by Jessica Jansen | Jan 20, 2025 | Advocacy
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...
by Jessica Jansen | Sep 27, 2024 | Advocacy
At the federal level, the Legislative Committee signed on to support a bipartisan Farm Bill Coalition letter and an ESA risk assessment reform letter. As a stakeholder group, we joined efforts to request EPA improve its process for assessing potential risks that...
by lmg_admin | Oct 27, 2018 | Advocacy, Agriculture
l am a farmer, and it does a disservice to Oregon when news outlets publish stories like “Weed-killing chemical found in cereals, oat products, report says”. I spend considerable time trying to educate the public about modern agriculture, and articles like this do...
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 | Apr 25, 2017 | Advocacy, Uncategorized
Oregon Women for Agriculture are opposed to Lincoln County ballot measure 21-177. This letter to the editor was submitted to the Newport Times on February 21st by OWA Past President and Lincoln County resident, Deanna Dyksterhuis. To the Editor: The ballot measure...
by lmg_admin | Mar 23, 2017 | Advocacy
By Melinda Petersen, Marion-Clackamas Chapter – Oregon has 228 family dairy farms, ranging from fewer than 100 cows being milked each day to more than 30,000. Regardless of the size of the farm, there are certain values, standards and management practices that...
