A total outrage of patently evil, sickening government overreach is currently underway in Sherman County, Oregon.
Azure Farms is a working, Certified Organic farm located in Moro, Central Oregon, in Sherman County. It has been Certified Organic for about 18 years. The farm produces almost all the organic wheat, field peas, barley, Einkorn, and beef for Azure Standard.

Sherman County is changing the interpretation of its statutory code from controlling noxious weeds to eradicating noxious weeds. These weeds include Morning Glory, Canada Thistle, and Whitetop, all of which have been on the farm for many years, but that only toxic chemicals will eradicate. Organic farming methods – at least as far as we know today – can only control noxious weeds — it is very difficult to eradicate them.

Sherman County may issue a Court Order on May 22, 2017, to quarantine Azure Farms and possibly to spray the whole farm with poisonous herbicides, contaminating them with Milestone, Escort and Roundup herbicides. Roundup contains glyphosate, a component of the Vietnam War era chemical weapon, Agent Orange, the use of which resulted in thousands of cancer deaths.

This outrageously intrusive action by Sherman County will destroy all the efforts Azure Farms has made for years to produce the very cleanest and healthiest food humanly possible. About 2,000 organic acres would be impacted; that is about 2.8 times the size of the City of London, England that could be sprayed with noxious, toxic, polluting herbicides.

To add insult to injury, the County intends to put a lien on the farm after poisoning it, to pay for the expense of the labor and chemicals used. This proposed action is completely unreasonable and would destroy an organic farm and pollute a massive area.

Frankly, this seems to me more like a case of fraudulent asset seizure than anything else. What if this were your land and your business, which your local county was attempting to not only destroy but also to take ownership of same until the costs of their destructive actions could be recouped. The evil of this case boggles the mind!

Take Action Now!

If you are concerned about where your food comes from, enjoy Organic and non-GMO food grown in the United States, and support organic farmers, contact Sherman County Court before May 22, 2017 (and preferably before May 17 when the next court discussion will be held).

Contact info:

  1. Via email at lhernandez@co.sherman.or.us or
  2. Call Lauren at 541-565-3416.

Raise your voice and speak up for yourself, your families and communities.

If enough voices that benefit from organic produce speak up, the County will understand that there are people who care about their food NOT containing toxic chemicals. And if the supporters of healthy food can have a louder voice than the supporters of toxic chemicals, every politician will listen. PLEASE take action today and share this message. Overwhelm the Sherman County representatives with your voice.

Take Action Today!

Email or call Sherman County via email at lhernandez@co.sherman.or.us or call Lauren at 541-565-3416.

Thank you for all your support.

Above all, please take action directly today or if by phone, on Monday.

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  • L. Hernandez and To Whom It May Concern:

    I was appalled to read about the plan you have in store for this business. I live in AL, the
    backyard of Monsanto. Are they in your back-pocket? Sounds suspect to me that 2,000 acres are involved for the taking. Another case of government out of control. I am in the late stages of Parkinson’s Disease. I firmly believe that Roundup is what caused this illness to manifest itself, in me. I used this product on seven different properties that I have lived on. I was in the military in the Vietnam era, but I missed going there. P.D. is a horrible illness and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I’ll bet you believe in Global Warming or Climate Change and Al Gore. I am praying for a change of heart, on your part. Thank you for your considerations.

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  • We have endangered species for the animals, how about for plants. Don’t we understand that every plant adds to the quality of the soil. Any organic farmer welcomes every offering from nature and works with nature and not against nature. Something is noxious but it is not the plants.

  • I’ve done what I can do. I’ve passed it on through facebook, twitter and have written to the Country Commissioners, who I assume is the ones behind this fiasco. Oregon has become known over the past few years for its facsist leanings, and this is just one more example of the madness that exists in Oregon governments.

    • They need to be SUED Oregon is a very bad place to live as Democrats run the place & I mean Run it.

      • They don’t run it very well though do they? God it was, I believe, left Man with the responsibility to protect the plants as well as the animals. God said nothing about the Democrats being the men who should decide. God for that matter never said toxic chemicals would be a good solution. And yet here we are as if God himself had said these things were right. But what the powers that be are pursuing is clearly wrong.

