Organic Friends' E-Zine
September 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 Maritime farmers, researchers and extension specialists discuss the benefits of timely tillage and exposing roots to control couchgrass (quackgrass), during a tour of organic farms in Québec Photo by Andy Hammermeister

• Biologic and botanical approaches to dairy treatments (IFOAM)
• Comparison of organic and conventional fed diets for grow-finish pigs (IFOAM)
• Does growing Western Hard Red Spring wheat organically alter its breadmaking quality?
• Integrated forage and livestock production (DNK)
• Nutrient levels in U.S. food supply eroded by pursuit of high yields (PDF) (USA)
• Prolonged calving interval and reduced supplementation in an organic dairy herd (DNK)
• Using rare breeds in organic farming systems (IFOAM)
• Whole-rotation dry matter and nitrogen (DNK)

Featured Researcher: Martin Entz, University of Manitoba

• ACORN Receives $90,000 for Maritime Organic Grains Network
• Blade roller lays down cover crop without tillage (WP)
• The Challenges Facing Organic Apple Production in Atlantic Canada
• Milstop Foliar Fungicide for control of powdery mildew on field peppers (PDF)
• Organic rotation finishes first (WP)
• SERENDADE MAX Biofungicide for a Range of Crops, Crop Groups and Diseases (PDF)
• System reduces hand hoeing (WP)

• Stage I R&D Coordinator - Western Ag Innovations (PDF)
• OCIA RnE $1000.00 Scholarship for 2008
• Saskatchewan Agriculture & Food Specialist in Organic Crop Production (PDF)
• Two new Graduate Student (M.Sc.) Assistantships at NSAC
  • Soil quality and organic production systems (PDF)
  • Legume Productivity/ Soil-Plant-Microbe Interactions (PDF)

Newspaper Articles

• "Heat" - By George Monbiot
• Summer Gatherings Foster Organic Growth

Market Information

• Farm to Fork:Organics in Alberta (PDF)
• First IFOAM International Conference on Marketing of Organic and Regional Values (EU)
• Nearly 31 Million Certified Organic Hectares Worldwide (EU)

Up-coming Events

• Western and Eastern Canada

• On-farm energy use (PDF) (USA)

Useful Links

• Organic Guide (AUS)
• Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada's "Organic Production" webpage

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

 

Organic Friends' E-Zine September 2007, Vol 3, Iss 10
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