Ellen Bartholomew is always up to something. On most days she can be found tending the garden at Christ’s Church of the Golden Rule. Nestled in a valley in Northern California since 1968, the property is very diverse – from open farm land, fruit and nut orchards, riparian areas, ancient redwoods, oak woodlands, and forested hillsides. Her eyes smile as she looks over the rows of crops planted with gentle intent to feed and nourish her community.
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Mountain West Seed Summit
Join OSA Board President Sebastian Aguilar for the 2nd annual Mountain West Seed Summit this February 21–23, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Be sure to stop by his Growing a Seed Business workshop on Friday at 1:30 p.m. Learn more here.
West Coast Seeds Ltd.
Dry Farming and Other Strategies for Climate Resilience: Drought and Heat in the West
RSVP below to join us for the second webinar in our series, Dry Farming and Other Strategies for Climate Resilience, 2023. This time we will be joined by Joel Johnson and DeAnndra Porter from Native Seeds/SEARCH and Lucas Nebert from the Oregon State University Dry Farming Project. The presenters will discuss how extreme heat and drought are becoming problems for more producers across the West of the United States and beyond,
» Read more about: Dry Farming and Other Strategies for Climate Resilience: Drought and Heat in the West »Climatic Considerations and Risks for Seed Production in the Midwest
PUBLICATION DATE: August 30th, 2024
AUTHORS: Michael Lordon and Jared Zystro, Organic Seed Alliance; Julie Dawson, Rue Genger, Marissa Nix, University of Wisconsin Madison; Alice Formiga, eOrganic; Erica Kempter, Nature and Nurture Seeds; Keith Mueller, KC Tomato.
FUNDER: Upper Midwest Collaborative Plant Breeding Network / The Organic Research and Extension Initiative, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Award number 2020-51300-32176.
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» Read more about: Climatic Considerations and Risks for Seed Production in the Midwest »Host Farm Directory
This page only shows Host Farms below! This site is here to connect seed companies and wholesale seed buyers to organic seed producers. There are two ways that you can use the directory. If you are an organic seed producer, you can get listed by clicking on Create a Profile and filling information about yourself, your farm and your seeds. If you are looking for organic seed producers, you can use this page to search and filter to find producers based on their location,
» Read more about: Host Farm Directory »Seed Is Essential. And So Is Your Support.
This year was hard. It was also humbling, illuminating, and a constant exercise in centering our values and persevering.
2020 revealed a fundamental principle that our alliance has long known: that seed is essential. As COVID-19 numbers skyrocketed, so too did demand for seeds due to growing concerns over food supply disruptions and food security. Seed also provided us daily reminders that adaptation is essential — from the devastating derecho that ravaged Midwest crops to the fires burning along the West Coast,
» Read more about: Seed Is Essential. And So Is Your Support. »Organic Seed Producers & Intern Host Farm Directory
Welcome to the Organic Seed Producers & Intern Host Farm Directory. This site is here to connect seed companies and wholesale seed buyers to organic seed producers, and seed growers with each other and prospective seed farm interns. There are a few ways that you can use this directory. If you have general questions about the directory and its functionality, please email Jared Zystro.
- If you are an organic seed producer,
Seed Digest (February 5-18, 2011)
OSA Publishes State of Organic Seed OSA released an extensive report that serves as the first comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities in building the organic seed sector.
Save the Date! Mother Earth News’ Fair in Washington State OSA will host seed workshops and a seed swap at the Mother Earth News fair June 4 – 5, 2011. There will be a live auction with proceeds benefiting OSA — stay tuned for more details.
» Read more about: Seed Digest (February 5-18, 2011) »Results: California Cabbage Organic Variety Trial, 2015
This report includes results from a trial conducted in California in 2015 to evaluate the performance of several of the best open-pollinated (OP), public domain cabbage varieties available along with a few leading commercial hybrids.
Save the Date! Mother Earth News Fair in Washington State
OSA will host seed workshops at the Mother Earth News fair June 4 – 5, 2011. There will also be a live auction with proceeds benefiting OSA and a seed swap co-sponsored by Seed Savers Exchange and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange.
CONTACT:
Bryan Welch, publisher and editorial director, bwelch@ogdenpubs.com; James Duft, programming manager, jduft@odgenpubs.com; Brandy Ernzen, brand manager: (785) 274-4304,
» Read more about: Save the Date! Mother Earth News Fair in Washington State »Take Your Seed Cleaning Skills to the Next Level
Want to take your specialty crop seed processing and handling skills to the next level? Join us for a hands-on training that includes a demonstration of seed cleaning, processing, and handling. Demonstrations will include low-tech, hands-on techniques as well as small-scale seed cleaning equipment. A number of vegetable seed crops will be the focus of this two-hour training. Participants are invited to bring small quantities of their uncleaned seed crops to request technical advice from course instructors and other participants. Learn more and RSVP here.
