This winter newsletter serves as our 2015 annual report. We hope you'll enjoy reading about our tremendous work last year, including …
Help Us Cultivate a Resilient Food System
As the climate changes and our farms experience increasingly severe drought, storms, pests, and disease, we're actually being handed a …
OSA Community Helps Evaluate and Celebrate Fall Harvest
Our first annual research farm field day celebrated the fall harvest this week. Farmers, seed companies, Washington State University (WSU) …
Autumn Newsletter: Cultivating Resilience
Registration for the 8th Organic Seed Growers Conference is now open. We hope you'll join us for the largest organic seed event in the …
Summer Newsletter: Is Purple the New Green?
It's hard to believe that summer is upon us. As you watch the growing season unfold, do me a favor and ask yourself a question: What do I …
Expanding Spring Palates through Participatory Breeding
Local food can be scarce in early spring in the Northwest, but thanks to support from two specialty crop block grants administered by the …
Spring Newsletter: Breaking New Ground
Spring has arrived, and our staff is busy breaking new ground at a research farm in Chimacum, Washington. This operation centralizes much of …
Looking Back on OSA’s Successes in 2014
I'm excited to share our annual report with you today, which includes some of our most important successes in 2014. We are making tremendous …
You Can Support Our Seed Stewards
The local, organic food movement has done a tremendous job of making us think about the people and places producing our food. We understand …
Inspiration in “Community Breeding”
From purple carrots to black tomatoes, plant breeders and seed companies showcased their upcoming new varieties to farmers and chefs at …
Student Organic Seed Symposium Inspires
OSA's Micaela Colley and Jared Zystro left the Student Organic Seed Symposium in awe of the next generation of organic researchers and …
A Letter From Our Director
OSA recently bid farewell to staff member and friend Dr. John Navazio, who is re-locating cross-country to work as a plant breeder for …