        Now the question for us is what the heck to do about it. I doubt my interpretation of the Bible will have much impact. Logic might work but it is extremely difficult to use logic on the people who want to kill the weeds.

        And what gives these people the right to kill all the plants that they consider to be weeds? The next thing you know they will be killing “Christmas trees” and everything we associate with Christmas. Well maybe they are already doing that.

        The weeds are not going to be able to protect themselves. Someone has to help them by deciding it is time to do something about the causes of this insanity.

        Boycotts, protests, meetings and all that sort of thing would probably be futile.

        Persistence could do it. So I will lend my persistence to the effort to stop this. And I will ask these questions over and over again: “What is so wrong with these weeds that requires their eradication? Why not them live in peace and have their God given place on Earth?”

        Should the powers that be decide to continue, then why should I not view them as the weeds they seem to be. And why should we not give them a dose of their own medicine?

        I’d like to hear their answer.

  • Let’s find a way as a community to solve this, without choosing sides.
    Both sides are right. We want organic food to eat and we love Azure farms to be here in Sherman County.
    In the past there were teams of people who walked some of the fields in the summer and picked the weeds. The kids who are out of school would have a job. Azure Farms would get rid of their weeds without spraying.
    The other farmers have passed their farms down from generation to generation . They have worked hard to keep the weeds under control. The weeds go to seed and blow around and it hurts everyone.
    We have to be good neighbors and look out for each other The county doesn’t want to spray Azure Farms, They need Azure Farms to take care of their noxious weeds some how. It’s the law in this county. All of us are responsible for the noxious weeds that grow on our property.
    So how about we get some teams together and pick the weeds. And be a good neighbors.

    Sincerely
    Sharen brewer ( Former Mayor of grass valley in Sherman County )

  • Tell the judge that such a large swathe of land requires an environmental impact assessment before changes can be made to the soil chemistry. It will take him weeks to find out whether that is true or not, meanwhile no spraying, and it buys time to organise an international campaign against such stupidity elsewhere in the world. Get Geoff Lawton and the permaculture fraternity involved.
    Kind regards
    David West

  • I sent this email to: lhernandez@co.sherman.or.us

    To:  Sherman County, Oregon

    It should be obvious to you that Azure Organic Farms controls any noxious weeds on their property very nicely and members on the Sherman County Board need not be concerned in any way.  Your intentions to illegally trespass and destroy this life with toxic warfare and contrive immoral means to steal this land is psychopathic evil.  For each individual participating in this immoral scheme will be enormous debt, that will have to paid for as long as it takes.  This is the Supreme Law and you will be held accountable for any and all vile actions.

    Rev. Terryl Todd

  • Here is what I just sent “them”:

    Herbicides have NEVER EVER eliminated ANY plant ANYWHERE!!!!!! Seeds WILL blow in, be brought in by birds, etc., travel on transport vehicles, are dormant, in the soil, by the millions per acre, will be brought in in feedstock, and on and on. ANYBODY who makes a statement that a weed (or other) plant can be eliminated from an area is living in a total dream world. If your county government does spray this farm, I hope, with all my heart, they and/or others take legal action, and sue the hell out of you. Who ever rewrote/redeveloped the interpretation of this county ordinance, has absolutely NO IDEA of what is possible with chemical herbicides. It is total nonsense!!!!!

    John Dach
    john@mlce.net
    360.681.4240
    I am NOT a resident of Oregon but I AM A CITIZEN of these United States, with decades of successful, commercial, organic farming in my background.

  • I don’t know who certifies this farm as 100% organic, but they will no longer be able to use the label “certified organic” if the food is sprayed. If the county gets their way most likely it’s because the judge is taking bribes from the county. It happens all the time.

    • There is a way to find out if the judge at any time accepted money from Sherman County and if he/she has then that judge needs be disqualified from making any decision in the case.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcsbO_qPvwc

      3:08 “They know that any order by a judge who has accepted any money from a person who is likely to appear in front of them is void. Now what that means is that any money that any judge took from L.A. County where L.A. County is either a party before them or L.A. County is a witness before them, or L.A. County was likely to appear before them, is going to be a void judgement. “

  • we farmed in the Saginaw valley 75 years my farm it is several hundred years old . We have Canada thistle and morning glory. All you can do is control NOT eradicate them if you think different you have a big problem you just do not know.

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