Education Archives - Organic Farming Research Foundation https://ofrf.org/category/news/education/ Cultivating organic research, education, and federal policies Mon, 20 Nov 2023 20:14:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3 https://ofrf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-OFRF-512-32x32.gif Education Archives - Organic Farming Research Foundation https://ofrf.org/category/news/education/ 32 32 Conservation Agriculture webinar series https://ofrf.org/news/conservation-ag-webinars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conservation-ag-webinars Mon, 20 Nov 2023 20:14:11 +0000 https://ofrf.org/?p=12162 OFRF, in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), has co-created a webinar series focused on soil health and organic farming. This series is facilitated by Jennifer Ryan and Lindsay Haines of NRCS and Thelma Velez and Mary Hathaway of OFRF. Each of the webinars is led by Mark Schonbeck, OFRF’s Research Associate. [...]

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]]> Farming for the birds https://ofrf.org/news/avian-biodiversity-research-summary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=avian-biodiversity-research-summary Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:55:49 +0000 https://ofrf.org/?p=10703 In 2015, a group of researchers from Dr. Jeb Owen’s lab at Washington State University received a USDA NIFA Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) research grant to investigate the costs and benefits of encouraging wild bird populations on organic farms. The results are summarized in this latest blog from our Research & Education team.

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