Organic Friends' E-Zine
Highlighting up-dates to the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) website
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	"Linking organic knowledge"

Photo of the Month by Karen Nelson
Karen Nelson and Andrea Munroe counting juvenile Folsomia candida hatched after incubation in various soil substrates. This soil organism is being used to determine if it is a sensitive indicator of soil health.

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• Assessment of changes in soil health throughout organic potato rotation sequences 2009
• Antibiotic Losses in Leaching from Manure-Amended Agricultural Land 2008
• Energy and Environmental Issues in Organic and Conventional Agriculture 2008
• Crop Rotation and Wheat Nutrient Content: Glenlea 2008
• Are compost teas an effective nutrient amendment cultivation of strawberries?2009
• The effects of organic amendments on fruit quality of raspberries 2008
• The effects of organic and conventional amendments on strawberry cultivation 2008
• A review of the use of composted municipal solid waste in agriculture 2007
• Soil community changes during secondary succession to naturalized grasslands 2009

• Reducing Herbicides in Strawberries: Alternative Production Systems 2009 (PDF, 2 MG)

• Crops absorb livestock antibiotics
  • Consumers may be ingesting them from vegetables, even ones grown on organic farms

• Four Seasons Farm, Maitland, Nova Scotia Organic Farming Internship/Apprenticeship

• Heritage Breeds of livestock are in good hands across Canada
• Organic Community Honours Its Own

• Sustainable Food News

• February 22nd-23rd, 2009 Organic Cereals Research Symposium, Banff Centre
  Banff, Alberta. More information
• February and March, 2009 Understanding the New Organic Regime: A Primer for Farmers Training for the New Canadian Organic Standards that come into force on June 30, 2009 More information
• March 11th, 2009 It's time for going organic...come grow with us! Going Organic Network of Alberta, Norseman Inn, Camrose, AB More information (PDF, 4.6 MB) Call 1-877-672-4446

• Organic Events in Atlantic Canada - ACORN website
• COG Chapter Events across Canada
• February 22nd-23rd, 2009 Organic Cereals Research Symposium, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta. More information
• February and March, 2009 Understanding the New Organic Regime: A Primer for Farmers Training for the New Canadian Organic Standards that come into force on June 30, 2009 More information

Issues

• Organic Works: Providing more jobs through organic farming and local food supply (Soil Association, January 2009)
• Health Risks of Genetically Modified Foods (2009)

Animal Welfare

• Give a Cow a Name and She Will Give You More Milk (2009)