USDA published a request for public comments in November (FR Vol.78, No. 213, Nov. 4, 2013) on how agricultural coexistence in the United …
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TAKE ACTION Farm Bill Negotiations Start this Week
Forty-one House and Senate lawmakers will convene tomorrow to hash out differences between their two versions of the Farm Bill. To see if …
Farm Bill Update: What’s at Stake for Organic Farmers
The following article is cross-posted from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition's (NSAC) blog series, "What's at Stake in the Farm …
USDA Should Commit to Reinvigorating Public Cultivar Programs
On August 15, 2013, I participated in a listening session hosted by USDA’s Plant Breeding Working Group. OSA is grateful that USDA hosted …
Student Organic Seed Symposium: An Address on Advocacy
My name is Kristina Hubbard, and for those of you who aren’t familiar with Organic Seed Alliance, we are a national non-profit organization …
Seed Industry Consolidation is Still ‘Out of Hand’
Dr. Philip Howard of Michigan State University has just updated his very telling graphics representing consolidation in the global seed …
More Than 150 Businesses, Groups Call for Improved Oversight of GE Field Trials
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2013 CONTACTS Kristina Hubbard, (406) 493-6965, kristina@seedalliance.org Victoria Bouloubasis, (919) …
More Than 100 Groups Urge Support of Tester Amendment in 2013 Farm Bill
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA and Organic Seed Alliance More than 100 farm organizations, …
Ask Your Senators to Support Public Seed in the Farm Bill
Senator Jon Tester is introducing a Farm Bill amendment next week that aims to reinvigorate classical plant breeding and public cultivar …
Seeding Canola, Ceding the Willamette
The debate around canola production in Oregon’s Willamette Valley is not new. For years proponents have lobbied to remove planting …
Oregon Legislators Should Vote ‘Yes’ on HB 2427
I grew up working and playing in the Oregon countryside next to fields of broccoli, corn, beets, and beans. Strawberry picking was my first …
TAKE ACTION Make Sure Organic is Funded & Protected
UPDATED 3-14-13 Senator Tester (MT) has introduced an amendment (#74) that strikes the "biotech rider" language (background here) from the …
