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Breaking New Ground: Farmer Perspectives on Organic Transition
Breaking New Ground: Farmer Perspectives on Organic Transition, a joint report released by Oregon Tilth and Oregon State University’s Center for Small Farms & Community Food...
Taking Stock: Analyzing and Reporting Organic Research Investments, 2002 – 2014
This in depth analysis of programs funded from 2002-2014 by the USDA Organic Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) and Organic Transitions (ORG) competitive research grant programs offers an...
Analysis of the Organic Market in Oregon
Oregon Tilth knows that farmers require a clear picture of market needs and opportunities both to inform an overall organic crop production plan and to demonstrate the feasibility of business...
Major Obstacles Faced by Organic Processors
The primary goal of this research project was to discover what processors in the upper Midwest have experienced as major obstacles when beginning or expanding an organic processing endeavor. In...
National Organic Farming Handbook
The NRCS Organic Farming Handbook was developed to support NRCS conservation planners and other agricultural professionals as they work with organic producers. The handbook describes organic systems...
Tillage Timing and Nitrogen Loss on Organic Farms
In a study that spanned five years, Penn State researchers conducted intensive nitrogen monitoring in four different cropping systems designed to allow comparisons of soil nitrogen levels over time...
Organic Dairy Profits: Analysis of Dairy Farms in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia
Interest continues to grow in organic dairying by consumers, producers and processors. Organic dairying has its production challenges but good profits can be earned for producers who manage the...
Exploring Economic and Health Impacts of Local Food Procurement
To assist communities in enhancing the health and economic impacts of local food procurement initiatives, the Illinois Public Health Institute and Crossroads Resource Center released a new report –...
Oregon Food Infrastructure Gap Analysis
Where could investment catalyze regional food system growth and development? This is the question Ecotrust set out to answer to advance the development of a robust, regional food economy in …...
Significance and Value of Non-traded Ecosystem Services on Farmland
A newly-published study comparing organically-managed and conventional farmland in New Zealand found that organic fields consistently provide more value per acre in the production of beans, peas,...