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Teeny School? No Kitchen? No problem! Find out how Lua Siegel transformed a very rural charter school into an edible landscape.

Join Rick and Michelle as they interview Lua Siegel, a School Garden Coordinator with very unique challenges.

Michelle Markesteyn, PhD, MSEL, Rick Sherman | Dec 2023 | Podcast episode

Land use and markets

This collection of articles, resources, and interpretive blog posts from OSU agricultural economists provides valuable insight into current statistics and trends.

Daniel Bigelow | Oct 2023 | Collection Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Most recent cash rental rate estimates paint a mixed portrait for Oregon

Rented farmland in Oregon accounts for 30% of all farmland in the state. Explore differences in value for irrigated, non-irrigated, and pastureland per county, according to the most recent estimates from the US Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA-NASS).

Daniel Bigelow | Sep 2023 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

How important is crop insurance to Oregon?

Crop insurance is the largest farm program in the Farm Bill and is both a major tool for farm-level risk management as well as a significant subsidy program. There are calls for reductions in crop insurance program spending,...

Tim Delbridge | Sep 2023 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Farm to School in Remote Areas; Rikkilyn Starliper

Learn about farm to school in a remote "frontieresque" community, a possessed greenhouse, and more with Nutrition Services Director Rikkilyn Starliper of Umatilla School District in Eastern Oregon.

Michelle Markesteyn, PhD, MSEL, Rick Sherman | Sep 2023 | Podcast episode

Applied economics outreach blog

This blog is maintained by the Department of Applied Economics at Oregon State University as a tool to engage with stakeholders in Oregon and around the world.

Tim Delbridge, Daniel Bigelow | Sep 2023 | Online resource

Local food, local dollars: Community partnership promotes Klamath Basin agriculture

A partnership of OSU Extension Klamath County and Klamath Grown, a nonprofit food hub, focuses on promoting a strong local community food system.

Chris Branam | Sep 7, 2023 | News story

Labor challenges and import competition facing Oregon specialty crop farms

This article summarizes a recent economic report that explores trends in labor costs and import competition. Strategies and solutions for the specialty crop industry are suggested.

Tim Delbridge | Aug 2023 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Farmland value in Oregon continues to rise in most categories

Data shows the value of farmland continues to rise at a moderate rate in Oregon.

Daniel Bigelow | Aug 2023 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

It has been a bad year for PNW cherry growers

Like many cropping systems, economic productivity varies from year to year, and is based on many factors. Increases in cherry production in California affect Oregon and Washington production, market value, and even workforce. This ...

Tim Delbridge, Ashley Thompson | Aug 2023 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)