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Events, Field Notes, Resources · September 22, 2020

Did You Miss OSA’s Virtual Field Tours?


Organic Seed Alliance recently hosted a week-long Virtual Field Tour on Instagram Live (IGTV) in lieu of our in-person Community Field Day. …

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Events · October 3, 2019

Celebrating Organic Research with Our Northwest Community


Hope for the future of food was served up along with culinary delights during Organic Seed Alliance’s 5th annual Community Field Day & …

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Field Notes · March 12, 2019

Breeding Better Vegetables for Organic Agriculture


This article originally appeared in Organic Farmer (January 2019). When the National Organic Program (NOP) launched in 2002, there was …

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Events · August 31, 2018

OSA’s 4th Annual Community Field Day and Tasting


Join Organic Seed Alliance and explore new flavors at our Community Field Day and Tasting on Monday, October 1st, in Chimacum, Washington! …

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March 15, 2018

Results: California Cabbage Organic Variety Trial, 2015


Publication date: March 15, 2018 Author: Steve Peters, Organic Seed Alliance Funder: Gaia Fund Table of Contents Introduction …

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Field Notes · May 4, 2017

Spring Days at the OSA Research Farm


Here at the OSA research farm in Chimacum, Washington, the days are getting longer, the soil is slowly drying out, greenhouse starts are …

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California


California leads the nation in vegetable seed production, yet less than half of the vegetable seed planted on organic farms in the state is …

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Pacific Northwest


The Pacific Northwest has some of the best seed producing areas in the world. For example, Brassica vegetable seed crops produced in …

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Resources · December 13, 2016

New Report Helps Organic Farmers Extend Their Vegetable Season


Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) released a report today that details variety trial results for storage cabbages, storage onions, overwintering …

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November 11, 2016

Vegetable Crops for Season Extension in the Pacific Northwest: 2014 – 2016 Trial Results


This report includes results from variety trials conducted on organic farms from 2014 to 2016 in multiple locations on the northern Olympic …

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Events · March 5, 2014

Tasting Cabbage and Talking Seed


OSA hosted a variety tasting and discussion as part of last week’s Farmer-Fisher-Chef Connection (F2C2) in Seattle, Washington. OSA convened …

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Seed Policy · January 8, 2008

BT CABBAGE SEED ALERT – industry moving into US production


As many of you know, the majority of transgenic crops are in commodity crops - corn, soybeans, cotton, alfalfa. In recent months the news of …

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In 2027, we will have separate In-person (March 26th & 27th) and Virtual (March 30th & 31st) components, providing an interactive agenda of workshops, demonstrations, farm tours, lightning talks, art, seed swaps, affinity spaces, keynote presentations, and of course – celebration!

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