The Capital Chronicle earlier reported on why Conrad shifted his stance from opposing to supporting HB 2002, including by researching medical guidelines on gender-affirming care and talking with the parent of a transgender child. The bill is one of two cited by Republican state leaders who staged a walkout four weeks ago, effectively grinding legislative votes in the Senate to a halt. It would also allow minors to obtain abortions and teens 15 and older to receive gender-affirming care without parental consent. Charlie Conrad (R-Eastern Lane County) was the sole Republican on the Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee to vote in favor of HB 2002, which would protect access to abortion and expand insurance coverage for gender-affirming care. Moderate Republican Oregon lawmaker explains views and votes, sometimes at odds with party They join us to talk about the pitfalls and potential for growing olives in Oregon. Heather Stoven is a community horticulturalist and small farms extension agent at OSU conducting research for Olea. Scientists at Olea have also planted more than 100 varieties of olive trees to see which ones might best be suited to survive winter freezes. Olea, a project started in 2017 by Oregon State University, has been helping advise farmers like Durant and Wendland on olive cultivation methods and soil suitability. Beth Wendland is the owner and operator of Coyote Hill, a third-generation family farm in the Tualatin Valley where three acres of different olive varieties are being grown. In April, Durant Olive Mill won three gold medals and a silver medal at the New York World Olive Oil Competition. Paul Durant is an olive farmer and wine maker whose family has been growing olives and making oil at their mill in Dayton since 2008. But the region is also home to a small but intrepid group of farmers who are cultivating olives, a crop more associated with the Mediterranean climate and hills of Tuscany than the hills of Tualatin. Oregon's Willamette Valley is renowned for producing award-winning Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and other varietals popular with wine connoisseurs.
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