More than 17,600 people – at a growing clip of about 1,000 more each day – are signing up for a vegetable gardening course offered by the Oregon State University Extension Service, as people nationally abide by stay-at-home pandemic orders.
Chris Branam |
Apr 1, 2020 |
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Credit: Oregon Forest Resources Institute (Cropped from original)
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