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Other Organizations Involved in Breeding for Organics

The European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding (ECO-PB)
ECO-PB works to:  1) provide a platform for discussion and exchange of knowledge and experiences, 2) initiate and support organic plant breeding programs, 3) develop the scientific principles of organic plant breeding, 4) develop standards for organic plant breeding.

Louis Bolk Institute
The Louis Bolk Institute conducts research on, and provides new insight into, organic and sustainable agriculture, nutrition and health care.

Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society – Farmer Breeder Club
Organization description by Steve Zwinger and Theresa Podoll

Open Plant Breeding Foundation: empowering organic growers to breed for disease resistance
The Open Plant Breeding Foundation is a resource hub for organic growers who have an interest in plant breeding.  This is the next evolutionary step beyond seed-saving and heritage varieties.
Using a combination of leading-edge science and time-honoured growing techniques, our goal is to produce commercially-viable crop varieties of exceptional quality, that also have a high degree of pest and disease resistance.

The Organic Seed Partnership

Public Seed Initiative (PSI)
The Public Seed Initiative (PSI) is a cooperative effort amongst the Cornell University Departments of Plant Breeding and Horticulture, the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, Inc, and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service’s Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, NY.