Bringing Back the Baking Fair Contests

In the past, the Oregon Wheat Growers League sponsored a cake baking contest at multiple county fairs in Oregon. This year (2025), the Oregon Wheat Foundation has decided to bring back the event with some new twists.  For a 2025 trial run, the contests will be held in five selected counties: Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla,…

2025 Wheat Scholarship Essay: Mason Orem

Barriers to FarmingSome of my earliest childhood memories are playing with toy tractors on the living room floor. My brother and I would turn the entire room into fields, reenacting what we grew up knowing a successful farm looked like. As we grew older, our play evolved into reality, and we found ourselves operating real…