Organic Transition and Organic Production Technical Assistance

Need organic production technical assistance? Considering transitioning into organic certification? OAK staff are available to provide free technical assistance to Kentucky farmers by phone, virtually, and on-farm.

Organic Transition Technical Assistance:  OAK's Organic Certification Specialists are available to answer initial questions, work with you to develop an Organic System Plan (OSP), assist with record-keeping templates, and provide support while you complete organic certification paperwork. OAK also offers an Organic Farmer Mentorship Program connecting experienced organic farmers with farmers who are in transition. 

 Certification Assistance

Organic Production Technical Assistance: OAK’s Organic Production Specialist is available to support farmers in production planning, troubleshooting challenges, implementing new systems, scaling up, and more. OAK Organic Production Assistance is a resource that can save you time, track down evidence-based resources, develop or locate useful planning or record-keeping tools, or get a referral to outside resources.

Production Assistance

Farmer Field Days and Workshops

Farmers learning from farmers - from this context, OAK creates on-farm Field Days, half- or full-day Workshops, and online webinars to provide spaces where farmers meet up with their peers, experienced host farmers and agricultural professionals to share their learnings. Hosted or created on working farms, these events allow attendees to experience organic crop and livestock systems and explore best practices in production, marketing, business and resilience on Kentucky farms. Keep up to date with the details of every field day, webinar and workshop - subscribe to our Field Notes newsletter Visit our past field day summaries on our website, and view recordings, snapshots and lessons learned from host farmers on our OAK YouTube page. Let OAK know if you have suggestions or ideas for future farms, practices or topics to highlight.

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Kentucky Farm Share Coalition

Kentucky Farm Share Coalition (KYFSC) focuses on increasing access to local vegetables and supporting Kentucky farmers through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). KYFSC makes CSA shares (aka local vegetable boxes) more readily available, convenient, and affordable for Kentucky consumers. Through this program, OAK provides additional CSA marketing and technical support for CSA growers, coordinating worksite and community CSA pickups, and facilitating employer-sponsored CSA discounts for Kentucky employees.

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