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 Andy Hammermeister
Organic Winter Wheat

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• Expert Committee on Organic Agriculture Research Priorities 2008
• Organic winter wheat topped 100 bushels per acre in Montana
• Regenerative Farming: A Solution to Global Warming (Rodale Institute, USA)(PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Nutritional Superiority of Organic Foods (Organic-Center, USA, 2008)
  • Executive summary (PDF, 2.3 MB) for high-speed
  • Full report (PDF, 19.5 MB) for high-speed

Featured Researcher: Emmanuel K. Yiridoe Nova Scotia Agricultural College

• NEW OACC Technical Bulletins

  • Harrowing on Saskatchewan Farms (PDF, 409 kb)
  • Greenhouse gas emissions from organic crop management (PDF, 346 kb)
• Tri-state Organic Video Series (USA) Streaming video of entire program (for high-speed internet) and/or "Hand-out" materials (for dial-up)
  • Organic Poultry Production
  • Cover Crops and Fertility Management
  • Weed Management
  • Transitioning to Organic Dairy Production (PDF, 220 kb)
  • Transitioning to Organic Beef Production (PDF, 275 kb)
  • Transitioning to Organic Crop Production (PDF, 236 kb)
  • Insect & Disease Management for Organic Vegetables
  • Hoophouses and High Tunnels
• Guidance manual for organic collection of wild plants (Swiss '05)(PDF, 1.12 MB)
• Organic Apple Production Guide for Atlantic Canada (PDF, 7 MB)
• Maritime Organic Grains Network Newsletter Issue Three, Spring 2008 (PDF, 350 kb)

• Dramatic reduction in pesticide risk possible through the "organic option" (Organic-Center, USA)
  • Short description press release March 2008 (PDF, 119 kb)
  • Executive summary (PDF, 2.7 MB) for high-speed
  • Full paper (PDF, 14 MB) for high-speed
• Organic Essentials: Pocket guide for reducing pesticide dietary exposure May 2008 (Organic-Center, USA) (PDF, 1.7 MB) for high-speed

• Tatamagouche Centre's Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Program, 2008-09 Internship Program in Guatemala

• Organic Pioneer Victor Chrapko Honoured
• Reducing pesticide risk in soybean production

• Introduction to Organic Markets - Tri-state Organic Video Series (USA) Streaming video of entire program (for high-speed internet) and/or"Hand-out" materials (for dial-up)

• July 17, 2008 Irrigation Field Day and Trade Show “Valuing Our Water”, Outlook, SK
  More information
• July 24th, 2008 Scott Organic Field Day Scott Research Farm, Contact Sherrilyn 306-446-7475

Eastern Canada

• May 17 & 18th, 2008 *First* New Farmers Gathering Full Circle Farm, Garland, NS
  More Information (PDF, 170 KB)
• May 26th, 2008 Organic Agriculture and Food Safety - Canadian Food Safety Institute, Best Western Hotel, Mississauga, ON. Attend in person, or register to watch and participate in the online webinar. Call to reserve your spot 1-888-867-8678 or see More information
• June 7 - 8th, 2008 Windfall Ecology Festival Fairy Lake Park, Newmarket, ON. Contact festival@windfallcentre.ca, call 905 727 0491 or visit the website for more information

Issues

• UN calls for farming revolution (BBC, April 15'08)

Useful Links

• "ON Organic" e-newsletter from OMAFRA
• North Central Region Organic and Sustainable Ag Video Series
  • Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan State Universities Extension program

Award-winner - Congratulations to:

• Dag Falck, Organic Program Manager at Nature’s Path Foods Inc., won the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA)'s Organics Achievement Award on April 5th at the CHFA Expo West.