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Did You Miss the Organic Seed Webinar?

Photo by Trav Williams, Broken Banjo Photography

NOP“Understanding the National Organic Program Seed Rule and Sourcing Organic Seed” is now archived and available at eXtension.org for anyone who missed the live broadcast on Friday, June 6, 2014.

Watch the webinar here.

The webinar covers the availability of organic seed, as well as the National Organic Program’s 2013 guidance that aimed to clarify the organic seed regulatory requirement. Presenters share perspectives on challenges in enforcing this requirement and recommendations for encouraging increased sourcing of organic seed. Finally, participants are introduced to tools and resources that support organic seed sourcing and production. This webinar is supported by a contract from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service’s National Organic Program.

PRESENTERS

Kristina Hubbard, Organic Seed Alliance, Director of Advocacy and Communications

Emily Brown Rosen, USDA National Organic Program Standards Division, Agricultural Marketing Specialist

Zea Sonnabend, California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), Organic Farm Inspector and Materials Policy Advisor; National Organic Standards Board (NOSB)

Cullen Carns-Hilliker, Midwest Organic Services Association, Certification Specialist

 

Cathleen McCluskey

Cathleen McCluskey is the outreach director at Organic Seed Alliance. Cathleen supports OSA communications, and coordination of regional and national outreach efforts, and is the chair of the biennial Organic Seed Growers Conference.