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Photo of the Month, by Joanna MacKenzie
Delicious, freshly harvested organic apples are one of the delights of autumn in Canada.

In this issue:

• Organic Science Cluster II
  
• Practical Resources
• Scientific Results
• Organic in Canada
• Student, Job and Apprentice Opportunities
  
• Events

Organic Science Cluster II

Video of the Announcement of Organic Science Cluster II

Practical Resources

Horticulture

• • ATTRA. 2014
• • ATTRA. 2014
• • eOrganic. 2014
• • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. 2014

Pest Management

• [PDF - 1.5 MB]
  • Montana State University. 2014. Please note that this document was prepared in the USA, but does contain information of use to Canadian producers. Check with your certification body before implementing any control strategies.

Livestock

• • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. 2014
    

Scientific Results

Soils and Fertility

• • Environmental Entomology (2014) 43: 1264-1274
• • Applied Soil Ecology (2014) 83: 140-148
• • Applied Soil Ecology (2014) 83: 170-176

Horticulture

• • Plant and Soil (2014) 382: 237-251
• • Euphytica (2014) 199: 385-395

Field Crops

• • Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2014) 34: 841-848
• • Field Crops Research (2014) 167: 94-101

Pest Management

• • Crop Protection (2014) 65: 86-94
• • Agronomy Journal (2014) 106: 1765-1774

Livestock

• • Livestock Science (2014) 168: 159-167
• • Organic Eprints. 2014
    
• • Organic Agriculture (2014) Volume 4, Issue 2
• • Livestock Science (2014) 168: 120-127

Ecology and Environment

• • Biological Conservation (2014) 178: 146-154

Food, Nutrition and Health

• • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2014) 94: 2618-2629
• • Journal of Food and Agricultural Chemistry (2014) 62: 8075-8084

Social Science

• • Ecological Economics (2011) 70: 1536-1545
• • Organic Eprints. 2014

Marketing and Economics

• Consumers’ perceptions of organic food attributes and cognitive and affective attitudes as determinants of their purchase intentions toward organic food
  • Food Quality and Preference (2014) 39: 259-267
• • International Journal of Consumer Studies (2014) 38: 550-558

Organic in Canada

• Globe and Mail 2014 Special Report on Organic

Student, Job and Apprentice Opportunities

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• Post-doctoral fellow opportunity at the Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre
  Working within a multidisciplinary team, the post-doctoral fellow (PDF) will undertake research activities in the area of sustainable organic production systems for the Brown Soil zone. Under the supervision of, and in collaboration with, a team of research scientists and assisted by technical staff and/or students, the PDF will conduct field trials under organic methods.Ìý The objective of the main field trial is to determine if diversified crop rotations and reduced tillage under organic management can keep weed populations at low levels, soil fertility at adequate levels, and plants healthy for sustainable and profitable production of annual crops under the water-limited and variable environmental conditions of the Brown Soil Zone of western Canada. For more information, please contact Myriam Fernandez at myriam.fernandez@agr.gc.ca.
• Please let us know about current opportunities you wish to announce by emailing oacc@dal.ca.

Organic Events

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