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Resources · January 17, 2021

New Recording: Excluded Methods in Organic Production

On December 16, 2020, OSA co-hosted a listening session on excluded methods in organic production. A recording of the event is now available here.

The conversation focused on methods used in plant breeding and crop improvement in the United States. The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) has been working to provide clarity on excluded methods for the last five years. In 2016, the NOSB passed a policy proposal that provides a framework for evaluating whether a method should be allowed or excluded. Since that time, the NOSB has provided clarity on a dozen methods.

We were lucky to have Jason Cavatorta with EarthWork Seeds Inc. participating in this event. Jason is a plant breeder who is eager for more clarity on which methods should be allowed and which should be excluded in organic production. Jason provided a presentation of a handful of methods still in question, including double haploid technology, induced mutagenesis, protoplast fusion, tilling, and transposons.

Thanks to our co-hosts of this event: National Center for Appropriate Technology and the Society of Organic Seed Professionals.

 

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Kiki Hubbard

Kristina (Kiki) Hubbard is the director of advocacy and communications for Organic Seed Alliance. She currently leads efforts to promote policies and actions that support organic seed systems, including managing OSA’s State of Organic Seed project.

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