This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, examines the relationship between U.S. agriculture and climate disruption, covering how farming both contributes to and can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. It surveys carbon sequestration practices, explores carbon market mechanisms including cap-and-trade and subsidies, and outlines opportunities for farmers and ranchers to reduce emissions while potentially generating value from carbon storage.

Join Amber Sciligo from The Organic Center and Patrick Baur from the University of Rhode Island for a discussion on some of the most pressing challenges that organic producers face when navigating food safety requirements and regulations.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, introduces soil properties, biology, and nutrient cycling as the foundation for healthy pasture management. It covers soil quality assessment, regenerative grazing principles, cover crop integration, and strategies for transitioning away from input-dependent systems, emphasizing that feeding soil microorganisms through managed grazing and living root cover is key to sustaining long-term pasture productivity.

Join The Organic Center for an engaging webinar on the state of U.S. organic rice. Despite rising consumer demand, domestic production of organic rice continues to fall short. Learn about the economic barriers facing U.S. organic rice producers, as well as recommendations for policymakers, supply chain stakeholders, and educators to strengthen the competitiveness of this valuable crop.

This comprehensive guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, introduces grass-based and seasonal dairy production for producers seeking lower-input, pasture-centered operations. It covers breed selection, forage and grazing management, facilities, dry cow programs, organic certification requirements, grassfed standards, and marketing strategies.

Biological soil amendments of animal origin (BSAA) are commonly used to provide nutrients and build soil organic matter; however, they can present a microbial food safety risk. This webinar, produced by The Organic Center, is Part 1 of a two-part series outlining the benefits and risk reduction practices when using manure, compost, and other BSAAOs.

This tipsheet, produced by ATTRA NCAT, reviews botanical control options for grasshoppers, covering neem, garlic, mint, and eucalyptus. It summarizes research findings on each botanical's effectiveness at disrupting grasshopper feeding, maturity, and reproduction, offering growers practical, low-risk alternatives for managing this difficult-to-control pest across a range of cropping systems.

This webinar, produced by The Organic Center, is Part 2 of a two-part series outlining the benefits and risk reduction practices when using manure, compost, and other biological soil amendments of animal origin (BSAAO). In this session, learn about science-based composting practices that growers can use to minimize microbial food safety risks, as well as documentation requirements for several BSAAOs.

This guidebook, produced by Cornell University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, outlines soil health principles. It covers five main topic areas: foundational soil health concepts (what soil is, soil life, and soil health definitions); soil health assessment methods; soil health management strategies (planning frameworks, management tools, tillage, crop rotations, cover crops, and a case study); and additional resources.

Biodiversity is critical for healthy, functioning organic farms, and is central to the NOP Guidance on Natural Resources and Biodiversity Conservation. However, the burden of designing and implementing biodiversity plans often still falls on the farmer. This virtual workshop highlights a farmer-friendly tool that can aid farmers in making technical decisions to increase on-farm biodiversity.

This guide, produced by Cornell University, explores early summer cover crop options for New York vegetable growers. It outlines key decision factors including soil needs, available time before fall crops, current field conditions, and seedbed requirements, helping growers choose the right cover crop to suppress weeds, improve soil health, reduce nematode pressure, and minimize production risks during summer gaps in crop rotation.

This webinar, produced by the University of Missouri, is part of a multi-part video series tailored to Extension providers. In this session, receive an overview of the USDA Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). Learn about the initiatives, goals, and priorities of the TOPP program, and how to assist organic producers navigating the program.