Microchips or microgreens? Oregon tweaks farm protection law
FILE - Customers walk toward the Last Waterin' Hole restaurant in North Plains, Ore., on March 17, 2023. In an attempt to attract semiconductor companies to Oregon, the state Legislature on Thursday, April 6, 2023, authorized the governor to expand urban growth boundaries to provide land for chip makers to build factories and provides over $200 million in grants to chipmakers. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is changing a half-century-old land-use law to make room for semiconductor development and gain an edge in attracting the multi-billion-dollar industry, upsetting farmers who see their livelihoods at risk....
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