** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** ORGANIC SEED PRODUCTION AND ORGANIC PLANT BREEDING ARE CRUCIAL TO THE INTEGRITY AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS OFORGANIC AGRICULTURE. ORGANIC SEED PRODUCERS AND SEED COMPANIES HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR: THE LACK OF ROBUST,PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SEED YIELD DATA AND PRODUCTION PROTOCOLS IS A BARRIER TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIC SEEDINDUSTRY - AND A BARRIER TO THE WIDER AVAILABILITY OF ADAPTED, AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY ORGANIC SEED FOR ALL ORGANICPRODUCERS WHO USE SEED.THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE RESILIENCE AND SUCCESS OF ORGANIC SEED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS.BY CREATING A ROBUST, NATIONAL COLLABORATION OF ORGANIC SEED RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS FOCUSED ON ADVANCINGTHE FIELD OF ORGANIC SEED PRODUCTION RESEARCH, THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP PRACTICAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT THEORGANIC SEED INDUSTRY NEEDS TO DEVELOP, TEST, PRODUCE, DISTRIBUTE AND MAINTAIN SEED OF REGIONALLY AND ORGANICALLYADAPTED CULTIVARS.TO ACHIEVE THIS LONG-TERM GOAL, WE ARE PURSUING THREE OBJECTIVES WITHIN THIS PROPOSAL:1) BETTER ELUCIDATE THE EFFECTS OF GENETICS, CLIMATE, AND MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIC VEGETABLE SEED YIELDS THROUGHMULTI-LOCATION SEED YIELD TRIALS, SEED PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT TRIALS, PARTICIPATORY SEED RESEARCH, AND THEDEVELOPMENT OF A ROBUST VEGETABLE SEED YIELD DATABASE.2) DEVELOP ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING TOOLS FOR ORGANIC SEED PRODUCERS.3) EXPAND SEED PRODUCTION INFORMATION EXCHANGE FOR AND AMONG ORGANIC SEED STAKEHOLDERS.