Education and Outreach Funding Sources

Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network Farmer-to-Farmer Program organic outreach

Summary

Coordinator: Karen Wynne, Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network (ASAN), Huntsville, Alabama
Stakeholders: Alabama farmers, ranchers and educators

The liberation of the Odairy archives

Summary

Coordinator: Ed Maltby, Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA), Deerfield, Massachusetts
Stakeholders: U.S. organic dairy producers (and their cows)

Co-managing biodiversity conservation and food safety on organic farms

Summary

Coordinator: Jo Ann Baumgartner, Wild Farm Alliance, Watsonville, California
Stakeholders: Organic producers in the U.S.

Four organic breeding guides: An Introduction to Organic Breeding; and Organic Breeding for Sweet Corn, Carrots, and Tomatoes

Summary

Coordinator: Micaela Colley, Organic Seed Alliance, Port Townsend, WA
Project locations: Washington, Wisconsin, Oregon, Minnesota

Farmer-based evolutionary participatory plant breeding for organic quinoa, buckwheat, and spelt

Summary

Investigator: Kevin Murphy, Washington State University, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Pullman, WA
Project locations: Washington, North Dakota

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:

Searchable Library of Articles on Organic Growing

Summary

Coordinator: Jack Kittredge, Natural Organic Farming Association / Massachusetts, Barre, MA
Stakeholders: Beginning and hopeful farmers, farmers interested in converting to organic, and organic growers looking for a better way to deal with problems.

NOFA/Mass proposes to publish over 100 online searchable articles on 12 topics relating to organic production and marketing. The topics are:

Pollinator conservation strategies for organic seed producers

photo of bee pollinatingThis 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.

Sustainable Organic Farming and Marketing Project

Summary

Coordinator: Bridget Cooke, Adelante Mujeres, Forest Grove, Oregon
Stakeholder location: Washington County, Oregon

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