Bioveg Project

Josée Owen

A long-term vegetable rotations experiment comparing organic and conventional crop production factors. The project was initiated in 2001 on two sites in Southeastern New Brunswick, and is still active today with collaborative research work ongoing, focusing on changes in soil nutrients and soil organic matter with intensive application of compost, and greenhouse gas emissions from compost in organically managed potato rotations.

Eastern Canada Organic Vegetable Crop Research Network

Initiated in 2007, this project is establishing five long-term organic research sites across Eastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, PEI and Nova Scotia). Each site will be home to a long-term vegetable rotation experiment, and will provide a venue for collaborative and multidisciplinary work on organic vegetable cropping systems. The team encompasses 10 AAFC staff from a wide range of disciplines, including weed science, post-harvest biochemistry, statistics, soil chemistry and health, as well as external collaborators. Long-term data will be collected at all sites, and short-term collaborative research projects will be carried out at the sites to answer specific questions about organic vegetable rotational cropping systems.

 

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Posted December 2007