Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience:Organic 2051, an innovative, one-day forum held at the MOSES Organic Farming Conference on February 21, 2019, brought together change-makers in the organic and sustainable farming community - farmers, researchers, public policy experts, community leaders - to discuss key issues related to the development of the solutions to feed a growing planet sustainably. Through dialogue, facilitation, and art, the community shared a broader understanding of how we want our foodsystems to evolve and support the world's population as it grows past the year 2051. Small groups defined gaps, resources, and action steps that can be taken in numerous areas to help us all achieve this vision. As one steps back from those small steps to look at the whole, the sight is truly something to behold. MOSES is proud of the amazing organic community and our role within it as a facilitator, shepherd, educator, and network. A company called Visual Spark made visual summaries of the discussions of the day and those have been posted at https://mosesorganic.org/organic2051/. Organic 2051 is too large of an undertaking for the Midwest MOSES community alone - it is a global project. We will be relying on the entire organic community to move organic and sustainable farming practices to become the primary driving force in food production and rural communities world-wide in the next 30 years and beyond. The list of applicants for Organic 2051 already displayed the scope of the project - the forum brought organic community partners from California, Washington D.C., New York, Montana, Georgia, Rhode Island, and even Austria! We view the Organic 2051 forum at the MOSES Conference as a seed. The forum will be the springboard for years of continued work to make change in the agricultural community across the world. We will keep the outstanding work and effort of 2051 alive, relevant, and moving forward through web presence, publications, and partnership funding. With the proper support, we can meet over and over again and continue the conversation at future events to develop leaders to carry this forward. Together, the long-standing MOSES community of more than 20,000 farmers - and the new partnerships that we have yet to cultivate - have the power to create lasting and impactful change in the organic community worldwide. Changes/Problems:Our Executive Director and PD for the project, John Mesko, is no longer with MOSES and Lauren Langworthy is now in place as Executive Director and PD. Paperwork for this change was submitted to Mathieu Ngouajio and Eugenia Spohrer in May 2019. Jerry Ford requested an additional faciliator and offered to share his reimbursement with Audrey Arner, so no changes to the budget needed to be made. The Organic 2051 event was a great success and the only major challenge we face now is carrying the work forward. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?MOSES took the results of Organic 2051 and posted them to the Organic 2051 webpage (https://mosesorganic.org/organic2051/) as well as publishing the results in our bi-monthly newspaper, the Organic Broadcaster (https://mosesorganic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MOSES-Broadcaster27.2-for-web.pdf). We are looking for other funding sources to carry the project past the expiration of this grant - knowing the importance of keeping the good work done at Organic 2051 alive and accessible. The plan is to hire a company called Background Stories to create infographics of the 15 specific subsets of work created by the forum, clarifying and organizing them into a more succinct road map for our community, and presenting them in a format digestible to the public and partners for continued discussion, planning, and implementation. These infographics will be created in a user-friendly format for easy access, understandability, and partnership. Partners will be able to make comments on the site about their work and projects that relate to the specific topics. These comments will be monitored daily by MOSES staff. These infographics will be shared widely and also made into rack cards, posters, and banners for display at future events. Together, the long-standing MOSES community of more than 20,000 farmers - and the new partnerships that we have yet to cultivate - have the power to create lasting and impactful change in the organic community worldwide. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The group at Organic 2051 identified four issue area gaps and opportunities: Production, Community, Sociological, and a miscellaneous group. This amounted to 15 subsets of work. The breakdown is listed below: 1) PRODUCTION 1a) Cover Crops, Crop Rotations, Soil Health Gaps & Opportunites: • On-Farm research: "The farmer in the lab" • Carbon sequestration: "Balancing the carbon checkbook" • Soil health: "Unleash a soil health pandemic" 1b) Drift, Pollinators, Conventional Juxtaposition Gaps & Opportunites: • Polices, incentives & regulations to phase out use of problem pesticides • Policy/staffing for monitoring, enforcement; food safety • "Drift catchers" for organic farmers 1c) Tillage, Water Quality, Carbon Sequestration Gaps & Opportunites: • Policy incentives that accurately reflect the real costs, risks and benefits • Principles-based, systems-focused best management practices that allow for reduction of tillage • Recognition of farming as a skilled, viable profession with education and career development opportunities • Robust networks to develop on-farm research and farmer-to-farmer information exchange 2) COMMUNITY 2a) Organic Certification, the Label, Competing Labels Gaps & Opportunites: • Current NOP Standards do not fully represent the principles and values of the organic movement • Uphold organic intergrity across the supply chain • Public understanding of the broad benefits of organic food & farming 2b) Vertical Integration of Organic Agriculture and Its Impact Gaps & Opportunites: • Society-wide cultural change based on long-term