Organic Friends' E-Zine
Highlighting up-dates to the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) website
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Photo of the Month by Matthew Holmes
Gerald Keddy (MP, south Shore, NS, right) announcing federal ACAAF funding for OACC (Andy Hammermeister, left) and the Organic Federation of Canada (represented by Beth McMahon, center).

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• Cloning for Food (USA) (PDF, 478 kb) Implications for consumers and organic farmers
• The challenge of sustaining food production while enhancing biodiversity (FAO report)
• Cultivar Mixtures, Cover Crops and Intercropping with Spring Wheat (CA)(PDF, 177 kb)
• Enhancing Food Nutritional Quality & Human Health (USA) (PDF, 522 kb)
• Increased foraging in organic layers (DK)
• 'Living mulch' combats weeds naturally (CA)
• The Myth of Nitrogen Fertilization for Soil Carbon Sequestration (USA)
• Organic practices outpace conventional in long-term research (USA)
• Plant diversity in crop fields and woody hedgerows in contrasting landscapes (CA)
• The Science of Organics: Nourishing the Land, Animals and People (USA) (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Study of population dynamics of gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep (CA)(PDF, 89 kb)

Featured Researcher: Jennifer Sumner, University of Toronto

• Considerations in organic hog production (ATTRA)(PDF, 480 kb)
• Guidelines for Dairy Farms Making the Transition to Certified Organic (USA)(PDF, 81 kb)
• Herb production in organic systems (ATTRA)(PDF, 942 kb)
• Hops: organic production (ATTRA)(PDF, 275 kb)
• New Innovation for Mite Control Brings Success For Organic Honey Producers
• Organic asparagus production (ATTRA)(PDF, 128 kb)
• Organic garlic production (ATTRA)(PDF, 259 kb)
• The skinny on a big problem…weeds - Rodale web-based survey about weed management
• Speciality lettuce and greens - organic production (ATTRA) (PDF, 142 kb)
• Sweet potato: organic production (ATTRA)(PDF, 655 kb)

Courses

• Web-based Courses in Canada - Winter Semester 2008
  • Key Indicators of Sustainable Agriculture
• Organic Crop Production on the Prairies
• Organic Field Crop Management
• Organic Livestock Production
• Organic Marketing
• Weed Control in Organic Agriculture
• International Organic Education
  • Faculty of Life Sciences (previously KVL) at Copenhagen University, Denmark
  • IFOAM Internet Training Platform provides materials and information on key organic topics

• Crocusview Farms - John & Carolyn Finnie - Kenton, Manitoba

• Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO) to Support the Increasing Organic Production in the Greenbelt Project
  • EFAO Outreach Consultant
  • Freelance Writer for EFAO’s Greenbelt Project

• Local Food Procurement Policies: A Literature Review (PDF, 202 kb)
• Organic not organic if it's air-freighted, says Soil Association

• Chicken welfare is influenced more by housing conditions than by stocking density (Res)
• Environmental and Management Factors Affecting the Welfare of Chickens
• Increased foraging in organic layers (Res)
• Research on animal health and welfare in organic farming — a literature review (Res)
• Spatial distribution indicates social attraction in broiler chickens (Res)

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

Organic Friends' E-Zine December 2007, Vol 4, Iss 2
Copyright © 2007 Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC)
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