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Photo of the Month
by Brenda Frick
A meeting of the Organic Value Chain
Round Table in Calgary.
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Research
- Canada Thistle suppression with buckwheat or sudangrass cover crops and mowing
- Comparative analysis of antioxidant properties and fruit quality attributes of organically and conventionally grown melons
- Cover crops influence meadow vole presence in organic orchards
- Feeding trials in organic food quality and health research
- Herbicidal effects of vinegar and a clove oil product on redroot pigweed and velvetleaf
- Modelling consumer behavioural intentions towards food with implications for marketing quality low-input and organic food
- Pre-emergence mechanical weed control in field pea
- Production costs of organic vegetable farms: Two case studies from Pennsylvania
- Research knowledge and needs for orchard floor management in organic tree fruit systems
- Seeding rate effects on weed control and yield for organic soybean production
- Should spring wheat breeding for organically managed systems be conducted on organically managed land?
- Weed–crop competition relationships differ between organic and conventional cropping systems
- Weed response to flame weeding at different developmental stages
Extension
- Crop Rotation on Organic Farms: A Planning Manual (NRAES PDF, 2.5 MB)
- The Importance of Organic Matter to Soil Fertility and Crop Health
- Potatoes: Organic Production and Marketing (ATTRA)
- 2010 Field Crop Budgets (OMAFRA)
Virtual Farm Tour
Job & Student Opportunities
- Four Seasons Organic Farm Internship/Apprenticeship, Nova Scotia
- Student Employment Opportunity: University of Manitoba Agronomy Program, Carman
Newspaper Articles
- Organic Poultry Production: A Good Fit for Your Farm?
- The Environmental Impacts of Organic Agriculture: A Canadian Perspective
Market Information
- Matthew Holmes and Anne Macey's Chapter
on Canada (PDF, 343 kb) in IFOAM's
2009 World
of Organic Agriculture
Events
- Permaculture Fruit Farming:
Establishing a Profitable Orchard
- Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at Nova Scotia Agricultural College