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State of Organic Seed Report

The overall purpose of the SOS is to increase success and minimize risks for the organic farming and food sector by advancing the viability and integrity of organic seed systems.

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OSA's Seed Production Tutorials

OSA’s seed production tutorials are now available! These multi-media tutorials teach you professional techniques for organic seed production in the following categories: Beets and chard; brassicas; carrots; lettuce; onions; wet seeded crops; seed climatic considerations; and seed disease.

The tutorials are based on presentations given by organic seed experts at the 2011 Organicology conference and are funded through Western SARE. Click here to access the tutorials.

A Seed Saving Guide for Gardeners and Farmers

Learn how to plant the best varieties, maintain your crop "genetics", cultivate, harvest, process and store seed.

Plus a crop specific chart and resources for gaining more seed growing knowledge.

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Vegetable Variety Trials for Local Food Production on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, 2009

This publication comes in two parts:  A written report of trial methods, results, and recommendations and a report of the trial evaluation data.

Dr John Navazio is interviewed by Edible Seattle for an article on Winter Spinach  Read more

Field Guides to Seed Production

• On-farm Variety Trials:  A Guide for Organic Vegetable, Herb, and Flower Producers

• Principles and Practices of Organic Bean Seed Production

• Principles and Practices of Organic Beet Seed Production NEW!

• Principles and Practices of Organic Carrot Seed Production NEW!

• Principles and Practices of Organic Lettuce Seed Production NEW!

• Principles and Practices of Organic Radish Seed Production

• Principles and Practices of Organic Spinach Seed Production

• Harvest and Handling Seed Record

• Seed Crop Record

• Trial Evaluation Sheet

• Risks and Recommendations - Biofuel Canola Seed Crops in Regions of Vegetable Crucifer Seed Production

• Weather-Related Risk Reduction Guidelines

• 2012 Organic Seed Growers Conference
• 2008 Organic Seed Growers Conference
• 2006 Organic Seed Growers Conference Proceedings - Cover and Contents
• 2006 Organic Seed Growers Conference Proceedings

Organic Seed Alliance staff lead in content development for eOrganic/ eXtension website

The Organic Seed Resource Guide is now available online through the eXtension website!

Other Seed-Related Publications

• Diseases in Vegetable Seed Crops:  Identification, Biology, and Management - Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

• Hot Water and Chlorine Treatment of Vegetable Seeds to Eradicate Bacterial Plant Pathogens

• Outcrossing Potential for Brassica Species and Implications for Vegetable Crucifer Seed Crops of Growing Oilseed Brassicas in the Willamette Valley

• Spinach Diseases:  Field Identification, Implications, and Management Practices

Variety Trial and Organic Plant Breeding Publications
These two links will take you to our lists of publications and research reports in the areas of Organic Variety Trials and Organic and Participatory Plant Breeding. Two excellent resources for your informational needs.