For Immediate Release: August 2, 2011 Contact: Jared Zystro, (608) 957-4829, jared@seedalliance.org Organic Seed Alliance and Garberville …
Archives for 2011
How to Pollinate Your Own Sweet Corn
As August approaches, the next phase of the organic sweet corn project begins. As part of the Northern Organic Variety Improvement …
Seed Digest (July 8 – 22, 2011)
OSA’s Role in Building Organic Seed Systems According to a 2010 nationwide survey organic farmers are faced with a seed market that neither …
OSA’s Role in Building Organic Seed Systems
Cross-posted from Seedstock.com According to a 2010 nationwide survey conducted by the Organic Seed Alliance (OSA), organic farmers are …
Time for USDA to Support Public Plant Breeding
The National Organic Coalition recently released an analysis of the state of classical plant breeding and past efforts to improve funding …
OSA’s Comments on New GE Corn Trait
OSA's letter to USDA on a petition to deregulate drought-tolerant, genetically engineered corn Dear Secretary Vilsack: We appreciate the …
Seed Digest (June 25 – July 8, 2011)
Heirlooms of Tomorrow OSA is often asked which seeds are appropriate for the new agricultural systems that many of us are developing: …
Heirlooms of Tomorrow
Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) is often asked which seeds are appropriate for the new agricultural systems that many of us are developing: …
Take Action by July 11 on New GE Corn
Cross-posted from the Center for Food Safety On May 11, 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a draft Environmental …
U.S. Supports Global Guidance on GE Food Labeling
The U.S. has long opposed a guidance document from the Codex Alimentarius Commission (made up of the world's food safety agencies) on the …
Organic Seed Growers Conference: Have You Weighed In?
Have you provided suggestions or a proposal for OSA's 2012 Organic Seed Growers Conference? If not, you have a few more days -- the …
Seed Stirrings in the Southeast
Agricultural leaders from the Southeast recently convened to lay the groundwork for strengthening the region’s organic seed …
