Property planned for massive Foster Farms chicken ranch now up for sale
Jason Peters applied for a permit to build a chicken "grow out" site between Jefferson and Mill City, but never completed the paperwork.
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Jason Peters applied for a permit to build a chicken "grow out" site between Jefferson and Mill City, but never completed the paperwork.
Opponents say industrial poultry operations planned for Scio and Aumsville are reinforcing a trend in Oregon agriculture where only the largest farms survive.
SCIO, Ore. — A steady mid-June rain fell as Christina Eastman drove her UTV past fields of grass and yellow-flowering dill at her family's farm outside Scio, Ore.
Three new large-scale chicken farms are being proposed in the Mid-Willamette Valley, though neighbors are worried about potential impacts including air and water pollution, odor and increased traffic on the
Foster Farms wants to renew a critical permit for its slaughterhouse in Creswell, but officials said they have no plans to reopen it.