Policy Archives - Organic Seed Alliance

June 30, 2023

A Guide to Seed Intellectual Property Rights

The following guide was written by Paulina Jenney and adapted from her professional paper, "Keeping What You Sow: Intellectual Property …

December 8, 2022

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October 28, 2022

Climate change is already severely impacting organic seed growers, and policy actions and research investments are urgently needed to …

August 17, 2022

Listen in as Organic Seed Alliance, Experimental Farm Network, Farm Action, National Latino Farmers and Ranchers, National Organic …

May 23, 2022

Every five years, OSA releases the State of Organic Seed report as a progress report and action plan for increasing the organic seed supply …

March 15, 2022

State of Organic Seed (SOS) is an ongoing project to monitor organic seed systems in the United States. Every five years, Organic Seed …

March 3, 2022

The Organic Seed Growers Conference is the largest event focused solely on organic seed in North America, and in 2022 brought together more …

November 18, 2021

The Pacific Northwest (PNW) has the potential to be a leader in organic and non-GMO vegetable seed production due to the region’s ideal …

November 12, 2021

The Organic Seed Search training resource is part of the National Organic Program’s (NOP) Organic Integrity learning Center. Organic Seed …

September 10, 2021

USDA National Organic Program, 7 CFR Part 205. National Organic Program. Retrieved from …

August 11, 2021

Genetic contamination occurs when genetically engineered (GE) plants pollinate organic and other non-GE plants and introduce GE traits into …

January 21, 2021

On January 19th OSA co-hosted a listening session on GMO contamination in seed with Friends of Family Farmers, Cultivate Oregon, Our Family …