Organic farming is about more than food. It’s about building healthy soil, protecting ecosystems, and supporting resilient communities.

About Us

The Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) is a farmer-led, science-backed nonprofit that’s been advancing organic farming for over 35 years. We fund and share organic research that helps farmers succeed, provide free educational resources, and educate policymakers in Washington, D.C., to ensure organic farmers have a strong voice in policy. Supporting OFRF means investing in healthy soil, resilient farms, and a more sustainable food system.

Organic research benefits all farmers, and everyone who eats.

OFRF advances scientific research that improves organic farming systems and shares its results freely, so that farmers, organic, transitioning, and traditional alike, can put them into practice. Our work helps:

• Build productive, resilient soil. We fund and champion research on cover crops, rotations, and nutrient management that helps farmers grow stronger soils, which in turn support healthy crops.
• Protect ecosystems and biodiversity. Studies show that organic practices enhance pollinators, wildlife, and water quality, benefiting entire landscapes.
• Grow healthy food. By focusing on ecological systems, organic research helps farmers produce food in ways that support healthy communities and resilient farms.
• Share knowledge widely. Grants, guidebooks, webinars, and the Organic Research Hub provide accessible, practical tools for farmers, educators, and communities.

Here are a few examples of how we put the science into practice.

Farmer-Led Trials Program

Each year, real farmers from across the country design and test new organic practices on their own farms—like cover cropping, crop rotation, or soil amendments—and share the results widely so other farmers can benefit from practical, real-world solutions.

Organic Research Hub

The first of its kind, the Hub is a centralized collection of curated, science-based resources that make the science behind organic farming accessible to farmers, students, policymakers, and anyone interested in healthier, more sustainable food systems.

Organic is Regenerative Messaging

A hands-on resource showing how organic practices, the original regenerative form of agriculture, improve soil health, protect biodiversity, and strengthen farm communities while producing nutritious food.

Stories From the Field

First-hand accounts from farmers and researchers demonstrate how organic regenerative practices enhance soil quality, increase crop resilience, support biodiversity, and ultimately grow healthy food for people and communities.

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