Mark Johnson: Says "Every legislative district in the state has at least one craft brewery and countless home brewers."

PolitiFact Oregon:

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Is there a craft brewery in every legislative district in Oregon?

The Oregon House voted recently to designate brewer’s yeast as the state microbe. House Concurrent Resolution 12, which honors Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is now in the hands of the Senate after receiving unanimous support in the House. Before it passed, resolution sponsor Rep. Mark Johnson, R-Hood River, hammered home the economic importance of craft breweries to Oregon. "Designating Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or brewer’s yeast, as the official microbe of the state of Oregon is an important recognition of the impact this little microbe has had on our state’s ... >> More

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