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.

Under NRCS’ Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Organic Transition Initiative 823 is meant to help producers transitioning to organic operations by cost-sharing and providing technical support. Hear directly from ag professionals and farmers about their experiences with 823 and their ideas regarding how to best utilize this valuable conservation planning tool.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, reviews botanical formulations for controlling aphids, covering garlic, rosemary, papaya leaf, and mint family extracts. It summarizes research findings on each remedy's efficacy, preparation methods, and application considerations, offering organic vegetable growers practical, low-risk alternatives to synthetic pesticides.

Join John Bitter, co-owner of Frog Song Organics (Hawthorne, FL), a diversified organic farm producing vegetables, orchard crops, herbs, flowers, pork, and eggs, for a discussion about what it takes to establish an organic integrated crop-livestock production system.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, helps certified organic producers understand and navigate the risks of inadvertent contamination from genetically modified crops and prohibited pesticides. It outlines relevant National Organic Program regulations, preventative practices growers should document, and the economic consequences of contamination.

Join the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) and the Organic Farmers Association (OFA) for an engaging discussion about the National Organic Standards Board. Learn from a panel of farmers and advocates who explain the role of the NOSB in shaping organic standards and the process the Board uses to make decisions.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, describes common soil health assessment methods including total and active organic matter, microbial respiration, aggregate stability, the Haney soil test, and physical indicators such as bulk density and water infiltration. It explains the biology underlying soil health, outlines farming practices that improve it, and provides a practical comparison of test methods.

Organic and transitioning farmers can find themselves misunderstood and underserved in the crop insurance system, as their practices, rotations, transition and certification processes are not widely understood by the agents serving them and can conflict with Risk Management Agency requirements. Noah Wendt (A&W Farms, IA) and Seth Kroeck (Crystal Spring Farm, ME) share their experiences with crop insurance.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, addresses food safety considerations for farms integrating livestock grazing into vegetable production systems. It outlines FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirements and USDA National Organic Program interval standards for raw manure, and illustrates practical implementation through a case study of a certified organic Colorado farm.

Join Mike Bronkema (Shady Side Farm, MI) and Dakota Moore (Moore Family Farm, MI), two farmers, as they demystify some of the challenges they faced when transitioning their operations to organic.

This guide, produced by ATTRA NCAT, explains how five soil health principles — protecting the soil surface, minimizing disturbance, maintaining plant diversity, keeping live roots in the soil year-round, and integrating livestock — improve water infiltration and storage capacity. It connects soil organic matter levels to measurable water-holding benefits, and emphasizes that investing in soil health is a practical strategy for managing drought and flooding.

Join the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) for a Seeds of Success: Farmer to Farmer Networking Session and learn from three organic farmers as they address their top non-production challenges. The session features three organic farmers: Amy Van Scoik (Frog Song Organics, FL), Pam Mack (L Marie LTD, OH), and Anna Jones-Crabtree (Vilicus Farms, MT).