This article was published on: 12/22/22 10:11 AM
PORTLAND — More than 100 small-scale and beginning farmers in Oregon have been awarded grants to help recover from natural disasters in 2021.
State lawmakers approved a funding package in December 2021 to provide emergency aid for producers reeling from drought, wildfires, extreme heat and ice damage.
A total of $40 million was earmarked to create the Oregon Disaster Assistance Program, or ODAP, which issued forgivable loans to keep farms and ranches financially solvent until they could receive federal disaster relief from the USDA.
-George Plaven