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This thesis examines how the pursuit of commercial gain affected the development of agriculture in western Oregon's Willamette, Umpqua, and Rogue River Valleys. The period of study begins when the British ...
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2. [Article] On the Edge of Agriculture: An Interview with Narendra Varma and Gianna Banducci of Our Table Cooperative
One mile outside Portland’s urban growth boundary near Sherwood OR, a new farm business is modeling innovative practices that could become the future of Oregon agriculture. The Our Table Cooperative brings ...Citation -
3. [Article] The Future of Oregon’s Agricultural Land
Sixty-four percent of Oregon's farmland is expected to change hands in the next 20 years, yet many Oregon farmers are unprepared for succession. Simultaneously, beginning farmers are finding it harder ...Citation -
Interview of Marissa Madrigal by Andrea Schons in Portland, Oregon on July 23rd, 2009. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Jacquin Dole by Paul Hopper at Riverside Farm McMinnville, Oregon on February 28th, 2010. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Rodney Bender by Sarah Roecker at Growing Gardens Portland, Oregon on July 29th, 2009. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Steve Cohen by Chris Stephens at Ecotrust Building, Portland, Oregon on July 28th, 2009. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Martin Barrett by Matthew Smith on July 30th, 2009.
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Interview of Prairie Hale by Matthew Ford on July 24th, 2009.
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10. [Article] Hop Agriculture in Oregon: The First Century
This thesis was written to document, through both primary and secondary sources, the history of hop growing as it was in Oregon between 1850 and 1950. In those years, hop growing was most often a speculative ...Citation -
11. [Article] Interview with Myo DeMayo, Urbanstead Farm (audio)
Interview of Myo DeMayo by Tyler Anderson. The interview index is available for download. The year is estimated.Citation -
12. [Article] Identifying Clusters of Non-Farm Activity within Exclusive Farm Use Zones in the Northern Willamette Valley
This thesis provides an extensive look at where permitted non-farm uses and dwellings have clustered within Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) zones in the Northern Willamette Valley in Oregon. There is a looming ...Citation -
13. [Article] The Landscape: Urban Agriculture
Article discusses the growth of urban agriculture in the Portland Urban Growth Boundary.Citation -
Interview of Kathy and Matt Unger by Alix Lefler at Cornelius, Oregon on July 25th, 2007. The interview index is available for download.
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15. [Article] Community Breeders: Animal Husbandry in Portlandia
A brief exploration of animal husbandry within the city limits of Portland, Oregon, covering residents' experiences with raising chickens, goats, bees and other farm animals. Touches on new concerns relating ...Citation -
16. [Article] Oregon Lake Watch, 2014 Annual Report
The Oregon Lake Watch (OLW) volunteer monitoring program is now in its second year of operation, continuing its focus on early detection of aquatic invasive species (AIS), with a secondary focus on lake ...Citation -
17. [Article] Oregon Spartina Response Plan
Four introduced, invasive species of Spartina (cordgrass) have been present in estuarine areas of the U.S. west coast for over a century. These Spartina species are ecological engineers- they cause severe ...Citation -
18. [Article] Feral Swine Action Plan for Oregon
Feral swine are defined as free roaming animals of the genus Sus that are not being held under domestic management or confinement. Swine have spread from Europe and Russia to habitats around the world ...Citation -
19. [Article] Aquatic Vegetation in Irrigation Canals
Preparation of this guidance manual for integrated aquatic vegetation management in irrigation canals was stimulated, in large part, by the accidental release of acrolein-treated irrigation water into ...Citation -
In addition to an inventory of potential urban agriculture sites, the team also conducted a literature review, held focus groups with relevant stakeholders, conducted numerous interviews, and administered ...
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After a 2010 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference bus erupted into chatter from a tour guide’s passing comment about a new ordinance allowing chickens into Minneapolis backyards, ...
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22. [Article] Portland’s Food Economy: Trends and Contributions
The primary goal of this report is to document the scope, growth, and contribution of the food economy to the city of Portland and the region. Specifically, this report addresses the following research ...Citation -
Interview of Allejandro Tecum by Adam Villareal at Forest Grove, Oregon on February 25th, 2010. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Oscar Lozano by Brad Schuler on August 14th, 2006. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Ted Morris by Matt Witke on August 17th, 2006. The interview index is available for download.