thinking of agricultural impacts that drives behavior change • Build relationship through supply chain, services, policy change, laws, education to insert organic everywhere 2c) Rural Community Revitalization Gaps & Opportunites: • Health care and social safety nets • New narrative: map migration, advance profession of farming, rural vitality metrics • New community economics 3) SOCIOLOGICAL 3a) Barriers to Converting to Organic Gaps & Opportunites: • Investment in supply chain • Generate demand - messaging • Build community - peer networks 3b) Reaching Disadvantaged and Underserved Farmers Gaps & Opportunites: • Offering career pathways - training, technical support, leadership opportunities • De-risking farming for the individual • Using a recial equity lens across all of these farming topics 3c) Market Infrastructure Gaps & Opportunites: • Physical infrastructure • Social infrastructure - fair price, market protection, supply management • Economics of scale at all scales 4a) ENERGY Fossil Fuel Reduction, Power Alternatives, Machinery, Waste Reduction Conservation Gaps & Opportunites: • Build local energy networks • Local energy production • Energy policy reform 4b) ECONOMICS Business Planning, Viability, Co-ops, Labor, Justice, Scale, Local, Social Capital, Consumer Education Gaps & Opportunites: • Parity and supply management • Folks don't understand what else organic can do - carbon sequestration, reduce carbon footprint • Cost of production is still a big question - measure full costs, teach farmers how to measure 4c) LIVESTOCK Regenerative Systems, Humane, Breeding, Pasture-based Gaps & Opportunites: • Laws and policies that exclusively support regenerative agriculture • Antitrust laws need to be enforced across the country • Optimal scale for regenerative production, aggregation, distribution 4d) CLIMATE CHANGE Human Health, Resilience, Pests, Seeds, Mitigation Gaps & Opportunites: • Public funded research, farmer driven, accessible on farm-level climate change issues • Public understanding of organic as part of climate solution 4e) SEEDS Perenial and Ancient Grains, Meeting Expanding Need, New Crops Gaps & Opportunites: • Breeding for organic systems • Truly participatory methods • Breeding for human health and culture 4f) "THE EDGES" ?Issues Not Met in Other Categories Gaps & Opportunites: • Need information on non-monetary value of organic • Information on what practices improve the quality and nutritional content of foods • Need farming systems research approach and techniques used and taught
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
https://mosesorganic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MOSES-Broadcaster27.2-for-web.pdf
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Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
https://mosesorganic.org/organic2051/
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
https://mosesorganic.org/organic-2051-results/organic-2051-plan-to-go-forward-final/
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Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/19
Outputs
Target Audience:Organic 2051,aninnovative, one-day forum held at the MOSES Organic Farming Conference on February 21, 2019, broughttogether change-makers in the organic and sustainable farming community - farmers, researchers, public policy experts, community leaders - to discuss key issues related to the development of the solutions to feed a growing planet sustainably.Through dialogue, facilitation, and art, the community shared a broader understanding of how we want our food systems to evolve and support the world's population as it grows past the year 2051.Small groups defined gaps, resources, and action steps that can be taken in numerous areas to help us all achieve this vision. As one steps back from those small steps to look at the whole, the sight is truly something to behold. MOSES is proud of the amazing organic community and our role within it as a facilitator, shepherd, educator, and network. A company called Visual Spark made visual summaries of the discussions of the day and those have been posted at https://mosesorganic.org/organic2051/. Organic 2051 is too large of an undertaking for the Midwest MOSES community alone - it is a global project. We will be relying on the entire organic community to move organic and sustainable farming practices to become the primary driving force in food production and rural communities world-wide in the next 30 years and beyond. The list of applicants for Organic 2051 already displayed the scope of the project - the forum brought organic community partners from California, Washington D.C., New York, Montana, Georgia, Rhode Island, and even Austria! We view the Organic 2051 forum at the MOSES Conference as a seed. The forum will be the springboard for years of continued work to make change in the agricultural community across the world. We will keep the outstanding work and effort of 2051 alive, relevant, and moving forward through web presence, publications, and partnership funding. With the proper support, we can meet over and over again and continue the conversation at future events to develop leaders to carry this forward. Together, the long-standing MOSES community of more than 20,000 farmers - and the new partnerships that we have yet to cultivate - have the power to create lasting and impactful change in the organic community worldwide. Changes/Problems:Our Executive Director and PD for the project, John Mesko, is no longer with MOSES and Lauren Langworthy is nowin place as Executive Director and PD. Paperwork for this change was submitted to Mathieu Ngouajio and Eugenia Spohrer in May 2019. Jerry Ford requested an additional faciliator and offered to share his reimbursementwith Audrey Arner, so no changes to the budget needed to be made. The Organic 2051 event was a great success and the only major challenge we face now is carrying the work forward. