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organic seed availability, (3) ensure that organic values shape the emergent

policy and practice, (4) develop the market sector, (5) support the development

of a diverse organic varietal assortment to meet organic grower needs, and (6)

ensure the issue of organic seed remains at the forefront of policy and research

discussions. All of these issues were considered by the respondents as integral

to organic seed sector development, indings with respect to three of these

clusters, (based on the high importance assigned to these by the respondents),

are described below.

Table 2.3 Summary of organizational developments in response to the organic seed regulation
referenced in chapter

Project
Organization Year Function
Formed

Public Seed Initiative
Cornell University 2001
Participatory Plant Breeding and

Variety Trialing in the US

Organic Committee American Seed Trade 2003 Organic Seed Committee Formed
Formed
Association

Restore Our Seed Heritage Wheat 2003 Participatory Plant Breeding and
Conservancy
Selection – North East

Multiple
Organic Seed Alliance 2004 Organic Seed Education and

Advocacy

Organic Seed Cornell University 2004
Participatory Plant Breeding,
Partnership
Selection and On-Farm Trialing –
National

Organic Seed Database Organic Materials Review 2005 Organic Seed Database

Institute

Save Our Seed
Carolina Family Farm 2005 Organic Seed Database, Seed
Stewardship
Production Training

Family Farmer Seed Organic Seed Alliance 2008 Organic Seed Production Farmer
Cooperative
Enterprise Development

Northern Organic Oregon State University 2009
Participatory Plant Breeding and
Vegetable Variety Trialing in Northern US States

Improvement
Collaborative

Seed Matters
Clif Bar Family 2010 Funding organic seed breeding and
Foundation, Organic Seed communication initiatives

Alliance, Center for Food
Safety, Organic Farming
Research Foundation

State of Organic Seed Organic Seed Alliance 2011 Report on State of Organic Seed in

Report
the US

Information Working Organic Seed Alliance 2011
Developing national organic seed
Group
database through multi-stakeholder
input process

Organic Seed Finder
Association of Oicial 2012 Re-launch organic seed database
Seed Certifying Agencies

Sources: Stakeholder Interviews (2007-2011); Podoll (2009); Dillon & Hubbard (2011), Hubbard (2012)

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