The Soil Health and Organic Farming Guidebooks offer practical, science-based resources to help farmers build and maintain healthy, productive soils through organic practices. Covering essential topics such as building soil organic matter, conservation tillage, nutrient and water management, and climate adaptation, these guidebooks provide region-specific advice to enhance farm resilience. Farmers can also explore ecological… Continue reading Soil Health and Organic Farming Guidebooks
Resources Category: Soil and Nutrient Management
Improve soil health with organic soil and nutrient management practices. Access resources on composting, cover cropping, and soil fertility to enhance your farm’s productivity.
Soil Health Strategies for the Southern Region
This self-directed course dives into the application of organic soil health principles through a series of practical modules with concepts and strategies, illustrated by innovative farmer stories. Course participants will also find resources for deeper dives into soil health topics, descriptions of the inherent properties of soil types commonly found in the South, and snapshots… Continue reading Soil Health Strategies for the Southern Region
Webinar – Allowed Inputs for Organic Farms
This webinar is designed to help organic farmers navigate the complexities of input selection for organic production. Discover how OMRI certifies products, the benefits of using OMRI-listed inputs, and guidelines for maintaining organic compliance. Learn about the certifier’s role in input review, including the decision-making process and the types of questions they can and cannot… Continue reading Webinar – Allowed Inputs for Organic Farms
Akamai Cover Crop Mix: How to establish? Partial Cost Analysis and Its Benefits
Akamai Cover Crop Mix (White clover, buckwheat, black oat): Does it benefit soil health?
Enforcement on Imports, Compost Regulations, and Sunset Materials
This resource helps organic, transitioning, and organic curious farmers understand the NOSB process, current farmer topics of note, and how to weigh in with comments.
Crop Planning
Seasoned farmer Abeni Ramsey, of City Girl Farm, discusses how to assess climate, site conditions (including topography & soil types & drainage), calculating bed length, and yield per sq foot; and seasonality – understanding what you can plant when.
Fertility Guide Companion
This companion guide goes along with the “Organic Fertility Guide and Tool Template” created by Oxbow Farm and Conservation Center. The purpose of this guide is to support farmers and growers to understand how much fertilizer to apply throughout the year to better manage crop and soil health and prevent nutrient leaching. There are many… Continue reading Fertility Guide Companion
Organic Fertility Guide and Tool Template
Use this guide, developed by Oxbow Farm and Conservation Center, as a tool to translate recommendations and readings from soil tests to practical applications of organic fertilizer. This tool can be used to fine tune fertilizer applications and allow farmers to be systematic and efficient about how and when to apply fertilizer for the best… Continue reading Organic Fertility Guide and Tool Template
Evaluating Organic Inputs for Improving Soil Health in Blueberry Production
In this webinar, Shikha Singh of Oregon State University will discuss the suitability of different locally available organic materials to improve the quality of sandy and calcareous soils of eastern Oregon and Washington and improve organic blueberry production. More specifically, we are looking at impacts of different organic amendments on physical, chemical, and biological health… Continue reading Evaluating Organic Inputs for Improving Soil Health in Blueberry Production