Benefits of Intercropping in Organic Systems
Intercropping — growing two or more crops in proximity — enables farmers to reduce tillage, expand opportunities to incorporate cover crops in rotations, and can be an integral part of pest...
NOSB Comments: Oversight Improvements to Deter Organic Fraud
Comments to the Certification, Accreditation, and Compliance Subcommittee on the discussion document on oversight improvement to deter organic...
NOSB Comments: Strengthening the Organic Seed Guidance
Comments to the Crops Subcommittee on strengthening the guidance set forth on the use of organic seed and planting...
Costing Basics for Multi-Crop Vegetable Farms
Watch this 4-part video series to learn how to estimate your crop specific costs of production and how to use cost information to make decisions aimed at improving the profitability of your farm...
Farm Viability: Equipment for Mechanical Cultivation
Weed management is often cited as the top production challenge in organic systems. Organic growers primarily manage weeds with soil disturbance, which can be counterproductive to soil-health. This...
Transforming Manure from Waste to Worth
Watch this webinar to learn about maximizing the use of manure in organic cropping systems. Panelists cover the nitrogen plant availability of several common organic sources — compost, manure,...
NOSB Comments: Genetic Integrity of Seed Grown on Organic Land
Comments to the Materials Subcommittee about the genetic integrity of seed grown on organic...
NOSP Comments: Strengthening the Organic Seed Guidance
Comments to the Crops Subcommittee on proposals for strengthening the organic seed...
NOSB Comments: Sodium Citrate
Comments to the Crops Subcommittee on sodium citrate as a petitioned material to add to the National List “for use as an anticoagulant in the production of blood...
NOSB Comments: Marine Materials in Organic Crop Production
Comments to the Materials Subcommittee on the Marine Materials in Organic Crop Prodcution discussion...