This chart, produced by ATTRA NCAT, helps crop producers understand and navigate both the FDA FSMA Produce Safety Rule and USDA Organic Regulations simultaneously. It compares requirements side by side across key topics including written plans, recordkeeping, land use, worker hygiene, soil amendments, pest management, water quality, and harvest handling, highlighting where the two regulatory frameworks align or differ.

Are you considering the transition to organic farming for your dairy farm or want to improve the return on investment for your organic farm through markets? Join Rodale Institute for an insightful webinar on the organic dairy market landscape, and learn from a panelist of farmers who have successfully transitioned to organic dairy production.

This tipsheet, produced by ATTRA NCAT, covers key considerations for USDA-certified organic pig production, including animal sourcing, feed requirements, allowed and prohibited health care practices, living conditions, and processing options. It outlines the regulatory requirements producers must meet under USDA organic regulations and raises important economic questions.

Join Rodale Institute for an engaging follow-up to the previous webinar, “Markets ROI of Organic Transition for Livestock Farmers,” where we dive deeper into the perspectives of buyers in the organic livestock market. Gather insights from buyers across the U.S. on their sourcing needs, learn about key factors that influence buyer decisions, and learn how to build strong, collaborative relationships with buyers.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, profiles over 20 climate-beneficial agricultural practices that sequester carbon or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ranging from silvopasture and forest farming to cover cropping, no-till, compost addition, and precision nutrient management.

Are you considering the transition to organic farming for your livestock farm or want to improve the return on investment for your organic farm through markets? Join us for an insightful virtual webinar designed to help you understand the economic potential of organic livestock markets and equip you with the tools to evaluate your own transition.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, addresses strategies for regenerating and sustaining hayfield productivity without relying on synthetic fertilizers. It covers adding plant diversity through legume interseeding, hayfield renovation and replanting, restoring abandoned fields, and integrating grazed cover crops into hayfield rotations.

Join Rodale Institute for an engaging follow-up to the previous webinar, “Markets ROI of Organic Transition for Vegetable Farmers,” where we dive deeper into the perspectives of buyers in the organic vegetable market. Gather insights from buyers across the U.S. on their sourcing needs, learn about key factors that influence buyer decisions, and learn how to build strong, collaborative relationships with buyers.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, helps small-scale diversified farm operators evaluate and manage poultry enterprises for profitability and sustainability. It covers enterprise options including broilers, layers, pastured poultry, and specialty species; start-up and operating costs; multiple revenue streams; key profitability metrics; market opportunities; risk management strategies; and financing options.

Are you considering the transition to organic farming for your diversified vegetable farm or want to improve the return on investment for your organic farm through markets? Join us for an insightful webinar designed to help you understand the economic potential of organic vegetable markets and equip you with the tools to evaluate your own transition.

This visual reference tool, produced by ATTRA NCAT, organizes cover crop species in a periodic table format, providing eight key data points for each plant including function, root type, plant structure, crude protein, life cycle, biomass per pound of seed, and carbon-to-nitrogen ratio. Organized by seasonality, plant type, and water demand, it helps producers quickly identify the most suitable cover crops.

Join Arianna Bozzolo, Research Director at the Rodale Institute California Organic Center, for a webinar in which she discusses the findings from a multi-year study on the use of diverse cover crop species for weed suppression in organic strawberry and artichoke production systems.