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Lessons Learned Series: Organic Recordkeeping for a Crop Audit
The records of a certified organic farm’s operations and activities demonstrate where promise and practice meet for an inspector and certifier. An annual mandatory inspection examines the...
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...
Environmental Benefits of Organic Agriculture: Soil
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Soil building practices such as crop rotations, cover crops, and organic fertilizers are central...
Environmental Benefits of Organic Agriculture: Biodiversity
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Organic systems enhance biodiversity at several levels. A variety of seeds and breeds are chosen...
Mitigating Soil Disturbance in Organic Systems
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The video recording coversproduction practices that can offset the negative impacts of tillage...
Lessons Learned: Nutrient Management
Sauvie Island Organics is a 25-acre fresh vegetable farm – certified by Oregon Tilth since 2009 – located 15 miles from the hubbub of downtown Portland. Farm manager Scott Latham …...
Environmental Benefits of Organic Agriculture: Energy and Climate Change
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Through the use of leguminous cover crops, compost, and other organic-approved materials for...
Reduced Tillage in Organic Specialty Crop Systems
This webinar was presented in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and focuses on research aimed at methods to improve soil health by minimizing tillage in...
Cover Crop (340) in Organic Systems: Pennyslvania Implementation Guide
This document provides an overview of how the NRCS Cover Crop (340) conservation practice can be implemented on organic operations. It discusses different purposes for the practice’s use, design...
Cover Crop (340) in Organic Systems: Kentucky Implementation Guide
This document provides an overview of how the NRCS Cover Crop (340) conservation practice can be implemented on organic operations. It discusses different purposes for the practice’s use, design...