Our Family Farms in the News
Rogue Valley organizations work together in Almeda fire recovery effort - KTVL 11/18/2022
Two years after the fires, S. Oregon's recovery has 'a long way to go' - Capital Press 9/6/2022
Oregon farmers now applying for last year's drought assistance, too late for some - KTVL 5/20/2022
Jackson County Farmers prepare for a season without water - KTVL 3/17/2022
Raising from the Rubble - Capital Press 12/31/2020
Local farm workers get housing help after Almeda fire - Mailtribune 11/30/2020
Learning to feed the soil - Mailtribune 10/10/2019
Eat flowers, support American farmers: Oregon's Seed to Vase to Table dinner - Oregon Live 7/4/2019
Five on 5 – Elise Higley (Our Family Farms) and Dr. Ray Seidler (Microbiologist) - KOBI 4/6/2018
Genetically-engineered crop debate not over...yet - KTVL 4/6/2017
Our Family Farms receives $55,000 grant from USDA - KTVL 11/4/2016
Organic Farmers Win GMO Fight in Jackson County, Oregon - Ecowatch 1/7/2016
Five on 5 - Elise Higley – Our Family Farms Coalition - KOBI 1/1/2016
DEFENDING THE WIN
Our Family Farms Coalition Director Elise Higley on the proposed resolution of a GMO lawsuit Mailtribune 12/8/2015
Farmers Fighting for Their Soil - KTVL 10/22/2015
Bill could gut GMO ordinance, group says - Mailtribune 7/23/2015
Local farmer in DC ahead of GMO senate debate - KOBI 7/17/2015
Federal judge to hear arguments on ban of GMO crops - 5/19/2015
Anti-GMO groups oppose House bills - Mailtribune 6/1/2015
MEASURE 15-119 VICTORY
Two Rural Oregon Counties Ban Planting GMO Crops May 21, 2014 - Youtube
Federal Judge sides with Jackson County on GMO ban - KOBI 5/30/2015
GMO ban is legal under state law - Mailtribune 5/29/2015
GMO ban: what’s next? - KOBI 5/22/2014
Decision 2014: GMO ban passes in Jackson & Josephine Counties - KOBI 5/21/2014
Decision 2014: Following the Money - KOBI 5/20/2014
Tractors roll in support to ban GMO’s - KOBI 5/3/2014
GMO opponents ask for seat at defense table - Mailtribune 2/4/2015
Seeds of victory: Inside the fight to pass the GMO measure - Mailtribune 5/22/2014
Battle over genetically modified foods in Oregon - The Columbian 5/17/2014
Sides rally on GMO ban - Mailtribune 5/14/2014
Supporters of GMO crop ban gather in downtown Medford - Mailtribune 5/13/2014
GMO battle brings in outside funds - Mailtribune 5/8/2014
Money pouring in for local GMO ban campaign - KOBI 5/4/2014
GMO awareness talk at Jacksonville Library - KOBI 4/14/2014
Close to $1 million pours in to local GMO-ban campaign - Mailtribune 4/4/2014
Potential financial, legal effects of ballot measure spelled out - Mailtribune 3/13/2014
GMO ban supporters get organized to fight - KOBI 2/28/2014
Group kicks off campaign to support countywide GMO ban - Mailtribune 2/27/2014
Outside seed money finances GMO battle - Mailtribune 1/29/2014
Farmers debate GMO ban - Mailtribune 1/23/2014
Farmers organize to support Jackson County GMO ban - Mailtribune 1/22/2014
News on GMO's in Oregon
Escaped GMO bentgrass creates bitter divide in Eastern Oregon still - OregonLive 7/5/2018
GMO grass is creeping across Oregon - High Country News 6/25/2018
Oregon appeals court keeps blocking county's GMO ban - Statesman Journal 9/25/2017
Lawkmakers decline to tackle GMO bills - Mailtribune 4/14/2017
Oregon legislature says 'no' to GMO-free zones - Statesman Journal 4/13/2017
Oregon may let farmers sue Monsanto, other GMO patent-holders, for crop contamination - Statesman Journal 3/16/2017
Farmers seek help to ban, regulate GMOs - Mailtribune 2/10/2017
Escaped GMO 'Triffid grass' defies eradication - The Ecologist 1/10/2017
State and local GMO bans declared legal - Capital Press 11/18/2016
Lawmakers consider seed, crop regulation - Mailtribune, 2/10/2016
Settlement in GMO case lets some afalfa growers keep their crops for eight years - Mailtribune, 12/23/2015
Board supports GMO deal - Mailtribune 12/8/2015
Jackson County groups to have say in Josephine County GMO suit - Mailtribune 11/9/2015
Jackson County GMO ban in effect - Mailtribune 6/8/2015
Judge rejects request to block Jackson County's GMO ban - Mailtribune 5/29/2015
Oregon's GMO battle is far from over - Mailtribune 1/3/2015
Lawsuit reopens the GMO debate - Mailtribune 11/23/2014
Farmers file suit over GMO crop ban - Mailtribune 11/8/2014
GMO wheat discovered when plants sprayed with weedkiller would not die - ABC13 9/29/2014
'Contagious' vote helped GMO-free, library measures - Mailtribune 6/4/2014
Review panel presents GMO measure findings - Mailtribune 5/1/2014
Citizen panel reviewing proposed GMO crop ban - Mailtribune 4/28/2014
Scientists find multiple problems with GMOs - Mailtribune 4/13/2014
Seeds sow worries on Oregon GMO, organic farms - The Columbian 2/23/2014
Battle over GMO sugar beets emerges in Oregon - Capital Press 1/29/2014
In Oregon, The GMO Wheat Mystery Deepens - NPR 7/17/2013
Illegal Genetically Modified Wheat Found In Oregon Farm: Should We Be Worried? - Forbes 5/31/2013