Organic Seed Needs Your Support!
Greetings!
Thank you for your support of OSGATA. We have worked to support organic seed and soil-based farming over the course of 2017 and we need your help to continue to support the seed sector of the organic community in 2018.
Become a member, renew your membership, or make a donation today!
In 2017, our board members, Lisa Stokke, Isaura Anduluz, and Jim Gerritsen attended both National Organic Standards Board meetings advocating for organic integrity and a level playing field for family farmers. In November, we stood up in Jacksonville, Florida for authentic, soil-based organic growing—not the industrial-scale soil-less “organic” hydroponic operations that threaten family-scale producers, the core of OSGATA’s membership and the organic community.
Collectively, OSGATA serves on USDA’s Advisory Committee on Biotechnology & the 21st Century, IFOAM Seed Committee, No Organic Checkoff, and supported the Keep-The-Soil-in-Organic work and rallies. OSGATA is a tireless advocate for the type of organic seed system and community you, our members, need in order to prosper and grow.
We are currently planning the OSGATA Meet & Greet, our Annual Membership Meeting, the biennial in-person Board meeting plus attendance at the Organic Seed Alliance conference in Corvallis, OR this February. We hope to see you there!
With Gratitude, Jim Gerritsen, President