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Field Notes · April 9, 2015

Expanding Spring Palates through Participatory Breeding

Local food can be scarce in early spring in the Northwest, but thanks to support from two specialty crop block grants administered by the …

Seed Policy · April 3, 2015

U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR), have re-introduced the …

Field Notes · March 30, 2015

Spring has arrived, and our staff is busy breaking new ground at a research farm in Chimacum, Washington. This operation centralizes much of …

Field Notes · March 10, 2015

Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) is proud to announce the release of a new spinach variety called ‘Abundant Bloomsdale’. The name is a tribute to …

Seed Policy · March 2, 2015

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Friday that it's ditching a 2008 proposal that would have updated GMO regulations. A little …

Resources · February 25, 2015

Join eOrganic for a webinar on the Carrot Improvement for Organic Agriculture (CIOA) project on March 24th, 2015. The webinar takes place at …

Events · February 24, 2015

Organic Seed Alliance recently hosted the first-ever California Organic Seed Summit at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks. The purpose was …

Resources · February 19, 2015

We're thrilled to announce that a new text for seed savers will be available this spring -- in time for the growing season! -- thanks to a …

Events · February 18, 2015

OSA staff recently returned from the Organicology conference in Portland, Oregon, where more than 1,000 people representing all sectors of …

Resources · February 17, 2015

Join eOrganic for selected live broadcasts from the Organic Agriculture Research Symposium in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on February 25 and 26. …

Events · January 22, 2015

We hope you’ll join OSA in attending the first-ever Organic Agriculture Research Symposium (OARS). This unique gathering, hosted by the …

Field Notes · December 18, 2014

I'm excited to share our annual report with you today, which includes some of our most important successes in 2014. We are making tremendous …