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Farmworkers, growers receive expanded services

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One Community Health kicks off medical outreach services during harvest

THE DALLES — For the past 36 years, One Community Health (OCH) has delivered medical and outreach services to growers and seasonal farmworkers during sweet cherry harvest. This year is no exception, with OCH staff hoping to reach more than 3,000 farmworkers.

Yesteryears, June 3 edition
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Yesteryears, June 3 edition

1910 — 110 years agoSo plentiful and large are the strawberries in that pickers are making good wages. Mrs. Wilke, a widow, has broken the rec…

Wasp targets destructive fruit fly
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Wasp targets destructive fruit fly

  • By Mark Gibson The Dalles Chronicle
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A parasitic wasp has shown tremendous potential attacking and controlling spotted-wing drosophila—an invasive, destructive fruit fly that costs Oregon fruit and berry growers close to a billion dollars a year, according to Oregon State University researchers.