Let's Go Organic

Join Florida Organic Growers Southeast Transition to Organic Partnership Program staff every Thursday from 12 to 1 pm (EST) for free “organic office hours”!

This is your chance to delve into in-depth discussions about the challenges you face in your organic journey. Whether you’re a farmer, producer, or simply interested in organic practices, we welcome you to bring your questions and concerns to the table. Our team will be available to provide insights, clarify doubts, and offer guidance on navigating the organic certification process.

This event, supported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP), administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP), promises to be an enlightening experience for all participants. 

Don’t miss out – register here! 

Join us for an Organic Field Day at the Southeast Organic Center on Thursday, September 19 from 10AM – 2:30PM EST.

Participants will have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with Rodale Institute’s Southeast Organic Center staff and team of organic consultants and learn about our research and demonstration projects focused on organic agriculture and tailored for farmers in the Southeast, with a primary emphasis on saffron, turmeric, peppers, and corn production.

This event is ideal for researchers, students, educators, and all farmers, whether you are interested in learning more about organic farming, have an interest in consulting services to transition to organic, or are currently a Southeast organic farmer. Attendance is free, but registration is required. Attendees are responsible for their own meals as lunch will not be provided; however, water will be available.

Learn more and register here.

Phillies Bridge Farm Project is a not-for-profit working farm and community hub providing community education and access to sustainably grown produce for local community members, with a focus on food-insecure households. They grow mixed vegetables for CSA and local food access organizations in and around their location in New Paltz, NY. Farmers will provide a tour of their farm, an overview of their organic farming practices, changes they have made in the last few years, and their food sovereignty work. At this event, Cornell Cooperative Extension instructor Crystal Stewart-Courtens will provide a lesson on crop rotation as a key tool in soil fertility and pest management for organic growers.

Join River Queen Greens and SPROUT NOLA for a cover crop field day in which RQG will discuss their overall summer cover crop strategies and present the termination techniques they’re using this fall season. This is an opportunity for agricultural producers to learn from their peers about using cover crops as a sustainable soil building practice.

• Attendees will be present as RQG terminates their summer sunn hemp cover crop using a tractor-mounted roller crimper and will learn about their two-year Southern SARE grant-funded experiment planting directly into crimped sunn hemp.
• Attendees will see multiple growth stages of summer cover crop mix (sudan grass, buckwheat, iron and clay cowpeas, and sunflowers) and will also see the different termination strategies used in different fields.
• RQG will demonstrate the EGO brush cutter and also talk about how they’ve adapted without their riding mower, which has played a big role in the past in helping terminate cover crop
• Attendees will learn how tarps are used instead of tillage to incorporate cover crops.

This peer-to-peer learning opportunity is part of the Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). Food and beverages will be provided.

Hope to see you on Friday, September 20th for the Cover Crop Termination Variety Show!

The event is free but registration is required. Register here.