Promoting Beneficial Insects in Vineyards for Conservation Biological Control
Watch this webinar to learn about ecological (natural) pest management in vineyards. Vineyards are a rapidly expanding specialty crop industry across the U.S., and they represent an easy entry point...
Bee Better Certification
A partnership between bees and farms is just natural. That is why The Xerces Society and Oregon Tilth teamed up to create Bee Better Certified,™ a new certification program to …...
Lessons Learned: Planning Pastures for Pollinator Habitat
Farmers using rotational grazing methods — allowing livestock to graze in one area while other areas recover — benefit from applying pollinator conservation to their pasture management plans. On...
Biodiversity Conservation: An Organic Farmer’s and Certifier’s Guide
The Wild Farm Alliance guide clarifies the National Organic Program’s (NOP) new Natural Resources and Biodiversity Conservation Guidance (released January 2016), and increases organic farmers...
Lessons Learned: Biodiversity & Birds on Organic Farms
Biodiversity is an unsung hero protecting our agricultural future. Certified organic agriculture identifies biodiversity as central to sustainable, long-term farming productivity. Organic standards...
How to Conserve Biodiversity on the Farm: Actions to Take on a Continuum from Simple to Complex
The Wild Farm Alliance has created a chart of a progression of activities that increasingly support biodiversity and the benefits it provides to the farm. Each farm has a unique …...
Conservation Buffers to Support Beneficial Insects on Organic Farms
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) – Science and Technology National Technology Support Centers. Beneficial insects provide...
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...
Pollinator Plantings in Organic Pastures
This webinar investigates how organic pasture systems have the potential to do much more than just feed livestock. If managed properly, pastures and rangeland can include many forbs (herbaceous...
Opportunities for Conservation in Organic Livestock Systems
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). This session discusses opportunities for conservation in organic livestock systems from both the...