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Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest has some of the best seed producing areas in the world. For example, Brassica vegetable seed crops produced in Washington and similar regions of Oregon have provided up to 50% of the US supply of seed and up to 25% of the world’s supply used to grow these vegetables. The region is therefore critical for expanding the US’s burgeoning organic seed trade, beginning with plant breeding. (See our regional assessment of organic plant breeding needs.)

Organic Seed Alliance’s collaborations with farmers, researchers, and the seed and food industry are fostering a regional seed system that is responsive to the needs of organic agriculture.

Organic Seed Alliance’s Pacific Northwest partnerships and projects are well-established. In 2015, we broke ground on a research field at Finnriver Farm & Cidery in Chimacum, providing a central location for most of our organic variety trial, plant breeding, and seed production projects in the region. The farm also serves as a venue for workshops, tastings, and field days. We’ve hosted ten biennial Organic Seed Growers Conferences in the Pacific Northwest region as well.

Our Pacific Northwest research focuses on vegetable crops, some grains, and beneficial flowers for pollinators.

Here are a few project updates:

  • Breeding Carrots with Partners to Address Diverse Needs
  • Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Supporting Local Farms
  • Partnership with Viva Farms Yields Seed to Tortilla Project
  • Glean and Clean Event Helps Feed Our Community
  • Celebrating Organic Research with Our Northwest Community

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View all Pacific Northwest PUBLICATIONS

Key Contact

Laurie McKenzie, Research & Education Associate, Northwest Region
laurie@seedalliance.org

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“I can adapt crops to the conditions on my organic farm and in my regional climate thanks to my partnership with Organic Seed Alliance. I know how to grow crops. But I don’t know ho to breed them.”

– Nash Huber, Nash’s Organic Produce, Sequim, Washington

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