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
Feds buys $16M of Oregon seafood to offset industry losses
The West Coast seafood industry is caught in the crosshairs of tariff uncertainty. Oregon industry and government officials asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to step in and lessen damage to the industry.
Judge halts controversial proposed chicken farm east of Salem
A Linn County judge invalidated an essential permit for a proposed chicken farm east of Salem on Tuesday. Local residents and farmers have fought for years to keep the farm from being built.
Oregon leaders agree the Lower Umatilla Basin’s nitrates are a crisis. But the funds aren’t there
For decades, waste carrying nitrates from large livestock farms, food processing facilities and irrigated farms has seeped through the Lower Umatilla Basin’s soil and into the groundwater below.
Advocates urge Oregon lawmakers to pass bill extending food benefits for immigrant children
Food advocates and parents went to Salem Wednesday to urge state lawmakers to pass a bill that would extend food assistance benefits to children who are often denied because of their immigration status.
This Oregon program seeks to unlock opportunities for Latino farmers and gardeners
Language barriers, limited access to land, and a lack of financial resources or federal loans and grants can keep some Latino people from becoming farmers. Hundreds have graduated from a Washington County program that seeks to overcome those obstacles.
Farmworker, immigrant rights group take to the streets in Salem
Hundreds of people took to the streets at the Oregon Statehouse Thursday in support of May Day. It is an annual event, but many immigrants and farmworker advocacy groups say this year is different.
Demonstrators gather in Oregon, Washington for May Day protests
The international event, which commemorates the fight for workers’ rights, has often been used to express broader political unrest. This year, President Donald Trump and his administration’s actions are front and center.
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.
