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Photo of the Month, by Helen Jensen
Evaluation of open pollinated maize selections for production in cold climates in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Quebec, part of the Participatory Plant Breeding research activity in Organic Science Cluster II.

In this issue:

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

Practical Resources

Seed Production and Plant Breeding

• Recordings from the 2015 US Organic Agriculture Research Symposium

Ecology and Environment

• Recorded webinar series by the Science and Technology Library of USDA

Marketing and Economics

• • US Department of Agriculture. 2015
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  • USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service. 2015

Transition to Organic

• • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. 2015
    

Scientific Results

Soils and Fertility

• • Applied Soil Ecology (2015) 96: 192-200

Horticulture

• • HortScience (2015) 50: 1301-1308
• • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 214: 46-53
• • HortScience (2015) 50: 1165-1177

Field Crops

• • Field Crops Research (2015) 183: 235-245
• • Weed Research (2015) 55: 493-502

Crop Rotation

• • Field Crops Research (2015) 180: 80-89

Livestock

• • Animal Feed Science and Technology (2015) 209: 186-201
• • PLoS ONE (2015) 10(5): e0127187

Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods

• • Environmental Health Perspectives (2015) 123:1086–1093

Social Science

• • Organic Agriculture (2015) 5: 235-243

Organic in Canada

Standards Revisions

• Drafts of the 2015 revised Canadian Organic Standards documents, which are expected to be published in November 2015, are now available through OFC.
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• Review of the Canadian Organic Standards: Interviews with the Chair of the Technical Committee and the Conveners of the Working Groups by the OFC
• In preparation for the release of the revised and updated standards, Canadian Organic Growers is offering webinars this fall and winter (winter dates to be announced) 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 .
  
  • Friday, October 16 5:00PM EST - Crop Production
  • Friday, October 23 3:00PM EST - Livestock Production
  • Friday, October 30 3:00PM EST - Preparation including Processing
  • Friday, November 6 3:00PM EST - Crop Production
  • Friday, November 13 11:00AM EST - Livestock Production
    
  • Friday, November 20 11:00AM EST - Preparation including Processing
    

Organic Week

• • Canada Organic Trade Association. 2015

Student, Job and Apprentice Opportunities

Events

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