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“Let the city feed itself”
In progressive strongholds such as Portland, the call to “eat local” is strong and persistent. Portland may have ... Read more
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Cover Story
Keeping Portland fed is a big job
Let’s pick a sweet, bright-red strawberry — make it a venerable Hood variety, Oregon’s most beloved — and ... Read more
Making-a-living
Coos Bay loses 111 high-paying jobs
Communities in and around the coastal city of Coos Bay are looking to rebound quickly from the recent ... Read more
The Land
Who will work Oregon’s farmland?
While he grew up working all parts of the family farm, Max Nilsson says, “the last seven years ... Read more
Columns
Dining with Bigfoot
Athena, Ore., is the largest gathering of humans I’ve lived with in the last 50 years. By most ... Read more
The Culture
Meet the rural lobby
Few Oregonians would ever accept a job without knowing the salary. Agricultural producers do that every season. They ... Read more
The Culture
They wrote the book on the urban-rural divide
Stereotypes about the divergent lifestyles and viewpoints of urban and rural populations are nothing new. The cliché of ... Read more
The Land
Mass potential for mass timber
After nearly 100 years in business in the Mid-Willamette Valley, Freres Lumber Co. was at a crossroads. Forced ... Read more
Making-a-living
Cap and trade: Oregon lawmakers work to adopt carbon pricing policy
SALEM — Oregon lawmakers are considering a new carbon pricing policy during this year’s legislative session aimed at ... Read more
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Machine converts forest debris into biochar
LEBANON, Ore. — A blast of intense heat escapes the Carbonator 500 as Anders Ragnarsson opens the combustion ... Read more