Transition to Organic Production
- Resources
- Soils and Fertility
- Horticulture
- Field Crops
- Crop Rotation
- Pest Management
- Season Extension
- Seed Production and Plant Breeding
- Livestock
- Ecology and Environment
- Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods
- Post-harvest Handling, Storage and Processing
- Social Science
- Marketing and Economics
- Transition to Organic
- Canadian Organic Research Priorities
Practical Resources
- Breaking New Ground: Farmer Perspectives on Organic Transition (USA) [PDF - 19.1 MB]
- Oregon Tilth and Oregon State University's Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems. 2017
- Capturing Opportunities in Organic Agriculture: Initiatives & Trends Recorded Webinar
- Farm Management Canada. 2009
- From Conventional to Organic Cropping: What to Expect During the Transition Years [PDF - 282 kB]
- Montana State University Extension. 2012
- Introduction to Organic Farming
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2009
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2009
- Making the Transition to Small Scale Organic Produce Farming Recorded Webinar
- Farm Management Canada - Canadian Organic Growers Series. 2011
- Organic Advantage: Beef Production [PDF - 5.0MB]
- Organic Value Chain Roundtable. 2014
- Organic Advantage: Field Crops [PDF - 4.7 MB]
- Organic Value Chain Roundtable. 2014
- Organic Advantage: Vegetable Crops [PDF - 5.3 MB]
- Organic Value Chain Roundtable. 2014
- Organic Crop Production Overview: Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture
- ATTRA. 2004
- ATTRA. 2004
- Organic Farmers: Steps to Success [PDF - 368 kB]
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- The Organic Plan for New and Established Growers Recorded Webinar
- Plant Management Canada - ACORN Webinar Series. 2010
- Organic Production Planning Through Transition
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. 2008
- Organic Risk Management: Transitioning
- University of Minnesota. 2010
- Organic Transition: A business planner for farmers, ranchers and food entrepreneurs
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. 2015
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. 2015
- Outlook on Organic Agriculture Trends & Transition Process
- Farm Management Canada. 2008
- Pfennings: Organics by Tradition and Science Recorded Webinar
- Farm Management Canada. 2009
- Record Keeping for Organic Growers Part 1 & 2
- Farm Management Canada - Canadian Organic Growers Series. 2011
- Results of a National Transition to Organic Survey (USA) Recorded Webinar
- USDA Science & Technology Training Library Webinar Portal for Conservation of Natural Resources. 2017
- Risk Management Guide for Organic Producers
- University of Minnesota. 2010
- University of Minnesota. 2010
- The Role of Cover Crops in Organic Transition Strategies Recorded Webinar
- eOrganic. 2012
- Starting an Organic Farm
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2009
- Transition to Organic Crop Production
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2009
- Transitioning to Organic Crop Production [PDF - 236 kB]
- Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service. 2006
- Transitioning to organic farming
- Grainews. 2015
- Transitioning to organic farming: By whom and how? [PDF - 465 kB]
- IRDA. 2016
- Transition to Organic Livestock Production
- Farm Management Canada - Canadian Organic Growers Series. 2011
Scientific Results
- Adoption of organic farming: Are there differences between early and late adoption?
- Ecological Economics (2011) 70: 1406-1414
- Ecological Economics (2011) 70: 1406-1414
- Agroecosystem Performance during Transition to Certified Organic Grain Production
- Agronomy Journal (2004) 96:1288-1298
- Alternative Strategies for Transitioning to Organic Production in Direct-Seeded Grain Systems in Eastern Washington I: Crop Agronomy
- Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (2010) 34: 483-503
- Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (2010) 34: 483-503
- Alternative Strategies for Transitioning to Organic Production in Direct-Seeded Grain Systems in Eastern Washington II: Nitrogen Fertility
- Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (2012) 36: 461-477
- Are There Spatial Spillovers in the Adoption of Clean Technology? The Case of Organic Dairy Farming
- Land Economics (2011) 87: 250-267
- Assessing the effect of the time since transition to organic farming on plants and butterflies
- Journal of Applied Ecology (2011) 48: 543-550
- Assessing soil nitrogen availability in contrasting cropping systems at the end of transition to organic production
- Canadian Journal of Soil Science (2011) 91: 493-501
- Broadening the Education Infrastructure in Organic Agriculture for Farmers [PDF - 245 kB]
- Plant Management Network. 2006
- Plant Management Network. 2006
- Can organic farmers be ‘good farmers’? Adding the ‘taste of necessity’ to the conventionalization debate
- Agriculture and Human Values (2013) 30: 429-441
- The contribution of conversion to organic food and farming to the analysis of dynamics and governance in transitions towards sustainable agri-food systems
- Organic Eprints. 2014
