Organic Seed Alliance

We envision a world where seed grows an equitable, abundant, and resilient future of food.

Over the last 20 years, Organic Seed Alliance has worked to grow knowledge and power for growers who work with seed. Our three program areas – research, education, and advocacy – have been grounded in the desire to increase the quality and quantity of organic seed available to organic farmers by developing networks and connections between seed growers, seed companies, university researchers, policy advocates, and other seed organizations.

Our Mission

Organic Seed Alliance puts the power of seed into the hands of growers. Our work promotes an abundant and diverse supply of organic seed, tended in perpetuity by skilled, diverse, and interconnected communities of seed stewards. To advance this mission, we serve growers working with seed across the U.S. through three program areas:

1) Collaborative research on crop improvement and seed production for organic systems

2) Education on the agronomic, economic and socio-political elements of seed work

3) Legal and cultural advocacy toward policies that support organic agriculture and farmers’ rights to save seed 

Our approach emphasizes relationship building and network development across program areas. As we grow this work, our network continues to deepen and diversify, shifting to take on the shape of the world around us.

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