TY - JOUR AU - Lloyd, Deanna AU - Stephenson, Garry PY - 2020/11/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Oregon farmers' perspectives on motivations and obstacles to transition to certified organic JF - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JA - J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev. VL - 10 IS - 1 SE - Open Call Paper DO - 10.5304/jafscd.2020.101.017 UR - https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/894 SP - 101–115 AB - <p>This exploratory study investigates perceptions of the transition to certified organic production among farmers in the U.S. state of Oregon who were actively transitioning all or part of their operation to certified organic production. It examines the influence of farmer experience with organic farming systems on motivations and obstacles to transition to certified organic farming. The analysis creates and compares three categories of farmers based on their total years of farming experience and years of farming using organic methods—<em>Experienced Organic Farmers, Beginning Organic Farmers,</em> and <em>Experienced Farmers Beginning Organic</em>—and provides insights into the economic and ideological motivations for transitioning to certified organic, as well as the economic, production, and marketing obstacles inherent to certified organic transition.</p> ER -