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Organic Friends' E鈥憐ine: December 2016

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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:

Participate in the 2016-2017 Canadian Organic Research Needs and Priorities Assessment

We want your input! Have your say in guiding research priorities for Canada鈥檚 organic sector. Collect your thoughts with a group of peers and participate in the 2016-17 assessment of organic research needs and priorities.

A clear list of research priorities is needed to guide provincial and national funding initiatives and inform researchers as to where they should direct their efforts. The Research Needs Task Force of the is leading this initiative; data is being collected and summarized by the , .

See below or visit the OACC website for more details, videos to inspire and instruct you through the process, and forms to submit with your input by February 28, 2017.
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  • If you would like a Word version of the template, please email Joanna at joanna.white@dal.ca.听
  • These files are also available in French at

Practical Resources

The Science behind Organic Agriculture

    • SARE. 2016

Field Crops

  • [PDF 鈥� 1.2 MB]
    • Prairie Organic Grain Initiative. 2016
  • Pivot and Grow Video Series by the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative

Pest Management

    • FiBL. 2016

Seed Production and Plant Breeding

    • eOrganic. 2016

Livestock

    • CORE Organic/PrOPara. 2016

Scientific Results

Soils and Fertility

    • European Journal of Soil Biology (2016) 77: 26-33
    • Applied Soil Ecology Online, ahead of print
    • Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2016) 96: 427-434
    • Applied Soil Ecology (2016) 108: 258-268

Horticulture

    • HortScience (2106) 51: 1378-1383
    • Biological Control (2016) 104: 57-65

Field Crops

    • Agronomy Journal (2016) 108: 2425-2432
  • (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)
    • Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science (2016) 202: 454-463
    • Organic Agriculture (2016) 6: 307-322

Crop Rotation

    • Agronomy Journal (2016) 108: 2433-2443

Livestock

    • Journal of Dairy Science (2016) 99: 9885-9899
    • Journal of Dairy Science (2016) 99: 9845-9856
    • Livestock Science (2016) 194: 37-43

Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods

    • Journal of Food Protection (2016) 11: 1953-1958
      Note: these results are from the U.S. and do not necessarily reflect Canadian data. The paper is not limited to 鈥渃ertified organic鈥� products, but includes all events where the word 鈥渙rganic鈥� has been included in reports or press releases, etc. The study also recognizes that incidences of foodborne illness are increasing also in non-organic products. In Canada, all organic producers and processors must follow the same food safety and handling guidelines as their non-organic counterparts, in addition to meeting the Canadian organic standard. Nevertheless, in the organic sector we must remain vigilant in maintaining the highest food safety standards and continuously work toward improving practices to minimize risk.

Marketing and Economics

    • Journal of Cleaner Production (2016) 140: 1007-1013
    • Food Quality and Preference (2016) 56: 107-118
    • British Food Journal (2016) 118: 2931-2948

Transition to Organic

    • Organic Agriculture (2016) 6: 281-295

Organic in Canada

  • Canadian organic organizations addressed the House Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food in November
    • (begins at 10:01:38)
  • [PDF - 1.7 MB]
    • Prepared by Canadian Organic Growers, Canada Organic Trade Association, Organic Federation of Canada, and USC Canada. 2016
  • [PDF - 495 kB]
    Comment period open until January 9, 2017

News & Articles of Interest

    • Manitoba Co-operator. 2016

Courses

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

Student, Job and Apprentice Opportunities


  • The deadline for applications is December 23, 2016

Events

Event Location Date
Saskatoon, SK

Lacombe, AB
 January 10, 2017
January 12, 2017

Lexington, Kentucky January 25-26, 2017

Guelph, ON January 26-29, 2017

Lacombe, AB
 February 17-18, 2017
Nanaimo, BC February 24-26, 2017
Vienna, Austria April 23-28, 2017
New Delhi, India November 9-11, 2017

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Organic Friends' E-Zine December 2016, Volume 13, Issue 2
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