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Spring preparations for research plots
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** New improved SEARCH function on OACC's website**
Research
- Organic and Conventional Production Systems in Wisconsin
- Long-term influence of compost on available water capacity of sandy loam in a potato rotation
- Weed, disease and grain yield effects of cultivar mixtures in organically managed spring wheat
- Black medic as a self-regenerating cover crop on the Canadian Prairies
- Can parasitic gastro-enteritis be used as an indicator of welfare in organic sheep? (PDF, 309 kb)
- Tanniferous forage plants: Performance against parasitic nematodes in sheep
- Energy efficiency of dairy cow and meat sheep farms in organic vs conventional (PDF, 71 kb)
- 4th International Organic Tree Fruit Research Symposium Proceedings (PDF, 155 kb)
Featured Researcher: Josée
Owen
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Organic Upland Beef and Sheep Production (Organic Centre of Wales) (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- 2008 Organic Field Crop Budgets for Ontario (OMAFRA)
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- Eric and Ruby Chen
- Products: Peas, spinach, squash, zucchini, corn, beets, carrots,
exotic greens
- Graduate Studies (PhD) Opportunity at NSAC
- Soil-Plant-Microbe Interactions in Organic Systems (PDF, 27 kb)
- Ecocert Canada is seeking an Organic inspector in Saskatchewan
- Internships with Kismet Organic Fruit Farm in Fennville, Michigan, USA. Call Mari Reijmerink at 269.857.9998 or see the website for more information www.kismetorganics.com
- Position with Angelhoeve Farm, Kings County, Nova Scotia
- Organic cow calf operation assistant with Angus East Organics, Cambridge Narrows, NB
- Two positions with
Windhorse Farm, Nova Scotia
- Gardener
- Program Coordinator and Garden Helper
Western Canada
- November 16 to 18, 2008 3rd Bi-Annual
Organic Connections Conference
Grand Salon, TCU Place, Saskatoon, SK More Information
Eastern Canada
- April 18th, 2008 Organic Workshop
St. James Church, 330 Elizabeth Av., St John’s, Newfoundland
More information or call Jane White at 709-686-2449 - April 23, 2008 Cover Crop Workshop
Presented by Claude Berthélémé, P. Ag., AgriTech
Park
Truro, NS. Call Beth at 1-866-322-2676 - April 26th, 2008 Seedy Saturday
Sponsored by Everdale and Seeds of Diversity Canada
Everdale Learning Centre Hillsburgh, ON. Contact lynn@everdale.org or call 519-855-4859 - May 24, 2008 Organic
Agriculture and Food Safety - Canadian Food Safety Institute
Best Westin Hotel, Mississauga, ON. More
information
Organic
Friends' E-Zine
April 2008, Vol 4, Iss 6
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