The Natural Analysis Hub
By Brian Geier, OFRF Communications Manger. This text was initially printed within the Fall 2025 Natural Broadcaster by Marbleseed.
On daily basis, farmers make selections that may have short-term and long-term results on our farms. And as natural farmers, we rely on complicated, intertwining relationships amongst all of the transferring components of an natural system to work with us: crops, animals, soils, local weather, microbes, employees, bugs, processors, customers, and extra. To place it mildly, good data is vital for our success, and improper or misguided data may be pricey.
Many farmers will let you know that the perfect data comes from our experiences on the land. “A farmer’s footstep is the perfect fertilizer,” they are saying. Our second-best supply of knowledge, mirrored in survey after survey, is the data farmers get from different farmers. Third could arguably be what we discover utilizing the web. However there, we threat operating into an awesome array of sources of information with various levels of reliability, which can or is probably not accessible or helpful to anybody, not to mention natural farmers!
Introducing the Natural Analysis Hub
A brand new software seeks to treatment this overwhelm, and it’s worthy of a detailed look. The Natural Analysis Hub, launched in early 2025 by the Natural Farming Analysis Basis (OFRF), is a curated assortment of scientific and technical assets to assist natural farmers perceive and resolve their challenges. It’s a gateway to analysis and assets which might be relevant to natural farmers, and it’s a connection place between farmers, researchers, technical service suppliers, and extension brokers.
Ohio dairy farmer Jordan Settlage, who serves on the Natural Stewardship Council for OFRF, described his first expertise testing out the “Hub” at a latest advisory assembly:
