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10 CapitalPress.com November 13, 2015 Oregon PNW Christmas tree growers join U.S. Capitol effort McKenzie Farms of Or- egon City, Ore., is donating QREOH ¿U &KULVWPDV WUHHV <RX FDQ DGG WKH 3DFL¿F Snowshoe Evergreen of Ort- Northwest Christmas Tree ing, Wash., is donating 20 no- Association to the list of more EOH¿UVDQG'UDNHV&URVVLQJ than 50 sponsors of this year’s Nursery of Silverton, Ore., is U.S. Capitol Christmas tree. donating seven larger-sized Three association growers QREOH¿UV have stepped forward to do- Bryan Ostlund, executive nate 55 trees to serve as com- director of the Christmas tree panion trees to the 74-foot association, praised the gener- Lutz Spruce from Alaska that osity of the growers. is serving as the centerpiece “At a time when the market in this year’s U.S. Capitol is red-hot and inventories are Christmas tree celebration. not exactly plentiful, for these By MITCH LIES For the Capital Press three growers to step forward and provide those trees is very generous,” Ostlund said. Ostlund said the generosity helps showcase the industry in a positive way. “For us to be a part of this thing is good for the real-tree industry, and a good opportu- nity for us to showcase who we are and what it is we do,” Ostlund said. This year’s U.S. Capitol &KULVWPDV WUHH WKH ¿UVW IURP Alaska, is from the Chugach National Forest near Seward. It was cut on Oct. 27, accord- ing to Bruce Ward of Choose Outdoors, a private organi- zation working with the U.S. Forest Service to get the tree to Washington, D.C. It was shipped by barge from Anchorage to Taco- ma, Wash., at which point it embarked on a cross country journey to the U.S. Capitol. The journey included four stops in Alaska, spanning from Oct. 27 through Oct. 31, and nine stops between Se- attle and Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland in Nov. 18. The Seattle stop was at the Museum of History and Industry n Nov. 7. On Nov. 8 the tree stopped in Missoula, Mont., from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ca- bela’s, 3650 Brooks St. Stops also are scheduled in Wyoming, South Dakota, Ne- braska, Indiana and Ohio. The tree will be delivered to the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 20, Ward said. Four recep- tions will follow. “It is an interesting tradi- tion,” Ward said. “It has gone on now for almost 50 years with the Forest Service bring- ing the tree in from around the country.” Corporate sponsors, both large and small, donated more than $600,000 in cash and in- kind services to help get the tree to the U.S. Capitol, Ward said. “We have everything from Shell to the Midnight Sun Brewing Co., which is send- ing beer back for the recep- tions,” he said. Chelsea Clinton touts her book, calls on kids to eat right By ERIC MORTENSON Capital Press PORTLAND — Visiting this foodie city to promote her book and to learn about food system changes, Chel- sea Clinton, the daughter of one president and potentially a second, declined to delve into her mom’s ideas on agri- culture. Clinton, daughter of Bill Mateusz Perkowski/Capital Press File Clinton, the 42nd U.S. pres- +HPSLVKDUYHVWHGIURPD¿HOGLQ0DULRQ&RXQW\2UHWKLVIDOO2UHJRQ6WDWH8QLYHUVLW\KDVDSSOLHG ident, and Hillary Rodham IRUIHGHUDODQGVWDWHSHUPLVVLRQWRVWXG\KHPS Clinton, who seeks the 2016 Democratic Party’s nomina- tion, suggested people visit her mother’s website for her views on agriculture. Hillary By MITCH LIES in states where hemp produc- sense is we would be able to Clinton, the former senator For the Capital Press tion is legal. secure enough external funds and secretary of state, has The Oregon Legislature in to make it worthwhile for been spending time in Iowa, Oregon State University’s 2009 legalized the production somebody to study this.” a key primary state and where College of Agricultural Scienc- and possession of industrial Asked if the college’s in- farming is “hugely import- es has submitted an application hemp. terest in hemp research could ant,” Chelsea Clinton noted. to the federal Drug Enforce- Noller said the research bleed into marijuana research, She said her mother helped ment Administration seeking will focus on agronomic pro- Noller