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Conservation Buffers in Organic Systems: New England Implementation Guide
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance in installing practices for use as buffers in organic production systems in order to meet the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations. …...
Conservation Buffers in Organic Systems: Pennyslvania Implementation Guide
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance in installing practices for use as buffers in organic production systems in order to meet the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations. …...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support
Oregon Tilth is committed to providing service throughout the COVID-19 crisis. We’ll do our part to help producers bring safe, high-quality organic food to communities nationwide. We’re...
Activities covered by crop certification
Your organic crop certification covers simple processing and handling of on-farm produced crops. What types of activities does crop certification cover? Some sample activities covered by crop...
Audit trail exercises for crops
Organic inspectors are required to conduct at least one traceback and one mass balance audit trail exercise at each annual inspection. The audit trail evaluates your recordkeeping system as well...
Organic crop recordkeeping templates
Getting started with recordkeeping can be a big task. In addition to setting up how you want to organize your records, having good templates that cover all of the necessary …...
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 …...
2015 Cover Crops Field Day
During this field-based workshop, you will learn about techniques to improve your soil with a focus on methods and benefits of growing cover crops. Presentations by experts from Benton Soil &...
A Crop with History
Hemp has been a plant shrouded in myth, mystique and misinformation for decades, as federal prohibition in the United States kept it out of farm fields and out of mind. …...
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...