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26. [Article] Interview with Deanna Quan, Q-Bar Farm, 2006 (audio)
Interview of Deanna Quan by Erin Downey on August 10th, 2006.Citation -
Interview of Bernard Smith by Kyle Dykstra on February 28th, 2010. The interview index is available for download.
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28. [Article] Engaging Community Food Systems through Learning Garden Programs: Oregon Food Bank's Seed to Supper Program
The purpose of this study was to discover whether learning garden programs increase access to locally grown foods and successfully empower and include food insecure populations. This study examined the ...Citation -
Eleven lakes and ponds within the Umpqua National Forest were surveyed for invasive aquatic macrophytes, snails, bivalves, and crayfish during the summer of 2011. Yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata), ...
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Interview of Ben Johnson by David Kelty on August 2nd, 2006.
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31. [Article] Growing a Sustainable Portland Metropolitan Foodshed
Project Description and Objectives: Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) provided funding for this study to examine key agricultural trends, identify producer needs and define ...Citation -
32. [Article] Growing Zenger Farm
Zenger Farm is a working urban farm in outer southeast Portland, Oregon, that promotes sustainable food systems, environmental stewardship and local economic development. Currently operating on 6 acres ...Citation -
Interview of John Martinson Jr. by Clint Anderson in Oregon City, Oregon on May 8th, 2008. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Sonja Andreas by Ian McCreary in Portland, Oregon on March 5, 2010. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Katy Kolker by Dan Stillinger in Portland, Oregon on February 27th, 2010. The interview index is available for download.
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36. [Article] Interview with Michelle Markesteyn-Ratcliffe, ODA, 2011
Interview of Michelle Markesteyn-Ratcliffe by Megan Rice in Portland, Oregon on May 10th, 2011. The interview index is available for download.Citation -
Interview of Darrell Sanders by Jeremy Cohen in Portland, Oregon on February 20th, 2010. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Trevor Baird by Adam Hopfe at Portland State University on August 7th, 2007. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Chris Harris by Joel Swift on August 8th, 2006.
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Interview of Paul Klingeman by Erin Downy on August 3rd, 2006.
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Interview of Susan Stellijess by Stephanie Mackey on March 6th, 2010. The interview index is available for download.
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42. [Article] The Landscape of Food Production
The celebration of the 40th anniversary of Senate Bill 100 provides us with an excellent opportunity to reflect on metropolitan Portland’s agricultural landscape. The landmark legislation passed in 1973 ...Citation -
The introduction of invasive aquatic plant species (IAPS) can cause significant ecological and economic harm. IAPS can displace native aquatic plant species, impair recreation, and degrade water quality. ...
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The Willamette Valley Winery Association, Oregon Winery Association, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, and Oregon Department of Agriculture asked the authors to develop information ...
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45. [Article] Beyond Fruit: Examining Community in a Community Orchard
The Fruits of Diversity Community Orchard, located in Portland, Oregon in an affordable housing neighborhood, is a site of alternative food provisioning in which a group of people, organized by two nonprofits, ...Citation -
46. [Article] Local food and land-use in Washington County, Oregon
Local food networks are often defined as presenting a variety of alternative food production, consumption, and distribution practices to the conventional food system such as community-supported-agriculture, ...Citation -
47. [Article] Creating Community Through Urban Gardens
"Creating Community Through Urban Gardening" represents the commitment of four individuals to assist the Oregon Food Bank (OFB) in its efforts to meet the food needs of the people of Oregon. The project ...Citation -
48. [Article] The Multicultural Family Learning Gardens at the Learning Gardens Laboratory: An Investigation of Community Collaboration
This project explores the role of the small-scale polyculture garden in promoting a resilient community, its importance in helping meet nutritional and medicinal needs, and its role as a site for civic ...Citation -
49. [Article] Where the Ends Don’t Meet: Measuring Poverty and Self-Sufficiency Among Oregon’s Families
This report uses the Self-Sufficiency Standard developed by Dr. Diana Pearce at the University of Washington to analyze the extent to which Oregon households earn enough money to meet their basic needs ...Citation -
Historical vegetation at the time of European settlement is of great interest to both the public and land managers, but is poorly documented. One source of data are the earliest land survey records of ...
