Organic Friends' E-Zine
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	"Linking organic knowledge"

Photo of the Month by Derek Lynch
Equipment at OACC's Brookside site, installing a 2ha, 12 plot tile drained instrumented research facility for work on impact of organic management on water quality. The project is funded through a Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grant awarded Dr. D. Lynch (CRC Organic Agriculture)

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• Cold-tolerant hairy vetch and late planting for organic no-till corn in the Northeast
• Managing Sclerotinia rot of carrots with canopy trimming

• Harvesting Alfalfa in the Afternoon: Improving Value for Dairy Cows (PDF, 300 kb)
• Changes in Soil Health throughout an Organic Potato Rotation (PDF, 585 kb)
• Pesticide Risk Reduction Strategies for Soybean Production in Ontario (PDF, 992 kb)
• Seed Treatment Influence on Barley Seed Vigour, Establishment & Yield (PDF, 209 kb)
• Performance of Carrot and Broccoli Cultivars from Organic Seed (PDF, 805 kb)
• Novel Organic Approaches to the Management of Wireworms (PDF, 879 kb)
• Spiders (Arachnidae) as biological insect control with mulch (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasites in organic flocks in Canada (PDF, 194 kb)
• Lessons in Sustainability from the Glenlea Long-Term Rotation Study (PDF, 708 kb)

Social Sciences Presentations

• Growing roots: involving senior immigrants in urban agriculture (PDF, 14 kb)
• The curious legacy of GMO agriculture (PDF, 369 kb)
• Sustainability problems within organic agriculture (PDF, 363 kb)
• Participatory organic certification: maintaining integrity of organic label (PDF, 329 kb)
• Organic and natural farming actors educate community members (PDF, 271 kb)
• Organic agriculture and "safe" vegetables in Vietnam (PDF, 381 kb)

Featured Researcher: Paul Voroney University of Guelph

• Holistic management encompasses social, environmental, economic and biological goals
• Domestic and livestock uses of ROTENONE to be phased out by end of 2012 (PDF, 77 kb)

• New Brunswick Organic Farm Apprenticeship Program 2008
• Summer student opportunity - research on biodiversity in pasture (NS) (PDF, 31 kb)
• Four positions with Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC), Nova Scotia
  • Organic Agriculture Summer Research Technician (PDF, 147 kb)
  • Organic Agriculture Research Symposium Coordinator (PDF, 125 kb)
  • Research and Extension Associate - Atlantic Region (PDF, 125 kb)
  • Research and Extension Coordinator - Alberta (PDF, 192 kb)

• Linking Organic Knowledge
• Building Community To Support Agriculture

• Consumers’ Preferences for Food and Agricultural Environment Safety (PDF, 205 kb)
• Role of Sensory Experiences on Willingness to Pay for Organic Bread (PDF, 183 kb)

• February 15, 2008 Saskatchewan Regional Organic Workshop, Melfort, SK
  More Information
• February 29 - March 2, 2008 COABC Conference & AGM 2008, Mary Winspear Centre
  Sidney, BC COABC website
• March 4th - 5th, 2008 Going Organic conference, Camrose, Alberta
  More Information (PDF, 676 kb)
• March 11th, 2008 Saskatchewan Regional Organic Workshop, Swift Current, SK
  More Information

Eastern Canada

• February 16th, 2008 Visionary Farmers and Visionary Consumers - How organics is transforming your world, Canadian Organic Growers, Toronto, ON More information
• February 22-23, 2008 Eco Farm Day, Canadian Organic Growers, Ottawa Chapter.
  Cornwall, ON Contact Tom Manley at 877-984-0480 or tom@homesteadorganics.ca
• March 6-8, 2008 7th Annual ACORN Organic Conference - "Growing More Organic"
  Memramcook, NB More Information
• March 11 & 12, 2008 SEMINAR: Research Results in Organic Agriculture in Eastern Canada with Dr. Derek Lynch, Canada Research Chair in Organic Agriculture
  Cégep de Victoriaville, Victoriaville, Qué More information: 819.758.6401 X 2702 or martin.guylaine@cgpvicto.qc.ca or www.formationagricole.com
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• No nano in organic foods, says Soil Association

• Assessment of the welfare of dairy cattle using animal-based measurements
• Effect of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme on the welfare of dairy cattle
• Welfare of Cull Holstein Cows in an Abattoir: Effects of Workshop on Humane Handling

• Manitoba Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiative's "Organiculture" site

Historical

• Advertisements in 1921 Edition of “Scientific Agriculture”

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

Organic Friends' E-Zine February 2008, Vol 4, Iss 4
Copyright © 2008 Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC)
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