This guidebook provides farmers with research-based information and resources to help identify and implement effective soil health-based risk reduction practices.

Join Chris Blanchard's webinar to learn 12 essential steps for ensuring safe food production. Discover practical food safety measures tailored for organic produce farmers to enhance microbiological safety and meet rising consumer expectations.

This guidebook explains how soil microorganisms—such as bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and microalgae—form a complex soil food web that supports plant health and agricultural productivity. It describes how these organisms drive essential processes like nutrient cycling and disease suppression, and highlights organic management practices that build soil organic matter and foster diverse microbial communities for resilient, productive soils.

Learn about NOP regulations and biodiversity conservation in organic farming, as well as practical conservation practices from expert John Quinn.

This factsheet describes the biology and identifying characteristics of yellow and purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus), two persistent perennial weeds that spread primarily through underground tubers and rhizomes. It explains their growth habits, seasonal emergence, and environmental preferences, and outlines organic management strategies to gradually reduce infestations and limit the spread of tubers in cropping systems.

This webinar will guide diversified organic vegetable farmers on the FDA's Food Safety Modernization Act compliance timelines starting in 2016, helping them understand necessary steps for successful implementation of the new regulations.

This factsheet explains the biology and growth habits of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), a perennial weed that spreads aggressively through both wind-dispersed seeds and an extensive underground root system. It describes why the plant is difficult to control and outlines organic management strategies that exhaust root reserves and prevent new seed production.

Explore climate resilience strategies for organic farming with insights from award-winning farmers and the latest climate science. Learn to assess risks and implement adaptive management tools for increased weather variability and extremes.

This factsheet describes the identification, biology, and life cycle of flea beetles that commonly attack brassica crops such as cabbage, kale, broccoli, and mustard greens. It explains how these pests damage plants, outlines conditions that influence flea beetle populations, and presents ecological pest management strategies, including monitoring, supporting beneficial insects, and using diversified cropping.

Join Dr. Joji Muramoto and Carol Shennan from the University of California, Santa Cruz, for a discussion on the findings from a four-year study assessing organic strawberry/vegetable crop rotations. The study compared 2- and 4-year rotations with either broccoli or lettuce grown between strawberry crops. Data on yields, disease incidence, soil nitrogen dynamics and preliminary economic analysis will be presented.

This factsheet explains how to identify and manage spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii), an insect pest that damages berries and small stone fruits by laying eggs inside ripening fruit. It describes the insect’s appearance and life cycle, and outlines organic management strategies including trap monitoring, improving field sanitation, harvesting frequently, and supporting beneficial insects to reduce pest pressure.

Explore nitrogen management challenges in organic strawberry cultivation. Learn about nitrogen uptake patterns, synchronizing nutrient supply, pre-plant amendments, leaching losses, and improving fertigation efficiency for better crop outcomes.