Alejandro Figueroa
Alejandro Figueroa is a reporter and producer covering food production and agriculture through a climate change lens for OPB.
Prior to coming to OPB, Alejandro was a food reporter for WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio through Report for America — a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. There, he covered the lack of access to healthy and affordable food in Southwest Ohio communities, rural and urban agriculture plus the occasional general assignment story.
Alejandro is a 2021 graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. You can send your news tips or any agriculture or food story idea to afigueroa@opb.org.
Latest Stories
Oregon lawmakers punt on bill to prohibit new livestock farms in state’s most polluted areas
An Oregon bill to prohibit expanding or building new large dairies and livestock farms in the state's three groundwater management areas was tabled after a hearing in Salem drew strong support and opposition.
Oregon Supreme Court says ‘misleading marketing’ case against Tillamook can move forward
A year after holding oral arguments, the Oregon Supreme Court has ruled a lawsuit against one of Oregon’s most recognizable farmer-owned creameries can move forward.
Trump administration halts millions of dollars in deliveries to Oregon food banks
The Trump administration has paused millions of dollars of deliveries to food banks across the nation. The cuts come as food banks in Oregon are reporting historic levels of need.
Oregon farmworkers say they’re overworked and underpaid. They want a seat at the table
Oregon farmworkers want to be more involved in setting standards around working conditions and pay. But farmers say they can't afford more burdensome regulation.
As egg prices climb, more Oregonians take a crack at raising backyard chickens
Egg prices at the grocery store have more than doubled since last year. Some Oregon farm supply stores are getting a surge of calls from people looking to buy chicks as backyard egg-laying hens.
Oregon agriculture leaders, farmers brace for retaliatory tariffs
Some of Oregon’s biggest trading partners are striking back after tariffs on imports took effect this Tuesday. Oregon industry leaders say he retaliatory measures could especially hurt the states agriculture industry.
Legislators push to prohibit net pen aquaculture in Oregon
Oregon is the only West Coast state that allows commercial fish farming using net pens. State legislators could prohibit the practice.
At least 19 Oregon agriculture researchers fired as part of sweeping federal cuts, OSU says
Thousands of people have been fired as part of the Trump administration’s plan to reduce the federal government’s workforce. Among them are at least 19 USDA agriculture researchers in Oregon.
Portland pauses $2 billion water filtration plant pending land use dispute
The Portland Water Bureau will pause construction on its 2 billion dollar Bull Run water filtration system east of Gresham, following a dispute between Oregon land use officials and Multnomah County.
Miedo y confusión en Woodburn ante la toma de posesión de Trump
OPB habló con varios residentes de Woodburn quienes dijeron que han sentido un aumento en la tensión en los últimos meses. Y ahora, mientras comienza el segundo mandato de Trump, Luis Lamas dijo que el miedo y la ansiedad por los arrestos surgen una vez más.