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Seed Policy · June 3, 2019

New Federal Funding Opportunity for Public Plant Breeders

Our nation’s land grant universities have a long history of working directly with farmers in their respective regions to bring new cultivars …

Field Notes · May 20, 2019

OSA's research farm is experiencing a very warm, dry spring here in Chimacum, WA. In fact, we're already irrigating the fields. Spring …

Seed Policy · May 17, 2019

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has proposed moving the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and Economic Research …

Events · May 14, 2019

Registration is open for the 2019 Student Organic Seed Symposium! "Seed stories: Narratives of self, science, spirit, and social …

Events · May 13, 2019

Spring is most definitely in the air at our main office and research site in Chimacum, Washington, and our local team is busy in the field. …

Many thanks to our GiveBIG donors! With your support, we exceeded our matching campaign goal on May 8th. Thanks to you we raised over $5,000 …

Seed Policy · May 1, 2019

Last week the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) convened for its spring meeting in Seattle, WA, not far from our home office in Port …

The Society of Organic Seed Professionals (SOSP) is a new membership organization of researchers and practitioners committed to the …

Events · April 15, 2019

Early April brought the promise of warmer weather and the first ever Purple Sprouting Broccoli (PSB) Seed-to-Table event in Seattle. PSB is …

Seed Policy · March 13, 2019

Join OSA in Seattle, Washington, next month for the spring meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) from April 24 - 26, …

Field Notes · March 12, 2019

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

Events · March 12, 2019

OSA is working with local farmers in five Washington counties to bring purple sprouting broccoli to markets and restaurants throughout the …