The INDEPENDENT, April 2, 2009
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Are you operating a 100-year old farm?
Banks is again named Tree City
Applications are now being
accepted for the 2009 award
year of the Century Farm &
Ranch Program, a statewide
recognition program honoring
farmers and ranchers who
have worked the same land for
at least 100 years. The pro-
gram, celebrating its 51st year,
is administered through the
Oregon Agricultural Education
Foundation (OAEF) in Salem
and is partially funded by the
Oregon Farm Bureau, the Ore-
gon Historical Society, State
Historic Preservation Office
(Department of Parks & Recre-
ation), the Oregon Department
of Agriculture, various county
farm bureaus, agriculture-
based organizations, and indi-
viduals.
Family farmers and ranchers
throughout Oregon are encour-
aged to apply by the June 1,
2009 deadline. Successful ap-
plicants receive a personalized
certificate, with acknowledg-
ment by the Governor and the
Director of the Oregon Depart-
ment of Agriculture. A durable
metal road sign to identify the
family’s farm or ranch as having
historic Century status is also
available. Each family will be
honored during a special cere-
mony and reception at the Ore-
Banks has been named a
Tree City USA community by
the Arbor Day Foundation, to
honor their commitment to
community forestry.
The Tree City USA program
is sponsored by the Arbor Day
Foundation in cooperation with
the National Association of
State Foresters and the USDA
Forest Service.
This is the third year that
Banks has met the four stan-
dards required to be a Tree City
USA community: Having a tree
board or department, a tree
care ordinance, a comprehen-
sive community forestry pro-
gram, and an Arbor Day obser-
vance and proclamation.
“A community, its elected of-
gon State Fair in September.
Since the start of the pro-
gram in 1958, 1082 farms and
ranches across the State have
been registered. Oregon has
one of the oldest agricultural
heritage programs of this type
in the entire nation. In 2008, the
Program introduced a Sesqui-
centennial Award, which was
given to 14 families in its inau-
gural year and to another 5
families in 2009. The 2009
Sesquicentennial Award cere-
mony was held on February 14
at the State Capitol building as
part of a day-long celebration of
the state’s 150th birthday.
A formal application process
is required to be considered for
the formal century status. To
qualify as a Century Farm or
Century Ranch, the family must
meet a total of nine criteria, in-
cluding the following:
• The farm or ranch must
have been operated continu-
ously in the same family for 100
years or more. If the farm or
ranch has ever been rented or
leased, it may not qualify. Doc-
umentation is required.
• The farm or ranch must
have a gross income from
farming or ranching activities of
not less than $1,000 per year
for three out of five years im-
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on the property or actively man-
age and direct the farming or
ranching operations.
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vide needed care for its trees
deserves recognition and
thanks,” said John Rosenow,
chief executive of the Arbor
Day Foundation.
More information about Tree
City USA can be found at www.
arborday.org/TreeCityUSA.
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