College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University

For more than 150 years, the College of Agricultural Sciences at OSU has lived out its
land-grant mission to serve Oregon through high-quality education, research, and outreach.
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The Purpose of Alpha Gamma Rho is to Make Better Men, and through them a broader and better agriculture by surrounding our members with influences tending to encourage individual endeavor, resourcefulness and aggressive effort along lines making for the development of better mental, social, moral and physical qualities; to promote a wider acquaintance and a broader outlook on the part of agricultural men through fellowship in a national organization that stands for the best social, mental and moral development.

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Butterfly Bush: Improving Invasive Plant Laws

Butterfly bush is in such high demand that consumers at nurseries request it by name. This makes it a highly valuable crop in Oregon’s leading agricultural sector: the nursery and greenhouse industry—the first ag industry in Oregon to surpass $1 billion in annual farmgate value. 

Oregon State research helps provide scientific framework for psilocybin use in therapeutic settings

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new paper by an Oregon State University-led research team provides a scientific framework to help shape the rollout of a program in Oregon that will legally permit the use of psilocybin for therapeutic reasons.

Oregon voters approved a ballot measure in 2020 to allow use of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound found in some magic mushrooms, in therapeutic settings, becoming the first state to do so. Preliminary clinical trial data has shown psilocybin has potential to address mental health issues including depression, anxiety and PTSD.

The state created an advisory board to recommend how to roll out a safe and equitable system for psilocybin use. The Oregon Health Authority in February released draft rules crafted by the advisory board. They are expected to be finalized in the next year.

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Oregon State is an international public research university that draws people from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. We go wherever the challenges are, push ourselves to the very edge of what’s known and keep going. We are determined to forge solutions. We are diverse and welcoming. We embrace our responsibility to Oregon and the world, building a future that’s smarter, healthier, more prosperous and more just. We see what could be and have worked relentlessly for 150 years to make it so. 

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