Welcome to Canada's Organic Science Cluster

A part of the Canadian Agri-Science Clusters Initiative of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Growing Forward Policy Framework.

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Learn More About the Organic Science Cluster:

• Organic Science Cluster II
• Featured Results & Reports
• About the Organic Science Cluster
• Project Information
• Organic Science Cluster Partners and Sponsors
• Participating Researchers

Map indicating the locations of Organic Science Cluster Research Activities across Canada. Please click on the map to open a PDF file with an enlarged map and additional information about the Organic Science Cluster.

Featured Results and Reports

About the Organic Science Cluster

Canada’s Organic Science Cluster (OSC) is a collaborative effort led jointly by the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) at Dalhousie University's Agricultural Campus and the Organic Federation of Canada (OFC). The Organic Science Cluster is part of the Canadian Agri-Science Clusters Initiative of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Growing Forward Policy Framework and is supported by contributions from industry partners. The goals of the Organic Science Cluster are to facilitate a national strategic approach to organic science in Canada, link scientists across the country and disseminate the knowledge generated to organic stakeholders. The Organic Science Cluster has identified 10 sub-projects including 30 research activities that will be conducted by over 50 researchers plus 30 collaborators in approximately 45 research institutions. Activities of the Organic Science Cluster will include work in fruit horticulture, agronomy, cereal crop breeding, soil fertility management, vegetable production, greenhouse production, dairy production systems, parasite control in ruminants, environmental sustainability, and food processing. This research comes at a time when there is renewed emphasis on innovation, efficiency (energy, labour, economics), and capturing value-added markets. Most of this research directed toward organic agriculture can also be applied to conventional production systems, drawing interest to this cluster from producers across Canada. For more information:

• Read the Organic Science Cluster Proposal.
• Watch the video of the Announcement of the Organic Science Cluster.
• Read the press release about the launch of the Organic Science Cluster.
• View a map of Organic Science Cluster Research Activities Across Canada.
• Watch "Organic is a Science" is a short film about the Organic Science Cluster.

Organic Science Cluster Project Information

Subproject A: Biologically-Based Fertility Management
Subproject B: Integrated Grain-Based Cropping Systems
Subproject C: Organic Greenhouse Production
Subproject D: Integrated Management of Horticultural Field Crops
Subproject E: Environmental Stewardship and Product Branding
Subproject F: High Value Fruit Production
Subproject G: Benchmarking the Organic Dairy Production System
Subproject H: Organic Food Processing
Subproject I: Sheep Parasite Control
Subproject J: Communication

Organic Science Cluster Partners & Sponsors

Researchers Participating in the Organic Science Cluster

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