What is going on? Current Water Law Since 1955, it has been required to have a water right to intentionally grow any plants for sale in Oregon. Domestic exempt wells (a well drilled in order to serve...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Update from ODA 11/13/24: HPAI Confirmed in Malheur County On November 13, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) confirmed Highly Pathogeni...
FoFF Working to Expand Meat Processing in Oregon
2025 FoFF Meat Processing Bill What is the problem? Friends of Family Farmers has been working to expand small producers’ access to meat processing facilities around the state for over a decade. Unt...
FSA Announced Improvements to the Farm Loan Programs
Recently, the USDA just passed new rules for loan-making processes through the Farm Services Agency. Friends of Family Farmers knows that accessing USDA loans for any farm operations can be a scary an...
SB-85 Comment Period and Small Farm Exemptions
What is going on? SB-85, the CAFO program reform package that FoFF helped to pass in 2023, is finally ready to be implemented. After 9 months of internal work at Oregon Department of Agriculture, a Ru...
Meet the Board!
MEET THE TEAM!Who are the passionate people behind the scenes at FoFF? We are continuing to meet the team and introducing our passionate and dedicated board members at Friends of Family Farmers. We co...