Rural Economic Development

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Vital Community Indicator Projects

Oregon State University Extension has partnered with rural communities to define, operationalize, and track community specific measures of community vitality. This collection includes reports, executive summaries, and presentations that detail these projects.

Amy Grotta, Lena Etuk, Mindy Crandall | Apr 2015 | Collection

WealthWorks in Practice - Rural Wealth Creation

Four videos explain WealthWorks, the rural wealth creation approach to local economic community development.

Mallory Rahe, Amy Hause | Apr 2018 | Collection

Selling Logs from Your Property: A Curriculum Package for Educators in the Western U.S.

Selling logs is one of the most important decisions a landowner can face. This curriculum package for forestry educators brings together consulting foresters, log buyers and loggers to teach participants how to get a fair deal ...

Lauren Grand, Tamara Cushing, Alicia Christiansen, Francisca Belart | Apr 2020 | OSU Extension Catalog

Growing Malting Barley in and Around the Willamette Valley

Barley is a useful rotation crop that grows well in the Willamette Valley. But the region's craft beers and spirits generally use malting barley shipped from elsewhere. Can growers and brewers capitalize on high-quality, locally ...

Betsy Verhoeven, Ryan Graebner | May 2019 | OSU Extension Catalog

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Clatsop Extension helps guide local economy through pandemic

Small businesses, reeling from lack of tourism, have been a focus.

Jim Sloan | Jun 8, 2020 | News Story

Eat Oregon Seafood - Where to Buy Oregon Seafood

Discover the many different types of seafood harvested in Oregon. These local foods can be used in a wide variety of recipes and are tasty substitutes for seafood shipped from further away. Use the map and business listings below to find seafood caught or grown in Oregon. Search for recipes, or share your own using #EatOregonSeafood.

Amanda Gladics, Jamie Doyle, Angee Doerr, Adrienne Koett-Cronn | May 2020 | Online Resource

Oregonians learn homesteading at Rural Living Day

Annual event included classes ranging from composting to water rights and well-water management, and small engine maintenance to wildlife management.

Chris Branam | May 7, 2020 | News Story

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Clatsop Extension helps guide local economy through pandemic

Small businesses, reeling from lack of tourism, have been a focus.

Jim Sloan | Jun 8, 2020 | News Story

Oregonians learn homesteading at Rural Living Day

Annual event included classes ranging from composting to water rights and well-water management, and small engine maintenance to wildlife management.

Chris Branam | May 7, 2020 | News Story

Economists say that high gas prices triggered housing crisis in 2007

High gas prices were the “trigger” that burst the housing bubble, according to economists from OSU and UC Berkeley

Peg Herring | Apr 5, 2012 | News Story

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