Organic Friends' E-Zine
August 2007
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Organic Friends' E-Zine is a monthly E-mail publication which highlights the most recent up-dates on the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) website

	Photo of the Month Research plots of wheat varieties in Saskatchewan Photo by Brenda Frick

• Evaluating the sustainability of organic and conventional cropping systems
• Organic agriculture and the global food supply
• Organic broilers in floorless pens on pasture
• Organic Farming Practices Improve Water Quality in Minnesota
• Parkinson's disease mortality and pesticide exposure in California 1984–1994
• Pesticides reduce symbiotic efficiency of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and host plants
• The potential of suckling systems in calf rearing in Dutch organic dairy farming
• Ten-Year Comparison of Organic and Conventional Practices on Flavonoids in Tomatoes
• Weed Seedbank Dynamics in Three Organic Farming Crop Rotations

• Avian Influenza in Free-Range and Organic Poultry Production (ATTRA)
• Pasturing organic chickens in a moveable yurt system

• En Santé Winery - Alberta

• Two positions with Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics, University of Alberta that may be pertinent to organic researchers

  • Professorship in Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
  • Professorship in Crop Agronomy/Integrated Weed Management
• Administrator - Organic Federation of Canada/Fédération biologique du Canada
• Two positions with Local Food Plus, Toronto
  • Certification Manager (PDF)
  • Communications Manager (PDF)

• Influence of organic diet on breast milk of lactating women in the Netherlands
• Organically Grown Melons Deliver More Vitamin C and Polyphenols

• Haskap Research Bears Fruit with Organic Potential
• Is There Enough Soil Phosphorus on Organic Farms?

Market Information

• Call for Proposals: COG is developing institutional markets for organic and transitional farmers, through the Growing Up Organic (GUO) project

Up-coming Events

• Western and Eastern Canada

• Report finds 319 Maritimers victims of acute pesticide poisoning annually (PDF)
• Linkage Established Between Pesticides and Autism
• Pesticide Exposures Increase Risk of Gestational Diabetes

Useful Links

• HowToGoOrganic™.com
• OrganicA - a resource for organic apple production

Historical Articles

• Check out the latest Environment Canada forecast for weather in your local area

 

Organic Friends' E-Zine August 2007, Vol 3, Iss 9
Copyright © 2007 Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC)
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