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?MOSES took the results of Organic 2051 and posted them to the Organic 2051 webpage (https://mosesorganic.org/organic2051/) as well as publishing the results in our bi-monthly newspaper, the Organic Broadcaster (https://mosesorganic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MOSES-Broadcaster27.2-for-web.pdf). We are looking for other funding sources to carry the project past the expiration of this grant - knowing the importance of keeping the good work done at Organic 2051 alive and accessible. The plan is to hire a company called Background Stories to create infographics of the 15 specific subsets of work created by the forum, clarifying and organizing them into a more succinct road map for our community, and presenting them in a format digestible to the public and partners for continued discussion, planning, and implementation. These infographics will be created in a user-friendly format for easy access, understandability, and partnership. Partners will be able to make comments on the site about their work and projects that relate to the specific topics. These comments will be monitored daily by MOSES staff. These infographics will be shared widely and also made into rack cards, posters, and banners for display at future events. Together, the long-standing MOSES community of more than 20,000 farmers - and the new partnerships that we have yet to cultivate - have the power to create lasting and impactful change in the organic community worldwide. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We have applied for a grant to continue the funding that was unfortunately not awarded. We will continue to look for grants to fund the ongoing work of Organic 2051 to ensure the important results from the day arecarried forward and the conversation stays alive.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The group at Organic 2051 identified four issue area gaps and opportunities: Production, Community, Sociological, and a miscellaneous group. This amounted to 15 subsets of work. The breakdown is listed below: 1) PRODUCTION 1a) Cover Crops, Crop Rotations, Soil Health Gaps & Opportunites: On-Farm research: "The farmer in the lab" Carbon sequestration: "Balancing the carbon checkbook" Soil health: "Unleash a soil health pandemic" 1b) Drift, Pollinators, Conventional Juxtaposition Gaps & Opportunites: Polices, incentives & regulations to phase out use of problem pesticides Policy/staffing for monitoring, enforcement; food safety "Drift catchers" for organic farmers 1c) Tillage, Water Quality, Carbon Sequestration Gaps & Opportunites: Policy incentives that accurately reflect the real costs, risks and benefits Principles-based, systems-focused best management practices that allow for reduction of tillage Recognition of farming as a skilled, viable profession with education and career development opportunities Robust networks to develop on-farm research and farmer-to-farmer information exchange 2) COMMUNITY 2a) Organic Certification, the Label, Competing Labels Gaps & Opportunites: Current NOP Standards do not fully represent the principles and values of the organic movement Uphold organic intergrity across the supply chain Public understanding of the broad benefits of organic food & farming 2b) Vertical Integration of Organic Agriculture and Its Impact Gaps & Opportunites: Society-wide cultural change based on long-term thinking of agricultural impacts that drives behavior change Build relationship through supply chain, services, policy change, laws, education to insert organic everywhere 2c) Rural Community Revitalization Gaps & Opportunites: Health care and social safety nets New narrative: map migration, advance profession of farming, rural vitality metrics New community economics 3) SOCIOLOGICAL 3a) Barriers to Converting to Organic Gaps & Opportunites: Investment in supply chain Generate demand - messaging Build community - peer networks 3b) Reaching Disadvantaged and Underserved Farmers Gaps & Opportunites: Offering career pathways - training, technical support, leadership opportunities De-risking farming for the individual Using a recial equity lens across all of these farming topics 3c) Market Infrastructure Gaps & Opportunites: Physical infrastructure Social infrastructure - fair price, market protection, supply management Economics of scale at all scales 4a) ENERGY Fossil Fuel Reduction, Power Alternatives, Machinery, Waste Reduction Conservation Gaps & Opportunites: Build local energy networks Local energy production Energy policy reform 4b) ECONOMICS Business Planning, Viability, Co-ops, Labor, Justice, Scale, Local, Social Capital, Consumer Education Gaps & Opportunites: Parity and supply management Folks don't understand what else organic can do - carbon sequestration, reduce carbon footprint Cost of production is still a big question - measure full costs, teach farmers how to measure 4c) LIVESTOCK Regenerative Systems, Humane, Breeding, Pasture-based Gaps & Opportunites: Laws and policies that exclusively support regenerative agriculture Antitrust laws need to be enforced across the country Optimal scale for regenerative production, aggregation, distribution 4d) CLIMATE CHANGE Human Health, Resilience, Pests, Seeds, Mitigation Gaps & Opportunites: Public funded research, farmer driven, accessible on farm-level climate change issues Public understanding of organic as part of climate solution 4e) SEEDS Perenial and Ancient Grains, Meeting Expanding Need, New Crops Gaps & Opportunites: Breeding for organic systems Truly participatory methods Breeding for human health and culture 4f) "THE EDGES" Issues Not Met in Other Categories Gaps & Opportunites: Need information on non-monetary value of organic Information on what practices improve the quality and nutritional content of foods Need farming systems research approach and techniques used and taught
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
https://mosesorganic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MOSES-Broadcaster27.2-for-web.pdf
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