It is important for farmers, especially organic farmers, to understand how to assess their soils in order to better manage them. Assessing your soils through both field and lab observations can identify limitations in your soil and help guide soil-management decisions. Organic production practices depend heavily on good soil management to support plant health, as… Continue reading Tipsheet: Assessing the Soil Resource for Beginning Organic Farmers
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Tipsheet: Organic Approach to Animal Health
Tipsheet on how to animal health with organic production.
Big Questions Answered: Buffer Zones
Understanding the best practices for how to implement buffer zones on your farm can be confusing and it can be challenging to know how to use buffers as an on-farm resource. Oregon Tilth’s BigQA is designed to give tips on the ins and outs of when (and why) you need to have buffer areas on… Continue reading Big Questions Answered: Buffer Zones
How to Choose a Certifier – Northwest Region Most Common Certifiers
This resource lists the most common certifiers of the NW region and provides links to find all accredited certifiers through the Organic Integrity Database.