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Organic Friends' E‑zine: September 2017

It's Organic Week in Canada, the largest annual celebration of organic food, farming and products across the country!

In this issue:

Organic Science Cluster II

    • Frontiers in Plant Science (2017) 8: 949

Practical Resources

Soils and Fertility

  • [PDF – 274 kB]
    • Institute of Organic Training and Advice. 2017
    • Organic Farming Research Foundation. 2017

Seed Production and Plant Breeding

    • Organic Seed Alliance and eOrganic. 2017

Ecology and Environment

    • FiBL. 2017

Marketing and Economics

  • [PDF – 241 kB]
    • The Hartman Group. 2017

Scientific Results

Soils and Fertility

    • Ecology (2017) 98: 2111-2119
    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 248: 144-152

Horticulture

    • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2017) 247: 379-388

Field Crops

    • Journal of Cereal Science (2017) 76: 108-115
    • Euphytica (2017) 213: 169

Crop Rotation

    • Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (2017) 72: 539-549

Pest Management

    • Agriculture (2017) 7(8): 66
    • Weed Science (2017) 65: 504-514

Livestock

    • Journal of Cleaner Production (2017) 164: 301-314

Ecology and Environment

    • Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2017) 114: 145-149
    • Applied Soil Ecology (2017) 119: 294-306

Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods

    • Public Health Nutrition (2017) 20: 2134-2144

Marketing and Economics

    • Food Quality and Preference (2017) 62: 31-37
    • Food Quality and Preference (2017) 62: 190-198
    • Public Health Nutrition (2017) 20: 2134-2144
    • Food Quality and Preference (2017) 62: 144-154

Organic in Canada

    • Canada Organic Trade Association. 2017

News & Articles of Interest

    • CBC. 2017

  • Applicants residing in Canada, Mexico, and the United States are eligible to apply. In particular, OFRF encourages farmers, ranchers, graduate students, early career researchers, veterans, and Extension personnel to consider applying for funding. The deadline for proposals is December 15, 2017.

Courses

Certificate of Specialization in Organic Agriculture - Online Courses Offered in the Fall 2017 Semester

Events

Event Location Date
Across Canada
September 16-24, 2017

Upper Stewiacke & Truro, NS
September 18, 2017

Montreal, QC
October 13-15, 2017
New Delhi, India November 8, 2017
New Delhi, India November 9-11, 2017

Truro, NS
November 27-29, 2017 Ìý

Blue Mountains, ON
November 29-December 1, 2017

Guelph, ON
January 25-28, 2018

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Organic Friends' E-Zine September 2017, Volume 13, Issue 11
Copyright © 2017 Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC)
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