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Sustainable industries need sustainable solutions

By Jeff Stone — Posted April 20, 2023

Every year, when I try to come up with a column topic for the month of May, my tendency is to focus on labor. This year’s May issue of Digger is focused on sustainability, and that only leads me to an angering paradox. Many things about the nursery industry are sustainable — but our labor […]

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April 2023: The Trees Issue

By Peter Szymczak — Posted March 24, 2023

The April 2023 issue of Digger looks at the business of growing big trees. Columns: Departments: Download a PDF of this issue. Please send your comments on the issue to editor Curt Kipp at ckipp@oan.org.

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Meet the Leader: Angela Bailey

By Peter Szymczak — Posted March 24, 2023

Tell us about yourself. My husband, Larry, and I own and operate Verna Jean Nursery. I am proud to be a fourth-generation farmer and second-generation OAN member. After my mom’s passing in 2005, Larry and I, along with our two daughters, Katie and Abbigayle, returned to the nursery. Today, we farm on the same land […]

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Blessed to be part of this industry

By Jeff Stone — Posted March 24, 2023

It took my legendary predecessor, Clayton Hannon, to notify me that I now stand as the longest serving executive director in the history of the Oregon Association of Nurseries. I thought this couldn’t possibly be correct, but as it turns out, as normal, Clayton had his facts straight. Over the last 12 years, I have […]

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Democracy in action

By Todd Nelson — Posted March 24, 2023

Recently, I had the awesome privilege to visit our nation’s capital. Every year, the Oregon Association of Nurseries sends representatives to Washington, D.C. with a specific mission: to represent the growers of Oregon and ensure our concerns and needs are being heard. I was fortunate enough to join President-Elect Amanda Staehely (Columbia Nursery), OAN Government […]

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March 2023: Water Outlook 2023

By Peter Szymczak — Posted February 24, 2023

The March 2023 issue of Digger takes a deep dive into the nursery industry’s use of water, the essential input for the propagation and growth of plant material. Columns: Growing Knowledge, an ongoing series provided by Oregon State University in collaboration with the USDA and in partnership with OAN. Download a PDF of this issue. Please […]

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Water, water everywhere?

By Jon Bell — Posted February 24, 2023

Western nursery associations team up to tackle the rising tide of water woes Glenda Mostek, executive director of the Colorado Nursery and Greenhouse Association, has a colorful way of sizing up one of the bigger issues facing the Centennial State’s nursery industry. “Whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting,” she said, quoting a phrase […]

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The lifeblood of our industry

By Jeff Stone — Posted February 24, 2023

The Water Issue is one of the most pertinent Digger efforts to serve our membership. We hope that how we lay out the issues makes sense and provides some context of the dynamics we are facing at the state and federal levels. Our industry stretches the water resource farther than most of those involved in […]

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February 2023: Greenhouse Issue ’23

By Peter Szymczak — Posted January 30, 2023

The February 2023 issue of Digger takes a look at the people, products and processes that make Oregon the gold standard of greenhouse production today. Columns: Growing Knowledge, an ongoing series provided by Oregon State University in collaboration with the USDA and in partnership with OAN. Download a PDF of this issue. Please send your comments […]

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Everyday things matter

By Jeff Stone — Posted January 30, 2023

As Benjamin Franklin left the Constitutional Convention, he was reportedly asked what kind of government the founders would propose. He replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” This phrase has resonated through American history. It has been tested through a civil war, world wars, and even the toxic sludge of political discourse we are […]

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