• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Organic Seed Alliance

Advancing ethical seed solutions to meet food and farming needs in a changing world

  • News
  • Programs
    • Research
    • Education
    • Advocacy
  • Publications
    • All Publications
    • How-to Guides
    • Reports
    • Webinars
    • Worksheets & Record-keeping
    • Conference Proceedings
  • Resources
    • 2023 Policy Platform for Seed
    • State of Organic Seed
    • Organic Seed Producers & Intern Host Farm Directory
    • Variety Trial Tool
    • Seed Patent Watch
    • Seed Internship Program & Organic Seed Production Online Course
    • Seed Economics Toolkit
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Organic Seed Growers Conference
    • COVID-19 Protocols
  • Media
  • About
    • Staff Directory
    • Board & Advisors
    • Our Story
    • Our Values
    • Our Alliance
    • Commitment to Racial Equity
    • Business Partners
    • Annual Report
    • Contact Us
    • FAQ
  • Give

Crop: Sweet corn

Events · September 21, 2022

Midwest Collaborative Plant Breeding Field Day Highlights


Collaboration is a key component of an equitable and adaptive agricultural system. Participatory plant breeding (PPB) is an approach for …

Continue Reading

June 15, 2022

Farm to Flavor

August 21, 2022
5:00 p.m. CT | Garver Feed Mill | Madison, Wisconsin

Our OSA Midwest team and Carrot Improvement for Organic Agriculture (CIOA) project partners hope to see you at Farm to Flavor 2022 on August …

Continue Reading

Events · March 21, 2022

Evaluating Tortillas Made with Pink, Purple, Blue, and Red Maize: A Delicious Experience


Multicolored maize is recognized for being rich in pigments such as anthocyanins, a powerful natural anticancer antioxidant (Guillen-Sánchez …

Continue Reading

Seed Policy · October 29, 2021

What’s the Cross-incompatibility Trait and How Can It Protect Seed Integrity?


In the face of widespread contamination, organic corn growers and plant breeders need assurance that cross-incompatibility genes will remain …

Continue Reading

August 11, 2021

GMO Contamination and the Cross-Incompatibility Strategy


Genetic contamination occurs when genetically engineered (GE) plants pollinate organic and other non-GE plants and introduce GE traits into …

Continue Reading

Field Notes · June 29, 2021

Sweet Corn Lessons on Breeding for Organic Systems


Breeding for Organic Agriculture Organic agriculture has been growing for decades, yet relatively few varieties have been bred for organic …

Continue Reading

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. …

Continue Reading

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 & …

Continue Reading

July 11, 2019

Organic Vegetable Research Showcase

August 22, 2019
2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | West Madison Research Station | 8502 Mineral Point Road | Verona, Wisconsin

Our research partners at University of Wisconsin–Madison are busy in the field and you're invited to check it out firsthand. Join Organic …

Continue Reading

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 …

Continue Reading

November 28, 2018

Mejoramiento de Maíz Dulce en la Agricultura Orgánica


Este manual comparte conocimientos sobre como hacer fitomejoramiento de maíz dulce para sistemas de producción orgánicos. Incluye …

Continue Reading

Events, Resources · September 4, 2018

New Carrot Variety Trial Report and September Events


New Resources for California Farmers Results: California Organic Carrot Variety Trials, 2014-2017 Organic Seed Alliance is pleased to …

Continue Reading

Next Page »

Latest Tweets

Footer

Advancing ethical seed solutions to meet food and farming needs in a changing world

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Copyright © 2023 Organic Seed Alliance · All Rights Reserved · Website by Tomatillo Design