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51. [Article] Cultivating Portlandia: A Mixed-Method Study of Residential Urban Agriculture in Portland, Oregon
Research Question: What is the scale and scope of residential urban agriculture (UA) in metro Portland? How does the practice of UA vary spatially? How do gardeners' motivations and practices vary along ...Citation -
Interview of Shari Sirkin by Brian Francetich at Troutdale, Oregon on May 28th, 2008. The interview index is available for download.
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Exposure to pesticides poses great risk to agricultural workers and their families. Of the approximately 174,000 agricultural workers in Oregon, studies estimate that up to 40% of the workers in Oregon ...
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Testing soils for nutrients is expected to improve groundwater quality. However, it is unknown whether soil testing will improve groundwater quality sufficiently to decrease the demand for direct regulation ...
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Interview of Caitlin Blethen by Kristin Milner at Growing Gardens Organization Portland, Oregon on July 29th, 2009. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Michael Menzies by Joel DaMetz at Braeside Farms in Estacada, Oregon on June 6th, 2008. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Angela Martin by Steve Jarosz at Village Gardens, Portland, Oregon on August 6th, 2009. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Weston Miller by Jan Steinbock in Portland, Oregon on August 3rd, 2011. The interview index is available for download.
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59. [Article] Interview with David Shonk, Bumblebee Farm, 2008 (audio)
Interview of David Shonk by Brian Francetich at Troutdale, Oregon on June 4th, 2008. The interview index is available for download.Citation -
Interview of Rebeca Siplak by Joseph Chatterley on August 2nd, 2010.
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Interview of Trudy Toliver by Sara Davenport at Portland, Oregon on August 1st, 2011. The interview index is available for download.
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62. [Article] Interview with Dan J. Wilson, SuDan Farms, 2007 (audio)
Interview of Dan J. Wilson by Jason Keaton at Canby, Oregon on August 10th, 2007. The interview index is available for download.Citation -
63. [Article] Interview with John Witte, Tenino Farms, 2010 (audio)
Interview of John Witte by Steve Rosin at Portland, Oregon on March 1st, 2010. The interview index is available for download.Citation -
Interview of Courtney Leeds by Nicole Bull at Candy Lane Elementary in Portland, Oregon on May 15th, 2013. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Kristine Garnero Obbink by Loraine Decker at 705 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, Oregon on May 14th, 2013. The interview index is available for download.
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66. [Article] Interview with David Beller, Mercy Corp NW, 2010 (audio)
Interview of David Beller by Kyle Koonce at Mercy Corp Portland, Oregon on February 25th, 2010. The interview index is available for download.Citation -
Interview of Roger Allen Konka by Michael Schott on July 29th, 2007. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Dianne Stefani-Ruff by Jennifer Bennett on July 31st, 2007. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Lyle N. Stanley by Aaron Veal at Portland State University on July 28th, 2007. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Jill and Michael J. Pain by James Pritchett in Yamhill, Oregon on May 28th, 2008. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Julie Corpron by Margret Harburg May 14th, 2013. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Justin Davidson by Nicole Bull at Candy Lane Elementary in Milwaukie, Oregon on May 15th, 2013. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Maggie Michaels by Carmen Vigil in NE Portland, Oregon on May 23rd, 2013. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Candace Russo by Kevin Foster in Corvallis, Oregon on May 31st, 2013. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Jaylen Schmitt by Brianna Demko at Alameda Elementary School in NE Portland, Oregon on May 24th, 2013. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Vida Shore by Brianna Demko at Alameda Elementary in NE Portland, Oregon on May 24th, 2013. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Richard "Brick" Street by Ciji Dieringer at Grant High School in Portland, Oregon on May 22nd, 2013. The interview index is available for download.
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78. [Article] Planting Prosperity and Harvesting Health: Trade-offs and Sustainability in the Oregon-Washington Regional Food System
This assessment reveals food system sustainability trends in Oregon and Washington, focusing specifically on the producers in both states and the consumers in the Portland- Vancouver region. We began the ...Citation -
79. [Article] Investigating the Link Between Surface Water and Groundwater in the Tule Lake Subbasin, Oregon and California
Water allocation in the upper Klamath Basin of Oregon and California has been challenging. Irrigators have increasingly turned to groundwater to make up for surface water shortages because of shifts in ...Citation -
This thesis describes the evolution and demise of Oregon's alien land laws of 1923 and 1945 and their impact on the Nikkei community and the state's culture. After a brief discussion of Japanese immigration ...
