As a geneticist and plant breeder who specializes in breeding crops that are adapted environmental stresses using classical plant breeding …
Archives for 2011
Chef Dan Barber: Why Plant Breeders Matter
Our favorite part of this Driven by Flavor interview with Chef Dan Barber of Blue Hill at Stone Barns starts around the 44 minute mark. …
New OSA Classes and Cultivars Underway
Organic Seed Alliance Publishes Seed Production Tutorials OSA’s seed production tutorials are now available! These multi-media tutorials …
A Summer Greeting from OSA’s Executive Director
Today we welcome summer and bid adieu to one of the coolest and wettest springs on record here in the Northwest. While our changing …
NOP Releases Draft Guidance on Organic Seed
Yesterday, the National Organic Program (NOP) released its draft guidance (opens PDF) on the commercial availability of organic seed. This …
OSA Seed Production Tutorials Now Available!
Organic Seed Alliance has created new multi-media seed production tutorials for beets and chard, brassicas, carrots, lettuce, onions, and …
Organic Agriculture Priorities in the Next Farm Bill
As a member of the National Organic Coalition (NOC), OSA will keep you up to speed on federal organic agriculture policy discussions …
Public Research, Not GMOs, is Key to World Food Supplies
The following piece was written by Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer from the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center at the University of …
Seedfest at Mother Earth News Fair!
A big thanks to everyone who came out for the Mother Earth News Fair last weekend in Puyallup! The fair was a huge success and our …
This Weekend! Seed Events at the Mother Earth News Fair
Learn more about the Mother Earth News fair in Puyallup, WA, here. SATURDAY, JUNE 4 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. Seed Basics: What is F1, OP, PVP, …
Seed Digest (May 14 – 27, 2011)
Court of Appeals Dismisses Appeal of GE Sugar Beet Case As a result, previous court rulings in favor of farmers and conservation advocates …
Court of Appeals Dismisses Appeal of GE Sugar Beet Case
Cross-posted from the Center for Food Safety: Court of Appeals Dismisses Monsanto's Appeal of Biotech Beets Case, Preserves Victory for …