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660,000 Acres of Farmland Lost in 5 years

This article put out by OPB, written by Alejandro Figueroa, highlights the mass amount of farmland being lost in Oregon due to misinterpretation of a law designed to keep farmland exclusively zoned for just that: Farmland, also known as EFU (Exclusive Farm Use).

Check out the article yourself.

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/14/oregon-farm-land-agriculture-farmers-farms-ranches/