Let’s Grow Organic Agriculture

Farmer Starter is a five month entry level immersive farmer training program on a working, certified organic, diversified vegetable farm designed to provide aspiring farmers with the essential skills and training needed to manage a sustainable farming business.

Explore and learn about USDA certified organic herb and vegetable production with a focus on soil and ecological health. Farmers Julie and Jason at Banford Road Farm are laser-focused on building and sustaining soil health, and organize their work in order to maintain ecological balance across the entire two acres of field and high tunnel vegetable production, and eight acres of woods.

Organizers and Technical Assistance Providers from Glynwood, Cornell Small Farms Futuro en Ag, Cornell’s ENYCHP, CCEOC, and Cornell Integrated Pest Management will come together to host a Bilingual Farmer Field Day, the second in a series of two, on August 31st. The focus of this event will be on organic whole tomato production and post-harvest handling, in response to the needs of the farmer cohort that works closely with CCE Orange County and Cornell Small Farms programs. The location and timing of the event will be set at our next collaborator’s meeting in July, with simultaneous interpretation provided throughout the event.

Come visit our new Washington research farm located at Sunfield Waldorf School and Farm in Port Hadlock, Washington! Together we will explore OSA’s work, participate in a seed cleaning demonstration and tomato variety tasting, and mingle over appetizers! We will tour the farm and learn about organic flower seed dry farmed tomato and melon, buckwheat trials and carrot seed produciton. Additionally, we will learn about how OSA is advancing organic seed production through yield research, economic tools, and shared knowledge. We would love to have you join us! This event is paid for by the generous support of the Northwest Transition to Organic Partnership Program.

SE TOPP partner, Georgia Organics is hosting the third of the “Ask an Organic Farmer” webinar series with Jeni Jarrard-Donck and Nicolas Donck of Crystal Organic Farm on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Each webinar of this series will highlight a Certified Organic farmer, and participants will be able to learn about their farm journey, their motivation and barriers to being organic, and lessons they’ve learned through lived experience. This series is geared towards farmers that are interested in transitioning to organic, beginning farmers, and farmers that are seeking advice from experienced growers. The webinar will include an ‘office hours’ portion, where participants can ask Jeni and Nicolas questions, seek guidance, and engage in an open floor discussion.