- Conventionalisation of organic farming practices: from structural criteria towards an assessment based on organic principles. A review
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2010) 30: 67-81
- Converging and diverging principles and practices of organic agriculture regulations and agroecology. A review
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2017) 37:63
- Conversion to organic farming: a multidimensional research object at the crossroads of agricultural and social sciences: A review
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2009) 29: 97-112
- Converting to organic viticulture increases cropping system structure and management complexity
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2017) 37: 19
- Cover crop and tillage intensities alter ground-dwelling arthropod communities during the transition to organic production
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2016) 31: 361-374
- Crop production during conversion from conventional to low-input methods
- Agronomy Journal (1989) 81: 150-159
- Effects of organic transition strategies for peri-urban vegetable production on soil properties, nematode community, and tomato yield
- Applied Soil Ecology (2011) 47: 84-91
- Evaluation of Tef as a Smother Crop during Transition to Organic Management
- Weed Technology (2012) 26: 102-109
- Factors Influencing Partial and Complete Adoption of Organic Farming Practices in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (2010) 58: 37-56
- Farm-scale models built with farmers converting and converted to organic farming
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2013) 33: 609-619
- Farmers’ reasons for deregistering from organic farming
- Organic Agriculture (2012) 2: 103-116
- Influence of Cropping Systems on Soil Aggregate and Weed Seedbank Dynamics During the Organic Transition Period
- Agronomy Journal (2010) 102: 1632-1640
- The influence of organic transition strategy on chemical and biological soil tests
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2013) 28: 17-31
- The legacy of stockless organic conversion strategies
- Annals of Applied Biology (2007) 150: 107-113
- Lower Prevalence of Antibiotic-resistant Enterococci On U.S. Conventional Poultry Farms That Transitioned to Organic Practices
- Environmental Health Perspectives (2011) 119: 1622-1628
- Modelling farm-level economic potential for conversion to organic farming
- Agricultural Systems (2007) 94: 671-682
- Modelling the Impacts of Policy on Entry into Organic Farming: Evidence from Danish-UK. Comparisons, 1989-2007
- Land Use Policy (2011) 28: 413-422
- The motives, benefits, and problems of conversion to organic production
- Agriculture and Human Values (2010) 27: 291-306
- Multivariate relationships influencing crop yields during the transition to organic management
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2014) 189: 119-126
- Norwegian farmers ceasing certified organic production: Characteristics and reasons
- Journal of Environmental Management (2010) 91: 2717-2726
- Organic Amendment and Transitional Cropping System Effects on Crop Diseases
- Agronomy Journal (2014) 106: 519-527
- Reversion from organic to conventional agriculture: A review
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2013) 28: 263-275
- The role of consumers in transitions towards sustainable food consumption. The case of organic food in Norway
- Journal of Cleaner Production (2015) 92: 91-99
- A short-term comparison of organic v. conventional agriculture in a silty loam soil using two organic amendments
- Journal of Agricultural Science (2008) 146: 677-687
- Six-year transition from conventional to organic farming: effects on crop production and soil quality
- European Journal of Agronomy (2015) 69: 10-20
- Smother Crop Mixtures for Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) Suppression in Organic Transition
- Weed Science (2012) 60: 618-623
- Soil microbial responses to winter legume cover crop management during organic transition
- European Journal of Soil Biology (2014) 65: 15-22
- Soil properties change during the transition to integrated and organic apple production in a New York orchard
- Applied Soil Ecology (2011) 48: 18-30
- Spatial Determinants of Organic Farming and Local Opportunities for Sales Outlets: The Cases of Alfalfa and Sugarbeet in the Ile-de-France Region
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2014) 38: 460-484
- Strategies for Weed Suppression and Improving Soil Fertility during Transition to Organic Vegetable Production
- HortTechnology (2012) 22: 207-214
- The study of secondary successional patterns in soil using network analysis: The case of conversion from conventional to organic farming
- Pedobiologia (2011) 54: 253-259
- Transition cropping system impacts on organic wheat yield and quality
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) 30: 461-472
- Withdrawal from organic farming in France
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2013) 33: 457-468
- Yield and Net Returns during the Transition to Organic Feed Grain Production
- Agronomy Journal (2011) 103: 51-59
- Yields and Profitability during and after Transition in Organic Grain Cropping Systems
- Agronomy Journal (2014) 106: 871-880