Status of Organic Tree Fruit in Washington State and Other Regions: 2010
(Revised Feb. 7, 2012)
Organic Agriculture
Organic Fruit Production
WSU Organic Fruit Production website at the Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center.
Advances in Brassica seed meal formulation and application protocol for control of apple replant disease.
M. Mazzola poster, December 2010, Wash. St. Hort. Assoc. meeting. A summary of the most recent field results using brassica seed meal mixtures.
Organic Apple Production in Washington State: an Input-Output Analysis
The objective of this paper is to provide an Input-Output (IO) based economic impact analysis for organic apple production in Washington State.
Organic and Integrated Fruit Production
website; WSU Wenatchee Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center.
The Bread Lab – Plant Breeding
The goal of the Plant Breeding program at The Bread Labis to add to the long-term environmental and economic health of farming in western Washington while producing a food crop that is safe and high in nutritional value. The complexities of farming systems in western Washington are acknowledged and nonreductionist approaches are favored.
Dryland Organic Production
Includes presentations on marketing, general production, and no-till production from two annual workshops.
Grain production information for western Washington
A list of resources targeted towards maritime production systems.
Organic Farming Systems
In 2003 an organic vegetable production systems experiment was established on organically certified research land at WSU Puyallup. The experiment compares 12 organic management systems, including three cover cropping systems, 2 tillage treatments, and 2 amendment types, arranged in a split-split plot design.
Understory Management in Organic Orchards
Trials examined weed control, soil quality, tree nutrition, and water use. Also monitored for voles, and testing potential for mulch to host nematodes for control of codling moth larvae. David Granatstein, WSU CSANR, Wenatchee.