The Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) today announced the launch of the Organic Research Hub, a first-of-its-kind online platform created to serve the needs of organic and transitioning farmers across the United States—offering trusted, science-based tools to solve real on-farm challenges.
Accessible at organicresearchhub.org, the Organic Research Hub brings together an unprecedented collection of curated resources, all searchable by production topic, crop category, region, keyword, and more. The platform includes factsheets, research summaries, webinars, guidebooks, videos, and other technical tools gathered from the country’s top agricultural institutions and organic organizations. It also houses the complete library of nearly 200 final reports from OFRF-funded research projects, making decades of farmer-informed research easily accessible in one place.
“We created the Organic Research Hub to meet farmers where they are,” said Dr. Heather Estrada, OFRF’s research & education senior scientist and architect of the platform. “Producers don’t have time to dig through academic journals or outdated PDFs. They need credible, practical resources they can use in the field—and that’s exactly what this tool provides.”
In addition to advanced filtering and keyword search functions, users can sign up to receive customized notifications when new content is added to their region or area of interest. The Hub also includes a national Organic Extension Directory, helping connect farmers with trusted agricultural professionals and researchers in their communities.
“There’s a lot of noise online. The Hub cuts through that,” said Jordan Settlage, an organic dairy farmer at Settlage & Settlage Farms in St. Mary’s, Ohio. “I was changing our compost management and had some questions. In less than a minute, the Hub helped me find exactly what I needed—from credible sources I trust. That’s a big deal. I can use it to make real decisions for our farm.”
With no comparable tool currently available, the Organic Research Hub addresses a long-standing gap in how organic research is accessed and applied. Although organic now accounts for more than 6% of total U.S. food sales and 15% of all produce sales, research funding for organic agriculture remains disproportionately low—receiving less than 2% of USDA research dollars and less than 1% of the Agricultural Research Service’s budget. OFRF’s own National Organic Research Agenda (NORA) continues to highlight the pressing need for regionally relevant, farmer-informed solutions. The Organic Research Hub is a direct response to that need.
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