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Interview of Sarah Patterson by Diane Mahon in Portland, Oregon on July 29th, 2009. The interview index is available for download.
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Urban agriculture (UA), for many activists and scholars, plays a prominent role in food justice struggles in cities throughout the Global North, a site of conflict between use and exchange values, and ...
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83. [Article] Using Critical Physical Geography to Map the Unintended Consequences of Conservation Management Programs
A variety of conservation trends have gained and lost favor throughout the years in agriculture, with U.S. Farm Bills often influencing what conservation practices are implemented by farming communities ...Citation -
In July 2008, the State of Oregon implemented SB 1080, legislation that required all applicants for an Oregon Driver License or ID card to present proof of legal presence in the United States. In 2007, ...
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Interview of Brian Croak by Chloe Collins on November 28th, 2006. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Laurel McDonald by Chloe Collins at MacDonald Environmental Planning on November 29th, 2006. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Carol Mayer-Reed by Robyn Russnogle at on December 1st, 2006. The interview index is available for download.
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Interview of Leslie Pohl-Kosbau by Jayne Pelling on July 31st, 2009.
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89. [Article] Limited horizons on the Oregon frontier : East Tualatin Plains and the town of Hillsboro, Washington County, 1840-1890
The evolution of the small towns that originated in Oregon's settlement communities remains undocumented in the literature of the state's history for the most part. Those accounts that do exist are often ...Citation -
90. [Article] Evaluating urban containment programs
Urban containment programs may be evaluated in terms of a theory unifying contributions from the economic, geographic and political science disciplines. The unified theory shows that successful programs ...Citation -
91. [Article] Making Lives, Changing a Landscape: An Environmental History of the Tualatin Valley, Washington County, Oregon
Sheltered by mountains on all sides, the 724-square mile Tualatin Valley has been home to successive groups of people who have shaped the landscape based on their needs, tools, and ideas about the human ...Citation -
92. [Article] Tillamook County Waste Disposal Technology Assessment
Tillamook County is a rural county straddling the Northern Oregon Coast Range with the majority of the local economy based around agriculture, timber, tourism, and fishing. As part of Tillamook County’s ...Citation -
93. [Article] Implications of Local and Regional Food Systems: Toward a New Food Economy in Portland, Oregon
The local food movement in the Portland Metro Region of Oregon is as prevalent as anywhere in the Country. To a large degree this is driven by the Portland Metro area food culture and the diverse agricultural ...Citation -
As cities take center stage in developing and brokering strategies for sustainability, examining the uneven distribution of green infrastructure is crucial. Urban agriculture (UA) has gained a prominent ...
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95. [Article] Understanding the Drivers of Forest, Residential, and Agricultural Land Values in Yamhill County Using Hedonic Models
Hedonic modeling is commonly used in land and property value estimations in an attempt to identify the impact that various attributes have on the market value of that property. The purpose of this study ...Citation -
96. [Article] Periodic Atlas of the Metroscape: Common Ground? Land Use along Portland's Urban Growth Boundary
In this study we analyze the impact of the urban growth boundary on rural landscape change in Portland, Oregon, and Clark County, Washington,and assess the importance of rural and agricultural landscapes ...Citation -
This thesis considers the question of whether climate change is affecting the migration patterns of geese in the Pacific Flyway, specifically cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii minima) and Pacific white-fronted ...
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This paper explores the challenges in engaging a rapidly diversifying public in county government decision-making. The State of Oregon recognized the importance of meaningful public engagement by naming ...
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99. [Article] What is Driving Measure 37 Claims in Oregon?
With over 7,500 claims covering 750,000 acres of farm and forestland, Measure 37 claims harbor the potential to change the landscape in Oregon. The majority of these claims are located in the Willamette ...Citation -
In a 2010 report, the Oregon Legislature-created Oregon Global Warming Commission (OGWC) stated "with confidence" that human activities were primarily responsible for a 1.5 degree Fahrenheit increase in ...
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