The urgent call to reinvigorate biodiversity and re-empower farmers and eaters in our food system is ringing across the globe. While OSA’s …
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Farm Bill Delivers Victory for Organic Research
The organic community is celebrating historic wins today following Congress's passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known …
Meet Your Seed Grower: Clint Freund, Cultivating the Commons
Clint Freund, proprietor of Cultivating the Commons in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, produces vegetable seed selected for the short humid …
Do You Believe in the Power of Seed?
Within a rising sea of dire news this fall was a seed of hope. In October, the 91 scientists of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel …
Business Member Spotlight: Adaptive Seeds
Adaptive Seeds, established in 2009 by Andrew Still and Sarah Kleeger near Sweet Home, Oregon, has a mission to make open-pollinated …
Organic Carrot Trials and Tastings in New York
“Stunning,” “beautiful,” “amazing” — not words you usually associate with a food as common as carrots. These accolades were elicited by …
‘Glean & Clean’ Proves to be a Bushel of Fun
What does a research farm do when the harvest is over and there are thousands of pounds of produce in the field? Put out a call to glean and …
Engaging Our Community in the Field and at the Table
All of us at OSA were delighted to welcome nearly 100 supporters to our Community Field Day and Variety Tasting at our Chimacum, WA, …
Farmers Learn How to Conduct Variety Trials in the Midwest
This summer Organic Seed Alliance co-hosted four on-farm workshops in the upper Midwest, with partners University of Wisconsin-Madison and …
Organic Plant Breeding in the Southeast
Last week Organic Seed Alliance was in Virginia to help lead an on-farm plant breeding course hosted by the Northern Organic Vegetable …
Organic Carrot Breeding Intensive in Washington
Organic Seed Alliance and special guest Dr. Phil Simon from USDA-ARS and University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a daylong intensive on …
NOSB to Discuss Three Seed Policy Proposals at Fall Meeting
Join OSA in Minneapolis, Minnesota, next month for the fall meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) from Oct. 24 - 26, 2018. …
