Identification of superior cover crop varieties for organic seed production in the Maritime Northwest
Summary
Investigator: John Navazio, Organic Seed Alliance, Port Townsend, Washington
Project location: Nash's Organic Produce, Sequim, Washington
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Enhancing insect pest management in organic systems using genotypically diverse cultivar mixtures
Summary
Coordinator: John Tooker, Pennsylvania State University
Project location: Russel Larson Agricultural Research Center, Rock Springs, PA
Reducing risk associated with organic snap bean production in Wisconsin
Summary
Investigator: James Nienhuis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Project location: Wisconsin
Organic Participatory Plant Breeding Toolkit: Tools and training in participatory breeding projects for researchers and organic farmers
Summary
Coordinator: Jared Zystro, Organic Seed Alliance, Port Townsend, Washington
Stakeholders: Any farmer or agricultural researcher interested in participatory plant breeding as a tool for developing organic seed varieties.
Organic Livestock Handbook: a Canadian Organic Growers Practical Skills Handbook
Summary
Coordinator: Kristine Swaren, Canadian Organic Growers, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Stakeholders: Organic, transitioning, and conventional livestock producers
COG published the original Organic Livestock Handbook in 2000 (with OFRF funding) and this very popular book needs a complete overhaul for at least three reasons:
Pollinator conservation strategies for organic seed producers
This award will help organic seed producers increase their yields, reduce the risk of having their crops contaminated with pollen from non-organic and GMO varieties, and improve biodiversity on their farms. Growers who raise organic seed crops that are pollinated by bees, such as alfalfa, canola, cotton and beets, have increasingly had their plants contaminated with pollen from non-organic and GMO varieties.