributed a basket and a Pendleton blanket to the Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom...
Winter 2025 Legislative Committee Update
At the federal level, the Legislative Committee supported three coalition letters. The first letter was submitted to EPA to address their draft Insecticide Strategy to Reduce Exposure of Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened Species and Designated Critical...
Winter 2025 Eastern Oregon Update
The Eastern Chapter held our annual fall social at the Echo Corn Maze. It was a great time to reconnect with members and meet some potential new members. We drew the winner for our BBQ raffle that night as well. We were able to raise $9,000 in ticket sales with...