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Organic Friends' E‑zine: December 2015

The Director and staff of the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada would like to wish you and yours every happiness this holiday season and throughout the coming year.

In this issue:

Organic Science Cluster II

Organic producers engaging in research and innovation

As Organic Science Cluster II (OSCII) completes the third year of activities, the Organic Federation of Canada and OACC have created a series of eight short films that present organic producers engaged in research and innovation in close cooperation with OSCII researchers. These videos, the first two of which are featured here, illustrate the important cooperation between researchers and producers in advancing the science of organic production to benefit organic yields and quality.

The Lefort Greenhouses

Gosselin Hop Yard

Practical Resources

Soils and Fertility

    • eOrganic. 2015
    • eOrganic. 2015

    • Science and Technology Library of USDA. 2014
    • eOrganic. 2015

Crop Rotation

    • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. 2015
    • Science and Technology Library of USDA. 2015

Season Extension

    • eOrganic. 2015

Scientific Results

Soils and Fertility

    • Scientia Horticulturae (2015) 195: 67-73
    • Soil and Tillage Research (2015) 155: 371-380
    • Agricultural Systems (2015) 139: 82-92
    • Applied Soil Ecology (2016) 98: 254-260
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 211-222
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 318-327
    • Nature (2015) 528: 69-76

Horticulture

    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 132-142
    • The Canadian Entomologist (2015) 147: 227-243
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 216: 203-206
    • HortScience (2015) 50: 1694-1701
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 216: 73-81
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 473-485
    • Biological Agriculture & Horticulture (2015) 31: 147-157

Field Crops

    • Biological Agriculture & Horticulture (2015) 31: 177-192
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 392-398
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 270-279

Crop Rotation

    • Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2015) 39: 647-665
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 503-514
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 450-460
    • PLoS ONE (2015) 10(11): e0143358
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 216: 322-332
    • Weed Research (2015) 55: 586-597

Pest Management

    • Journal of Pest Science (2015) 88: 707-716
    • Organic Agriculture (2015) 5: 315-322

Seed Production and Plant Breeding

    • Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2015) 39: 601-624

Livestock

    • Canadian Journal of Animal Science (2015) 95: 533-537
    • Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2015) 39: 978-1002
    • Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2015) 39: 1022-1046
    • World’s Poultry Science Journal (2015) 71: 375-384
    • animal (2015) 9: 1875-1883
    • animal (2015) 9: 888-898

Ecology and Environment

    • Journal of Environmental Quality (2015) 44: 1861-1870
    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 280-301
    • Agricultural Systems (2015) 139: 196-209

Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods

    • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2015) 63: 9803-8911

Post-harvest Handling, Storage and Processing

    • Postharvest Biology and Technology (2015) 110: 257-263

Marketing and Economics

    • Organic Agriculture (2015) 5: 277-313
    • Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2016) 40: 69-95

Transition to Organic

    • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 461-472

Organic in Canada

  • The revised 2015 Canadian Organic Standards are now published and available online!
    • (CAN/CGSB-32.310-2015)
    • (CAN/CGSB-32.311-2015)
    • With the release of the revised and updated standards, Canadian Organic Growers is offering webinars this winter to ensure operators, producers, processors, certifying bodies, and verification officers are up to date on the revisions. For more information and to register, please visit the .
  • The fall/winter, soils-focused issue of the is now available.
  • Enter The Canadian Organic Grower Magazine’s Spring 2016 issue cover photo contest

News & Articles of Interest

    • United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. 2015

Courses

Student, Job and Apprentice Opportunities

Events

Event Location Date

Pacific Grove, CA, USA
January 18-19, 2016

Guelph, ON
January 28-31, 2016
Webinar February 2, 2016
Webinar February 4, 2016

Webinar February 9, 2016

Winnipeg, MB February 18-19, 2016
Vernon, BC February 26-28, 2016
Izmir, Turkey April 11-14, 2016

Vienna, Austria April 17-22, 2016
Second Canadian Organic Science Conference
Montréal-Longueuil, QC September 19-21, 2016

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Organic Friends' E-Zine December 2015, Volume 12, Issue 2
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