This week the Capital Press looks into the effects of 9/11 on agriculture, USDA and COOL, land use court battles, demands for cuts in dairy production, and our latest special report, Wine in the West.
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Friday, September 09, 2011
Podcast: 9/11, land use, dairy production boycotts and wine
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Friday, September 02, 2011
Podcast: Highlights from this week's Capital Press
This week in the Capital Press, deaths from grain entrapment have spiked, experts explain how workers' compensation insurance premiums are set, a battle over water records heats up, the Beef Checkoff shows it's still popular and a 1916 law is thrust into a modern courtroom battle.
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Labels: beef checkoff, biotech, California, safety
Friday, August 26, 2011
Podcast: Bringing Commerce to the Farm
On Aug. 19, the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Ag Tour, which was sponsored in part by the Capital Press. Audience Development Specialist Hannah Brause went on the tour and talked to organizers and participants about why the Ag Tour is important.
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Labels: biomass, breweries, cherries, Eastern Oregon
Friday, August 19, 2011
Podcast: Nursery industry sizes up barriers to growth
This week, the Capital Press has a special report on the nursery industry. Reporter Mitch Lies sat down with Jeff Stone, executive director of the Oregon Association of Nurseries, Kristin VanHoose, current president of the association, and Jerry Simnitt, president-elect of the association, to talk about some of the challenges facing the industry.
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Podcast: The battle over green timber
The market for ecologically harvested “green” wood is expanding, at least partly because of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's efforts. But the growth has generated controversy, including investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and Internal Revenue Service. Capital Press reporter Mateusz Perkowski explains some of the issues.
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Labels: sustainability, timber
Friday, August 05, 2011
Podcast: Looking toward Idaho
The Capital Press covers Idaho from the forests of the panhandle to the hills of the Palouse to the Snake River Valley, but there's more coming. Audience Development Specialist Hannah Brause explains what new efforts are planned for Idaho.
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Labels: Idaho