[…] from Purdue University and is a virtual training on the how-to’s of organic tomato seed production. This 60-minute webinar covers tomato biology, climatic requirements, genetic maintenance, disease management, and how to harvest clean and store tomato seed. The training is based on the Tomato Seed Production Guide available for free download in our resource library.
Links + Agenda for the 11th Organic Seed Growers Conference
[…] Meet Up Space 1 Meet Up Space 2 Meet Up Space 3 Meet Up Space 4 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82049269634?pwd=Sm5mU1NxcjhBcjJ4WGNqZ3JrSDlEQT09 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85129022010?pwd=OHVuanlwMVdmZWVVNU5jUE85RTJ4UT09 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83969079499?pwd=TGhweGttRTFoR3VxdWF3U1loTGJIdz09 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89701898456?pwd=OVNYaG1Rb1pUckEvYzhjQjBCOXR5UT09 Meeting ID: 820 4926 9634 Passcode: 915967 Meeting ID: 851 2902 2010 Passcode: 529053 Meeting ID: 839 6907 9499 Passcode: 480184 Meeting ID: 897 0189 8456 Passcode: 568056 Complete Program View/ Download the Complete ProgramDownload
Talking Seed Economics with Fresh Roots Farm
[…] in making enterprise budgets for the farm, but I had never before put in the time. It was eye-opening on some crops. Beets, for example. With the price we were offered in our contract, I didn’t know if we were making that much money. After looking at it through the enterprise budget tool, I […]
More Than 100 Groups Urge Support of Tester Amendment in 2013 Farm Bill
[…] the foundation for improving the quality, nutritional value, and ecological footprint of the food we eat and fiber we wear.” To download this press release as a PDF document, visit: http://rafiusa.org/docs/pressrelease52213.pdf To download the sign-on letter, visit: http://rafiusa.org/docs/lettertosenators.pdf Media Contacts: Victoria Bouloubasis (RAFI-USA) (919) 621-3593 victoria@rafiusa.org Kristina Hubbard (OSA) (406) 493-6965 kristina@seedalliance.org About Rural Advancement […]
Farm Bill Update: What’s at Stake for Organic Farmers
[…] be more felt than by organic farmers who are now facing massive uncertainty – not knowing if they’ll have the research to fight a new pest, the price data to know what revenue they can expect from growing one crop over another, and the ability to offset annual certification costs. There’s certainly a lot […]
Evaluating Tortillas Made with Pink, Purple, Blue, and Red Maize: A Delicious Experience
[…] 2011. Propiedades nutricionales y antioxidantes del maíz azul (Zea mays L.). Temas Selectos de Ingeniería de Alimentos 5-2 (2011) – 75 – 83. México. En línea: https://www.udlap.mx/WP/tsia/files/No5-Vol-2/TSIA-5(2)-Castaneda-Sanchez-2011. pdf Perales, H. R., Benz, B. F., & Brush, S. B. 2005. Maize diversity and ethnolinguistic diversity in Chiapas, Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, […]
New California Organic Seed Publications
[…] plant size, rate of growth, maturity date, head quality, side shoot production, and plant health. The report includes trialing materials and methods, results and discussion, and conclusions. Download the California Organic Broccoli Variety Trial 2013-2014 report here. Organic Kale Trial Report This report is the result of a variety trial conducted in 2013 and […]
Charting a Course for Seed Self-Determination
[…] Seminis varieties. Owsowitz was also not alone in asking seed companies she purchased from to stop doing business with Seminis, citing Monsanto’s commitment to genetic engineering and open hostility toward organic. Some seed companies did drop their Seminis line. Others could not afford to do so and, in some instances, alternatives weren’t readily available. […]
NOP Releases Draft Guidance on Organic Seed
Yesterday, the National Organic Program (NOP) released its draft guidance (opens PDF) on the commercial availability of organic seed. This is a much anticipated document given that the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) made recommendations (opens PDF) in 2005 and then again in 2008. The comment period is open until August 12. Comments can […]
Pollinator Management for Organic Seed Producers
[…] Seed Alliance provides clear strategies for conserving pollinators, managing crop isolation distances, and reducing unintended outcrossing between organic and non-organic seed crops. Click here to download a PDF of the publication. More than 80% of the world’s flowering plants depend on insect pollinators–especially bees–to produce seed, including more than two-thirds of all food crop […]
Cultivating Policy Support for Sustainable Agriculture
[…] upcoming Farm Bill activities. Some of these groups include Organic Seed Alliance, Organic Farming Research Foundation, National Organic Coalition, and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. And remember to download your own copy of the National Organic Action Plan, described above, at www.nationalorganic
coalition.org. An excellent way to learn how to leverage your voice (including your business […]
Organic Agriculture Priorities in the Next Farm Bill
[…] organic producers are required to pay a 5 percent surcharge on their crop insurance rates. In addition, organic producers are often reimbursed for losses based on conventional prices, without recognition of the higher market value of their organic products. The 2008 Farm Bill required USDA to eliminate these two policy inequities that discourage participation […]