SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Nov. 19, 2025 — The Natural Farming Analysis Basis (OFRF) has launched its 2025-2026 Nationwide Natural Farmer Survey, a nationwide effort to know the challenges, priorities, and wishes of natural and transitioning farmers. The survey will stay open by means of January 31, 2026, and can inform analysis, training, and coverage choices that straight impression the way forward for natural agriculture in america and throughout North America.
Since 1990, OFRF has labored to help the producers who develop the nation’s meals and fiber. Farmer enter is central to the group’s work. Insights from earlier surveys, together with the 2022 Nationwide Natural Analysis Agenda (NORA), have guided farmer-led analysis initiatives, influenced college and Extension priorities, and helped policymakers direct extra assets to natural producers.
“Natural farmers are consultants of their fields, and their views should information choices about agricultural analysis, training, and coverage,” stated Brise Tencer, government director of OFRF. “This survey ensures that investments within the natural sector replicate the true wants of producers on the bottom.”
The survey is open to all licensed and in-transition natural farmers nationwide. Participation takes roughly 25 minutes, and upon completion, all respondents will obtain a reduction code to Johnny’s Chosen Seeds and have the chance to enter to win prizes, together with boots from The Authentic Muck Boot Firm, FELCO pruners, and a farm session with a veteran natural farming skilled.
Dr. Alex Woodley, affiliate professor within the Division of Crop and Soil Sciences at North Carolina State College, emphasizes the significance of this survey: “It’s necessary to make it clear that the surveys OFRF conducts on farmers’ wants are extremely useful. I’ve used the outcomes to justify data gaps in my grants, and that’s been actually necessary. Getting a pulse on what farmers want proper now’s one thing we don’t at all times know—particularly as a result of I’m in analysis, not full Extension—so these surveys have been actually necessary to me.”
Farmers can entry by emailing communications[at]ofrf.org. The survey is obtainable in English and Spanish, and paper copies can be found upon request. The 2022 NORA report, which shares the findings from the newest survey, might be discovered at www.ofrf.org/analysis/nora/.
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About Natural Farming Analysis Basis
The Natural Farming Analysis Basis (OFRF), headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, with a distant crew primarily based throughout the U.S., works to foster the advance and widespread adoption of natural farming programs. OFRF cultivates natural analysis, training, and federal insurance policies that carry extra farmers and acreage into natural manufacturing. For extra details about OFRF, please go to our web site: www.ofrf.org.
Media Contact
Ashley Dulaney, Communications Director, OFRF
ashley[at]ofrf.org, (518) 310-6771
P.O. Field 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Photograph in featured picture: Claire Lichtenfels, Whitestone Mountain Orchard in Tonasket, WA
