Intensives
Descriptions of Organicology Intensives.
Thursday February 26th 
All day intensives are an add on to your conference registration. Intensives are designed to get an in depth understanding and knowledge of various topics. Choose one with your registration of the 3 day event or Thursday alone.
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| Sustainable Business Intensive |
This intensive is open to growers, processors, distributors, and retail/food service. You will learn the foundational frameworks to help you understand and communicate the basics of “sustainability”, as well as practical tools to evaluate your practices. download flyer (pdf) |
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| Organic Seed Production and Plant Variety Improvement | Focused on small to medium scale farms this course will deliver the production skills you need to produce seed and basic techniques to improve varieties for your local organic farming conditions. download flyer (pdf) |
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| Local Food Systems: Challenges and Opportunities |
This intensive will cover what infrastructure and examples exist and how to get involved to effect the change in local and sustainable buying and distribution. A tour and workshop will cover examples of successes in direct sales to hospitals, schools and restaurants. download flyer (pdf) |
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| Advanced Organic Production: Organic Vegetable Rotations | We will discuss how crop rotations impact soil quality, soil fertility,
weed management, and disease management. Then we will introduce two
useful modeling tools that can help you plan rotations that benefit
your soils and your bottom-line. download flyer (pdf) |
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| Advanced Organic Production: Livestock Production | Aimed at livestock producer, this course has now turned into a roundtable discussion with experts in the field. Contact Oregon Tilth for payment details. |
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