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Events · July 3, 2012

Fundamentals of On-Farm Plant Breeding Course

Last month, OSA, with support from Seed Matters, hosted our Fundamentals of On-Farm Plant Breeding Course to a group of 25 dedicated …

Resources · July 2, 2012

OSA is a proud co-author of Organic Crop Breeding, the first textbook on breeding for organic agriculture. This comprehensive text …

Field Notes · June 27, 2012

Organic Seed Alliance believes that some of the best innovation happens in the field. Farmers and traditional plant breeders have …

Seed Policy · June 26, 2012

By now you have probably received more Farm Bill emails than you can count. With the Senate passing its Farm Bill last week and the House …

Field Notes · June 26, 2012

California has the largest agricultural economy in the U.S. This probably does not come as a surprise to anyone who can picture rolling …

Field Notes · June 22, 2012

Recognizing that seed knowledge is being lost even more quickly than genetic diversity, OSA trains farmers in basic on-farm seed saving, …

Seed Policy · June 18, 2012

Join OSA in opposing the so-called “farmer assurance provision” in the House Agriculture Appropriations bill. This provision is an assault …

Seed Policy · June 8, 2012

OSA applauds the National Organic Standards Board's (NOSB) recent decision to ask the U.S. Agriculture Secretary to better address the …

Resources · June 7, 2012

Port Townsend, WA – Today Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) announced the release of the nation’s first Participatory Plant Breeding Toolkit. The …

Seed Policy · June 5, 2012

Senator Jon Tester will soon introduce a Farm Bill amendment that aims to improve seed and breed choices for American farmers, strengthen …

Field Notes · May 29, 2012

The role of education is pivotal to advancing the ethical development and stewardship of seed for future generations. Here at OSA we …

Events · May 21, 2012

Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) will host a two-day Fundamentals of On-Farm Plant Breeding Course on June 4-5, 2012, in Port Townsend, …