Washington State University offers Organic Agricuture Certificate On-Line -

• WSU is now offering an 18-unit organic agriculture certificate course on-line. For a full description of the program, click the link above.

ARS Workshops Enrich Organic Farming Tour -

• Workshops sponsored by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) will be part of an education and discussion tour aimed at small-scale organic farmers and seed companies in the Northeast.

Dry Small-Seeded Specialty Seed: A Resource Guide for Oregon and Washington Growers

• by Alex Stone1, Linda Brewer1, and Carol Miles2 (with contributions from: Clint Shock, Jim Myers, Sabry Elias, Adriel Garay (OSU), Joel Reiten - Bejo Seed, Micaela Colley - Organic Seed Alliance, Nick Andrews - Oregon Tilth, and Lindsey du Toit - WSU)1Oregon State University, 2Washington State University

Small-scale Seed Thresher and Cleaner

At Washington State University Vancouver Research and Extension Center, we are using small-scale technologies to thresh and clean dry beans. It is a focus of our program to provide small-scale growers with cost effective and appropriate technologies that enable them to produce and market dry beans. This link provides the steps and technologies that we use to thresh and clean dry beans.

OSP has appeared on the web a number of places..

• NOFA- NY
• Cornell Newspaper
• National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (Nov-Dec 2004 Newsletter)
• ARS Workshops Boost Public Seed Project

PSI has also appeared in a number of places on the web..

• Newfarm.com
• The Organic Broadcaster
• Organic Consumers Association
• Seeds of Change