Alejandro Figueroa
Oregon Public BroadcastingAlejandro Figueroa is a reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting, a JPR news partner. Alejandro is a graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. His reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.
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Oregon will no longer consider any changes to its farm stand rules, at least for now. -
The federal government is directing all states to issue fifty percent of each household’s normal monthly SNAP benefit amount for November. But Oregon officials say it is not a simple process. -
More than half of Oregonians that receive benefits are seniors, children and people with disabilities. -
The Trump administration has hinted at plans to bail out U.S. commodity farmers caught in the president’s ongoing trade disputes. -
Foreign seasonal workers that come to work at Pacific Northwest farms will soon earn less in hourly wages. -
Some farmworkers say they’re making less money, not more. And growers say they can’t afford to pay the overtime. -
A federally funded program that centered on small-scale and socially disadvantaged farmers is coming to an end. -
While cherry production was up this year, staffing shortages and a lack of demand at the grocery store could spell financial losses for farmers. -
Invasive Himalayan blackberry thickets are bountiful with sweet berries this time of year. One nonprofit, the Portland Fruit Tree Project, has a tasty proposal. -
A week after two Oregon wine industry workers were arrested by federal immigration officials, the state’s largest agriculture group is speaking up about the connection between farms and immigrants. -
The biggest livestock farms could have been prohibited from building new or bigger facilities in some of Oregon’s most polluted groundwater regions under a state legislative bill environmental groups were backing. But it won’t happen this year. -
Oregon food banks face sharp cuts in federal food deliveries, as need for food assistance rises.
