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...
Integrating Warm Season Annuals into Cool Season Perennial Grazing Systems
This webinar will focus on the use of warm season annuals (cover crops), their management and tips for revitalizing old monoculture cool season pasture to improve soil health. Many cool …...
Nelson Grade Organics: Soil Steward
Working with nature to grow crops on a farm takes patience, know-how, and the right resources. And a ton of grit. Eric Nelson has them all. In 2006, he …...
Oregon Tilth & Oregon State University Partnership Aids Organic Farmers
Oregon’s organic farmers will benefit from new research, education and outreach thanks to a new OSU Organic Extension program, dedicated to building and sustaining organic agriculture —...
Scaling Down, Stacking Up and Finding Partners: Farm Viability on the High Plains
For Kevin Fulton, 2018 was a new beginning: it was the first year of his farm being fully certified organic and the first time he could sell crops under the …...
Organic Fertilizer and Cover Crop Calculator
This free online tool compares the nutrient value and cost of cover crops, organic and synthetic fertilizers and compost. Use this Excel Calculator to develop well balanced and cost effective...
Environmental Benefits of Organic Agriculture: Energy and Climate Change
Through the use of leguminous cover crops, compost, and other organic-approved materials for fertility management, organic farms often decrease the greenhouse gas emissions associated with both...
Transforming Manure from Waste to Worth
Watch this webinar to learn about maximizing the use of manure in organic cropping systems. Panelists cover the nitrogen plant availability of several common organic sources — compost, manure,...
In Memoriam of Andrew Rodman
At the Oregon Tilth office, on desks and taped to walls, are a bunch of photocopies of an old In Good Tilth cover that never made it to print. The …...
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...