Hazelnuts, also called filberts, are important for Oregon farmers, who produce more than 99 percent of the nation’s hazelnuts, landing on tables and in salads and chocolaty spreads. Taylor Larson is an Oregon hazelnut farmer at My Brothers' Farm. He works with the University of Oregon on a way to protect the Oregon white oak trees on the farm without the use of harmful pesticides or burning.
For Calvin Penkauskas, a University of Oregon undergraduate, pigs are the secret weapon in a battle against a farmer’s enemy: filbert worms.
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