by lmg_admin | Jan 15, 2018 | Polk Chapter
Fall continued to be busy for the Polk county ladies! We reached out to Polk, Marion and Benton county high schools to encourage students to write an essay for our 2017 Constitutional Essay contest. As of today, we have received nine entries! A definite increase from...
by lmg_admin | Jan 15, 2018 | Marion-Clackamas Chapter
Fall harvest has just flown by for the Marion-Clackamas ladies. We had the most successful pie card fundraiser to date, selling more than 100 pies from Willamette Valley Pie Company! Thanks to their generosity, we’re able to help further OWA’s ag education...
by lmg_admin | Jan 15, 2018 | Columbia Gorge Chapter
The Columbia Gorge chapter meet for a fall social on Wednesday, November 15 at Freebridge Brewery in The Dalles with 10 participants. The fun started with everyone identifying the agricultural products in our pizza, beer, wine and water and noting that local...
by lmg_admin | Dec 8, 2017 | Advocacy, Uncategorized
By Arwen McGilvra – To Garnet Cooke at OR-OSHA, I am very concerned about the OR-OSHA WPS PROPOSAL. I am the fourth generation to live on my families Willamette Valley farm. The farm my great-grandfather bought after leaving the dust bowl in North Dakota. The...
by lmg_admin | Nov 22, 2017 | Polk Chapter
Polk County OWA has been busy this summer! Here’s what we’ve been working on: At the Polk County Fair – We presented our “Explore Opportunities in Agriculture” display board with brochures detailing a few of the many jobs available in agriculture. We also helped...
