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Crop: Sweet corn

August 22, 2023

OSA’s Washington Community Field Day

September 11, 2023
4:00 – 6:00 P.M. | OSA'S RESEARCH FARM AT FINNRIVER FARM & CIDERY | 124 CENTER ROAD | CHIMACUM, WASHINGTON

RSVP today to join the Organic Seed Alliance team for our annual Washington Community Field Day on Monday, September 11, 2023. We’ll …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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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 …

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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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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 …

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