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Eight natural farms throughout the nation chosen to obtain technical assist for subsequent spherical of modern on-farm analysis trials
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., April 9, 2026 — The Natural Farming Analysis Basis (OFRF) is worked up to announce the subsequent cohort of natural farmers that can be main on-farm analysis trials with OFRF technical help in 2026.
Natural farmers are resilient, investing time, cash, and steady experimentation to navigate challenges like pests, ailments, soil well being, and local weather change. To deal with the particular challenges confronted by licensed natural and transitioning growers, farmers should play a number one position in figuring out points and testing options. On this effort, OFRF gives technical help to a small cohort of natural growers annually via our Farmer-Led Trials (FLT) program.
Now getting into its third 12 months, the FLT program helps farmers in experimenting with new practices, inputs, varieties, or animal breeds that may enhance profitability and environmental sustainability.
“As preparations start for the third 12 months of OFRF’s Farmer-Led Trials program, I discover myself humbled by the analysis questions and the outcomes,” shared Mary Hathaway, OFRF’s Analysis & Schooling Program Supervisor. “The beneficiant and genuine work every farmer is doing to care for his or her land and feed their areas, whereas not harming the setting, is admirable. And the frequent curiosity amongst agriculturalists to raised perceive how issues work—on a macro- and micro-system scale—is inspiring.”
The next is the complete listing of farmers chosen for the 2026 FLT cohort:
This years’ tasks discover all kinds of questions from natural livestock parasite administration to local weather sensible planting dates and dry farming methods. To study extra about OFRF’s Farmer-Led Trials program, please go to our program web page for updates and to learn testimonials from the 2025 cohort. Moreover, we encourage curious farmers to take a look at OFRF’s free guidebook, Farmers Information to Conducting On-Farm Analysis, for steering on structuring your farm experiments so the outcomes are helpful, dependable, and repeatable.
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About Natural Farming Analysis Basis
The Natural Farming Analysis Basis (OFRF), headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, with a distant staff based mostly throughout the U.S., works to foster the development and widespread adoption of natural farming techniques. OFRF cultivates natural analysis, training, and federal insurance policies that deliver 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
