A. Policy Discussions: Read and Add Your Comments

• Organic Policy Tool Shed
  • Tools you can use to build and shape the discussions that need to take place to advance good policy for organics
• Background Documents by Rod McRae
  • Becoming an effective collaborator with government: some background notes and ideas
  • Does the Adoption of Organic Food and Farming Systems Solve Multiple Policy Problems?
  • How Governments in Other Jurisdictions Successfully Support the Development of Organic Food and Farming

• Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN)
  • Objectives and Strategies
• National Organic Strategic Plan
  • Fill out an Endorsement form for the Plan
• Quebec Strategic Plan

C. GPI Atlantic Reports:

• Resource Capacity &Use: Introduction
• The Value of Agricultural Biodiversity
• Soil Quality & Productivity

D. Miscellaneous Reports:

• Action Plan to Develop Organic Food and Farming in England
• Agricultural Innovation in Ontario:Research Results for Organic Agriculture
• Brazilian Soybean Production: Energy Analysis With an Expanded Scope (PDF)
• Discussion Paper by Martin Entz: Where should OACC direct future research efforts?
• Identifying Problems and Potential of the Conversion to Organic Farming in South Africa
  • by Katharina Niemeyer and Dr. Jan Lombard
• Making Pesticide Reduction a Reality in Canada: Funding Programs to Advance Biointensive IPM and Organic Farming
  • Report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
• Organic Farming in Canada
  • Research report by Ecological Agriculture Projects, McGill University 1992
• Organic food and farming systems: taking stock of the benefits
  • By Rod MacRae and Ralph C. Martin
• Regenerative Farming:A Solution to Global Warming (PDF, 1.9 MB)
  • Rodale Institute's new policy paper
• U.S. National Organic Program Standards: Implications for Researchers
  • by Rosalie L. Koenig and Brian Baker

"Planet Seed" photo courtesy of Roger Davies.