Category Archives: Organic Seed Alliance

Ask Your Senators to Support Public Seed in the Farm Bill

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Kristina Hubbard

Senator Jon Tester is introducing a Farm Bill amendment next week that aims to reinvigorate classical plant breeding and public cultivar development. Call your senators today and ask them to support Senator Tester’s Farm Bill amendment to improve seed choices … Continue reading →

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Call for Organic Variety Trial Results

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Cathleen McCluskey

Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) is a proud partner in the Organic Variety Trial Database — the only searchable site of its kind that includes hundreds of organic variety trial results from across the country. The Organic Variety Trial Database is … Continue reading →

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Farmer Seed Stewardship: Nancy Redfeather & Gerry Herbert

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Kristina Hubbard

Nancy Redfeather and Gerry Herbert Kawanui Farm Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i Nancy Redfeather of Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i, remembers the exact moment she became a seed saver. “I was at a three-day conference with John Jeavons of Bountiful Gardens/Grow Biointensive here in Hawai’i in … Continue reading →

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OSA’s Senior Scientist Dr. Navazio Recognized by American Horticultural Society

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Cathleen McCluskey

Organic Seed Alliance’s (OSA) Dr. John Navazio has received an award from the American Horticultural Society (AHS) for his book, The Organic Seed Grower. Each year the society recognizes outstanding gardening books published in North America. Dr. Navazio was one … Continue reading →

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OSA Partners on Organic Wheat Trials in California

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Jared Zystro

Organic Seed Alliance and project partners have just finished planting organic wheat trials in Northern California. On three beautiful mornings this spring, farmer John LaBoyteaux towed his vintage International Harvester grain drill out to plant eight different varieties of wheat … Continue reading →

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Did You Miss the California Seed Stakeholder Meeting?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Jared Zystro

At EcoFarm in January, OSA hosted a second California seed stakeholders meeting. More than two dozen seed producers, seed company representatives, university representatives, and seed buyers met to discuss how to improve seed systems in California. Below are a few … Continue reading →

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Purple is the New Green: Winter Sprouting Broccoli

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Micaela Colley

Winter fields in Port Townsend, and the rest of the Pacific Northwest, generally offer little to eat. Organic Seed Alliance’s variety trial and breeding work focused on winter season extension will change that. We recently had the pleasure of evaluating … Continue reading →

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Going to Seed: Year Two of Carrot Research

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Micaela Colley

Color, flavor, nutrition, top strength, vigor, shape, and smoothness are all qualities under consideration as we select carrot roots this month to replant for breeding populations as part of the Carrot Improvement for Organic Agriculture (CIOA) project. OSA senior breeder, Dr. John … Continue reading →

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Spring Letter from Our Executive Director

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Micaela Colley

Farmers have been at the heart of Organic Seed Alliance’s work since our inception. We rely on farm experience, knowledge, and land to inform each component of our work to build organic seed systems — from breeding to production to … Continue reading →

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Oregon Legislators Should Vote ‘Yes’ on HB 2427

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Micaela Colley

I grew up working and playing in the Oregon countryside next to fields of broccoli, corn, beets, and beans. Strawberry picking was my first job at age 12, as soon as I could get my social security card. I spent … Continue reading →

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