The legislative process is how elected officials take a policy concept from an idea to a new law. It is intensely rigid, happens in the capitol building and can feel outdated and formal in many ways.....
Advocacy Series: The Role of the Farmer Policy Advisory Committee
FoFF prides itself on being an organization by and for farmers. Last week’s blog talked at length about how we get the people we serve involved in the policy creation process. But once we have this...
Advocacy Series: How does FoFF set priorities?
This is the first in a series of blog posts preceding the 2026 Short Session of the Oregon Legislature and in this post we will walk you through how we set priorities using the input from our focus gr...
2025 Session Wrap Up: What Happened in Salem?
The 2025 long session of the Oregon State Legislature came to a close on June 28, 2025. This was a session that broke some norms and had more federal influence than the FoFF team has seen in recent me...
Exempt Well Commercial Use: Future for Oregon’s Small Farmers and Water Use
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...