Submit comments to USDA through May 16, 2022 On March 11, the USDA launched an inquiry into public concerns regarding seeds and …

Advancing ethical seed solutions to meet food and farming needs in a changing world
Submit comments to USDA through May 16, 2022 On March 11, the USDA launched an inquiry into public concerns regarding seeds and …
Please take a minute to review three important policy comment opportunities related to organic seed systems in the US. From the organic …
In the seed industry, utility patents dominate as the most lucrative form of intellectual property. A utility patent …
Winter has settled in the northern hemisphere and many of us have put our farms to bed for the season. Some may be headed off to a restful …
APPLICATION PERIOD HAS PASSED Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and join a team committed to growing seed for the common good? As …
In the face of widespread contamination, organic corn growers and plant breeders need assurance that cross-incompatibility genes will remain …
OSA's Cathleen McCluskey recently published an article from her Agroecology Master's research that focuses on farmers' roles in managing …
OSA Advocacy Intern Will Gallagher recently unpacked what a July 2021 White House Executive Order on consolidation in agriculture could mean …
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is a fifteen-member volunteer advisory board that meets biannually for public meetings that …
Events, Seed Ethics, Seed Policy ·
See below for the recording of Intellectual Property Rights, Race, and Colonialism: A Community Conversation that took place on September …
Six environmental advocacy organizations filed suit last week against the USDA, challenging the agency’s May 2020 rule that brazenly removes …
The spring meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will be held virtually next month, with opportunities for both written and …
🥕International #Carrot Conference will be this August 29–30 in Mount Vernon, WA. The event brings together carrot communities across the globe, & OSA’s team will be sharing about our work with the Carrot Improvement for Organic Agriculture (CIOA) project. seedalliance.org/eve…
Congratulations, @raceip! Well deserved 👏 twitter.com/raceip/s…
Shout out to OSA board member Anjali Vats @raceip for this well-deserved book award! 👏👏👏 twitter.com/NatComm/…
Thanks to @sustainableag for this great blog post about our #StateofOrganicSeed project and @OFRF's National Organic Research Agenda! #organicseed twitter.com/sustaina…
There's still time to help us meet our $5,000 match as part of the #GiveBIG campaign! Every dollar helps us serve seed growers across the US through participatory research, practical education, policy advocacy & network development. Thanks for your support!seedalliance.org/202…
Advancing ethical seed solutions to meet food and farming needs in a changing world