Back in March, a herd of dairy cattle in Texas tested positive for Avian Flu. This is a new concern for cattle and dairy farmers and has since spread to several states (See Affected States). In the ca...
What is Happening with the CAFO Program?
FoFF has received reports about claims that ODA is targeting small farms and trying to drive them out of business. In particular, there is one youtube video with millions of views and a lot of sensati...
Small Farm Water Rights and OWRD Groundwater Allocation Process
There have been a lot of news articles, youtube videos and social media posts about the Oregon State government shutting down small farms in new rules. That is not entirely true but there have been so...
The 2024 Legislative Session has come to a close!
Thank you to all the farmers, community members, advocates, and legislative partners that spoke up for our farmers this session. There were some bright spots, and some worrying trends that we will hav...
Thank You to our Outgoing Oregon Pasture Network Program (OPN) Manager!
We are sadly announcing the departure of Courtney Stone as our OPN Program Manager effective March 29th. What a year it has been! Courtney has brought so much insight, organization and thoughtfulness...