HD18 runs on agriculture. The farms, nurseries, Christmas tree farms, vineyards, and grass seed farms that define our landscape are families, legacies, and the core of this community's identity and economy. 

Roy believes we don’t just need to safeguard our farmers. We need to cultivate a new generation of farmers, growing food for Oregonians and feeding grateful customers around the world.

We need to double-down on agricultural and natural education. In a world increasingly disconnected from the land, Oregonians have made it clear: we want to stay connected to ours. 

Yet, right now our farming families are under pressure. Trump's self-defeating tariffs and reckless Iran war are causing chaos across the globe, and that chaos is hitting Oregon family farms and nurseries directly — raising the cost of fertilizers and greenhouse materials and driving diesel to never-before-seen levels, all while creating the kind of uncertainty that makes it impossible to plan a season, let alone a future. 

Thanks to Trump policies, farm bankruptcies are at a national high point. And according to the Oregon Health Authority, '"...workers in agriculture, forestry and fishing have a suicide rate that is five times the state average.” 

Farmers approaching retirement are asking whether their kids can even afford to take over, whether the next generation will see farming as a viable path. 

The snake-oil salesmen who promised to fight for working people are making life harder for the working people of HD18 while corporate agribusiness absorbs the damage and moves on.

Roy will fight for farmers, and for the farmworkers that power those farms, because when everyone does better, everyone does better.