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Winter is coming

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This might sound like a plug for Game of Thrones — after all, the Season Eight premiere isn’t that far away! But seriously, winter isn’t just coming, as they say. It’s here. Preparations must be undertaken. From a grower’s standpoint, we are almost done getting the plants ready to survive the winter. Some growers, meanwhile, […]

New leadership sworn in at OAN annual meeting

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A new OAN Board of Directors has been elected for the 2018–19 year, and began their term of office at the annual meeting held during the 2018 Convention event, October 27, 2018. This will be the first board to govern by the new representation-by-segment model, which members approved at the 2017 OAN Convention. Segment representatives […]

2018’s top honors awarded to Oregon’s nursery industry leaders

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Oregon’s nursery and greenhouse industry leaders and servants were recognized at the annual OAN President’s Awards Banquet held during OAN Convention on October 27, 2018, at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond. Each year, members gather and celebrate the accomplishments that have been made by the stellar businesses of the association. Nursery and greenhouse businesses accounted […]

The Pacheco brothers

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Four decades ago, Doug Zielinski — then a recent Oregon State University graduate, fresh off an internship at Kraemer’s Nursery  — decided to chase a dream by becoming a fourth generation farmer. Doug’s father, Ernie, had taken over the farm when he was just 15 years old, after Doug’s grandfather, Charlie, suddenly passed away. The […]

Support is critical

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My name is Mike Hiller, I work at Kraemer’s Nursery in Mt. Angel, Oregon, and I am proud to be your new OAN president. But how did I find myself in this position? Several years ago, Mike Coleman approached me to consider joining the Executive Committee of the OAN Board of Directors. I asked him […]

Meet the leader: Ron Kinney

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Tell us about yourself. I was born and raised in Southern California, and my entire 33-year career in the horticulture industry has been in large-scale nursery production management. After attending Fullerton Community College I graduated with an A.S. degree in ornamental horticulture, and completed my education at Cal Poly Pomona with a B.S. degree in […]

Honoring the past and charting the future

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The Oregon nursery industry was built with the sweat of our earliest growers. Blessed with some of the best soil in the country, their hard work transformed unknown markets into opportunities. There is an old photograph that is at the OAN office, and I pass it every day. It looks to be in the mid-1930s […]

No sanctuary from anger

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As the fall campaign season ramps up during September, voters will be learning more about the candidates running for various leadership positions. U.S. Congress, the Oregon Legislature, county commissioners, city councils —  they’ll all be on the ballot. Oregon also has a long history of citizen initiatives. In the past, voters have had the opportunity […]

A favorite ‘holiday’

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Growing up in a typical American household, we had all the usual holidays, such as New Year’s Day, Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. We celebrated birthdays too, just like many of the rest. But growing up in an Oregon nursery family, there was one more “holiday” — the Farwest Show. As far back as […]