OSA co-hosted this virtual listening session with the National Center for Appropriate Technology and National Sustainable Agriculture …
Seed Commons & Ownership: A Listening Session on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
9:00 a.m. Pacific / 10:00 a.m. Mountain / 11:00 a.m. Central / 12:00 p.m. Eastern | Zoom
Organic Seed Alliance (OSA), Vermont Law School's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, and the National Center for Appropriate …
Seed Patent Watch Project
Seed belongs in the hands of the people, not the patent holder. It's come to OSA's attention that several small organic seed companies in …
Seed Patent Watch
Restricting people from continuing our co-evolution with plants for food security is an attack on humanity today and on future generations. …
What Organic Seed Policy Issues Matter Most to You?
Update September 14, 2020: Survey closed Thanks to all who've completed the survey. We're reviewing and analyzing your responses, and using …
Listening Session to Help Shape Future Innovation in U.S. Agriculture
10:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. MT / 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET | Virtual Webinar
What are the biggest challenges and opportunities over the next 10 to 30 years to optimize productivity and resilience, strengthen economic …
Star Power Shines Light on Family Farmers at Farm Aid
What do you get when you combine good music, local food, and family farm advocacy? Farm Aid! As an organization, Farm Aid works …
The New York Times Puts Spotlight on Organic Seed
The New York Times recently put organic seed in the spotlight with a pointed opinion piece by Dan Barber, titled: "Save Our Food. Free the …
Relocating Research Agencies to Kansas City is Bad Move for US Agriculture
Despite widespread opposition, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the USDA's National Institute of Food and …
OSA Supports Agribusiness Merger Moratorium Bills
OSA has joined over 200 farm, food, and rural groups in delivering a letter to Congress endorsing the food and agribusiness merger …
New Federal Funding Opportunity for Public Plant Breeders
Our nation’s land grant universities have a long history of working directly with farmers in their respective regions to bring new cultivars …
Breeding Better Vegetables for Organic Agriculture
This article originally appeared in Organic Farmer (January 2019). When the National Organic Program (NOP) launched in 2002, there was …