Lessons Learned Series: Organic Recordkeeping for Seed Sources
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...
Lessons Learned Series: Organic Recordkeeping for Materials
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...
Lessons Learned Series: Organic Recordkeeping for Ruminant Livestock Feed
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...
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...
One Page Cost Benefit Tool
“Pencil it out” is shorthand for making good farm investment and purchasing decisions. This webinar session from the National Good Food Network at the Wallace Center provides a...
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...
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...
Good Agricultural Practices for Small Diversified Farms: Tips and Strategies to Reduce Risk and Pass an Audit
Through a partnership with the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, North Carolina State University/North Carolina Cooperative Extension faculty conducted research in 2011 and 2012 to evaluate and...
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...