The Evergreen

Facing a dire agricultural labor shortage during World War II, the United States made an agreement with Mexico: a government-sponsored program to bring Mexican workers to the U.S. on temporary labor contracts to help farms, as well as railroad companies, across the country. Over 15,000 of these workers came to Oregon, under what became known as the Bracero Program.

Today, we’re bringing you up to date on the Klamath River. What’s on folks’ minds now that all the dams are out a year later — and what still needs to be done to piece this basin together again?

Meet three Pacific Northwest artists whose creativity is inseparable from food.

We take a tour of OPB’s newsroom and hear from reporters covering politics, climate, health, business and more about what federal policy changes mean for people in the Northwest.

The Kiyokawa Family Orchards - once called the best apple orchard in America - has history dating back generations. The Kiyokawas have been growing fruit in the Hood River Valley since 1911, and were one of the few Japanese American families from the area to return and work the land after forced relocation and incarceration during World War II.

Scientists at Oregon State University and Oregon Health and Science University have teamed up to find new ways to treat endometriosis, ovarian cancer and other health conditions using nanoparticles and magnetic fields.