This guidebook is designed to help organic and transitioning producers understand how crop insurance works and identify which coverage options best suit their operations. It covers risk management strategies, insurance basics, purchasing procedures, claim filing, and beginning farmer provisions, with a particular focus on insurance options tailored to organic and transitional farming.

Join Diego Nieto from UCSC in this informative webinar, focusing on how predators and parasitoids can effectively manage cabbage aphids, diamondback moths, and cabbage root flies in organic brassica crops.

The 2016 National Organic Research Agenda (NORA) is a national report informed by surveys from certified organic and transitioning-organic farmers and ranchers across North America. Read about organic production systems, production and non-production challenges, technical assistance needs, and concerns related to organic agriculture.

Discover the CIOA project, enhancing organic carrots with better disease resistance, weed competitiveness, and flavor. This webinar covers three years of trials comparing performance in organic vs. conventional systems.

The 2007 National Organic Research Agenda (NORA) is a national report informed by surveys from certified organic and transitioning-organic farmers and ranchers across North America. Read about organic production systems, production and non-production challenges, technical assistance needs, and concerns related to organic agriculture.

Discover how organic farmers control aphids naturally using beneficial insects like hoverflies. This resource highlights intercropping techniques and research by Eric Brennan for efficient biological control in organic lettuce production.

This guidebook reviews the impacts of research funded by the Organic Farming Research Foundation on organic berry production in the United States. It summarizes key research advances—such as alternatives to soil fumigation, improved pest and disease management, and soil-health practices—that have helped organic berry growers improve productivity and sustainability.

This webinar dicusses how to safely create compost teas for gardening and agriculture. Discover regulations by the National Organic Program and EPA, and understand their beneficial uses.

This guidebook reviews scientific literature on organic agriculture in the United States and examines how organic farming systems contribute to environmental quality, human health, and economic growth. It discusses the economic benefits of the organic sector and proposes policy recommendations to expand organic agriculture.

This resource reviews anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) techniques for managing soil-borne pathogens, with a focus on strawberry production in California, discussing efficacy, disease suppression mechanisms, and practical insights from growers' experiences.

The Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) provides financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory, or prevented planting occur due to natural disasters. This guidebook is designed to help organic producers and others better manage risk through increased understanding and utilization of the NAP program.

Presenters share insights from five long-term organic farms, discussing successes, challenges, and strategies for managing biodiversity and biological control habitats to enhance sustainable farming practices.