Written by Rebecca Champagne, OFRF Conservation Scientist
The Organic Farming Research Foundation recently led two webinars for the USDA National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on Technical Note 12 as part of our Cooperative Agreement with the agency. These two webinars were the first of several that will be held over the next four years to help build institutional knowledge of NRCS staff and equip them to better support the unique needs of organic and transitioning-to-organic farmers across the US.
Mark Schonbeck, OFRF Research Associate, led the webinars with support from Rebecca Champagne, OFRF’s Conservation Scientist. The first webinar, held on January 16, covered the first half of Technical Note 12 including topics such as soil health, climate, and nutrients. The second webinar, held on February 5, covered the second half of the Technical Note including topics like organic integrated pest management (IPM), livestock, pastures, and buffers. The webinars concluded with Question & Answer sessions so participants could ask follow up questions and get clarification on the topics discussed. During these webinars we fielded questions relating to OMRI-approved materials, composting, shallow disturbance cultivation tools for weed management, and in-row drip irrigation challenges.
Interested in viewing these webinars? Recordings are available online through Conservation Webinars.
