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Events · June 28, 2011

Organic Seed Growers Conference: Have You Weighed In?

Have you provided suggestions or a proposal for OSA's 2012 Organic Seed Growers Conference? If not, you have a few more days -- the …

Field Notes · June 27, 2011

Agricultural leaders from the Southeast recently convened to lay the groundwork for strengthening the region’s organic seed …

Field Notes · June 24, 2011

As a geneticist and plant breeder who specializes in breeding crops that are adapted environmental stresses using classical plant breeding …

Field Notes · June 23, 2011

Our favorite part of this Driven by Flavor interview with Chef Dan Barber of Blue Hill at Stone Barns starts around the 44 minute mark. …

Field Notes · June 22, 2011

Organic Seed Alliance Publishes Seed Production Tutorials OSA’s seed production tutorials are now available! These multi-media tutorials …

Field Notes · June 21, 2011

Today we welcome summer and bid adieu to one of the coolest and wettest springs on record here in the Northwest. While our changing …

Seed Policy · June 14, 2011

Yesterday, the National Organic Program (NOP) released its draft guidance (opens PDF) on the commercial availability of organic seed. This …

Resources · June 14, 2011

Organic Seed Alliance has created new multi-media seed production tutorials for beets and chard, brassicas, carrots, lettuce, onions, and …

Seed Policy · June 13, 2011

As a member of the National Organic Coalition (NOC), OSA will keep you up to speed on federal organic agriculture policy discussions …

Seed Policy · June 7, 2011

The following piece was written by Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer from the Agricultural Policy Analysis Center at the University of …

Events · June 7, 2011

A big thanks to everyone who came out for the Mother Earth News Fair last weekend in Puyallup! The fair was a huge success and our …

Events · June 1, 2011

Learn more about the Mother Earth News fair in Puyallup, WA, here. SATURDAY, JUNE 4 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. Seed Basics: What is F1, OP, PVP, …