said: “I wouldn’t rule VWDUW D PLFUR¿QDQFLQJ SUR- permission to conduct research duction of industrial hemp in that out in the long run if gram in Arkansas when Bill on industrial hemp produc- Western Oregon. federal actions move that to Clinton was governor, and the tion, according to an OSU an- He said the College of where it is permissible. ¿UVW FOLHQWV ZHUH VPDOO IDUP- nouncement issued Nov. 5. Agricultural Sciences hasn’t “At this time we are just ers. Jay Noller, head of the col- LGHQWL¿HG D SDUWLFXODU LQGL- ORRNLQJDWWKHTXHVWLRQRIZLOO Chelsea Clinton didn’t lege’s Crop and Soil Science vidual interested in conduct- industrial hemp varieties grow mention it, but her mother has Department, said the university ing the research, but believes in Western Oregon,” he said. another agricultural connec- hopes to secure approval from researchers are available that According to the announce- tion in Iowa. In August, U.S. the DEA and the Oregon De- would be interested. ment, industrial hemp has Agriculture Secretary Tom partment of Agriculture in time “I think there are agron- many uses, including in paper, Vilsack, a former Iowa gover- to begin the research next year. omists, particularly those textiles, biodegradable plastics, nor, endorsed Hillary Clinton The 2014 Farm Bill includ- who just completed graduate fuel and health and food prod- for the Democratic presiden- ed a provision allowing higher school training, who could ucts. It also is an environmen- tial nomination. Vilsack has educational institutions to con- FRPHLQDQGSHUIRUPWKH¿HOG tally friendly plant that grows been mentioned as a possible duct industrial hemp research trials,” he said. “My ideal IDVWDQGUHTXLUHVIHZSHVWLFLGHV vice president pick, but down- OSU seeks permission to research hemp (ULF0RUWHQVRQ&DSLWDO3UHVV &KHOVHD&OLQWRQWDONVZLWKVWXGHQWVGXULQJD1RYYLVLWWR3RUW- ODQGZKHUHVKHSURPRWHGKHUERRNDQGOLVWHQHGWRDSDQHOWDON DERXWIRRGV\VWHPUHIRUP played that during a visit to Portland in August. Vilsack said he simply believed Clin- ton is the best candidate. The younger Clinton, who spent her teenage years in the White House, is 35 now, mar- ried and has a 13-month-old daughter. It was while preg- nant that she became more acutely aware of the world her daughter and other children will inherit. Clinton said proper nutri- tion and exercise are crucial for young people. “When I was in public school in Little Rock (Arkan- sas), we had P.E. every single day,” Clinton said. Now, few- er than 10 percent of school children have gym every day, she said, and recess has “largely gone away.” Clinton’s book, “It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!” de- tails some of the world’s problems and shares stories of young people who are helping their communities find solutions. &OLQWRQ VDLG KHU ¿UVW WXUQ as an activist came when she was a youngster and learned wildlife sometimes choked on discarded plastic beverage container rings. She began “obsessively” cutting them up — “Which I still do,” she said — and convinced her class- mates to do the same. Clinton spoke Nov. 5 at Ecotrust, a Portland nonprof- it that researches and seeks sustainable solutions in farm- ing, forestry and economics. Among other things, the or- ganization produced a report this year on problems hinder- ing “Ag of the Middle,” the small- to mid-size producers and processors who are too big to survive by selling at farmers’ markets but too small to compete in the commodi- ties markets. At Ecotrust, Clinton heard a three-member panel detail work they’re doing to ensure QXWULWLRXV ORFDO IRRG ¿QGV LWV way to schools and to pro- grams that serve needy popu- lations. About two dozen chil- dren were in the audience, in addition to adults. Clinton was introduced by Amanda Oborne, Ecotrust’s vice president of food and farms, who told students in the audience that the “food system riddle” would be theirs to solve. “The food system you’re inheriting is kind of a mess,” she said. Children today, when they EHFRPHDGXOWVZLOO¿JXUHRXW how to feed 9 billion people, adapt to a changing climate and engage in farming, ranch- LQJ DQG ¿VKLQJ WHFKQLTXHV that replenish natural resourc- es, Oborne said. 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