OFRF: 3 farmers talk organic transition wins, challenges
Three farmers with roots in conventional farming share their experience of transitioning to organic. Learn from the wins and setbacks.
For many farmers, transitioning to certified organic production presents a learning curve, writes Clare Boland with the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF).
Boland adds that during the three-year transition period, farmers face unique challenges both in (restoring soil health, managing weeds without herbicides, acquiring new equipment and infrastructure) and off the field (maintaining financial viability, navigating National Organic Program (NOP) paperwork, and recordkeeping).
At a recent OFRF Seeds of Success panel, three farmers with roots in conventional farming shared their experience of transitioning to organic in the Northwest, demystifying some of the challenges they faced and offering their advice on the process.
Continue over to OFRF.org to meet the three farmers and hear their stories that “reveal not only the technical challenges of organic production, but also the mindset shifts, economic realities and long-term resilience that come with farming in an organic system.”