On September 22, 2026, at 6pm EST RAFI hosted a conversation on crop planning as an organic producer featuring Organic Farmers Association’s Farmer Services Director, Juila Barton. Attendees got to learn about the importance of crop planning as organic growers, challenges, successes, and processes/procedures that go into organic crop planning.
This event is made possible with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP).
Julia Barton serves as the Farmer Services Director of the Organic Farmers Association where she supports transitional and organic producers. She loves working with farmers to identify challenges and find solutions! Julia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science and German from Dickinson College and a Master’s Degree from The Ohio State University in Rural Sociology with a focus on local and regional food systems. In addition to her work at OFA, she and her husband, Patrick Turner and their two boys, run Octagon Acres, an organic vegetable and heritage sheep farm in Northeast Ohio, and Northridge by Octagon Acres, a you-pick blueberry and chestnut operation.