Organic Friends' E‑zine: October 2014
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Delicious, freshly harvested organic apples are one of the delights of autumn in Canada.
In this issue:
Video of the Announcement of Organic Science Cluster II
Horticulture
- Cherry Diseases Identification Sheet
- ATTRA. 2014
- Cherry Insect Pests Identification Sheet
- ATTRA. 2014
- Managing Black Rot of Cabbage and other Crucifer Crops in Organic Farming Systems
- eOrganic. 2014
- Not All Mildews Are Created Equal!
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. 2014
Pest Management
- Wildlife Damage Control for Organic Farmers [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
- A Look at The Fatty Acid Profile of Milk from Ontario Organic Dairy Farms
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. 2014
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. 2014
Soils and Fertility
- Conventional and Organic Soil Fertility Management Practices Affect Corn Plant Nutrition and Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Larval Performance
- Environmental Entomology (2014) 43: 1264-1274
- Effect of tillage on earthworms over short- and medium-term in conventional and organic farming
- Applied Soil Ecology (2014) 83: 140-148
- Organic farming fosters agroecosystem functioning in Argentinian temperate soils: Evidence from litter decomposition and soil fauna
- Applied Soil Ecology (2014) 83: 170-176
Horticulture
- Nitrogen use efficiency of organically fertilized white cabbage and residual effects on subsequent beetroot
- Plant and Soil (2014) 382: 237-251
- Performance and stability of homogeneous and heterogeneous broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenck) varieties in organic and low-input conditions
- Euphytica (2014) 199: 385-395
Field Crops
- First evidence for a major cover crop effect on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and organic maize growth
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2014) 34: 841-848
- Organic winter oilseed rape response to N fertilisation and preceding agroecosystem
- Field Crops Research (2014) 167: 94-101
Pest Management
- Control of damping-off of organic and conventional cucumber with extracts from a plant-associated bacterium rivals a seed treatment pesticide
- Crop Protection (2014) 65: 86-94
- Suppression of Annual Weeds in Pea and Cereal Intercrops
- Agronomy Journal (2014) 106: 1765-1774
Livestock
- Changes in herd health, fertility and production under roughage based feeding conditions with reduced concentrate input in Swiss organic dairy herds
- Livestock Science (2014) 168: 159-167
- Health and Welfare in Dutch Organic Laying Hens
- Organic Eprints. 2014
- Organic Eprints. 2014
- Special issue of Organic Agriculture: Health and welfare in organic pig production
- Organic Agriculture (2014) Volume 4, Issue 2
- The status of essential elements and associations with milk yield and the occurrence of mastitis in organic and conventional dairy herds
- Livestock Science (2014) 168: 120-127
Ecology and Environment
- Environmentally friendly management as an intermediate strategy between organic and conventional agriculture to support biodiversity
- Biological Conservation (2014) 178: 146-154
Food, Nutrition and Health
- Beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) and naturally fermented beetroot juices from organic and conventional production: metabolomics, antioxidant levels and anticancer activity
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2014) 94: 2618-2629
- Differentiating Organically and Conventionally Grown Oregano Using Ultraperformance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, Headspace Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detection, and Flow Injection Mass Spectrum Fingerprints Combined with Multivariate Data Analysis
- Journal of Food and Agricultural Chemistry (2014) 62: 8075-8084
Social Science
- Farmers adoption of integrated crop protection and organic farming: Do moral and social concerns matter?
- Ecological Economics (2011) 70: 1536-1545
- Institutionalisation of Social Movements: A Comparative Perspective on Organic Agriculture Organisations in Denmark and Japan
- 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
- Elaborating on the attitude–behaviour gap regarding organic products: young Danish consumers and in-store food choice
- International Journal of Consumer Studies (2014) 38: 550-558
Student, Job and Apprentice Opportunities
- Canadian Organic Growers (COG) is hiring three positions for the National Office in Ottawa. Positions open for Bookkeeper/Accountant, Organic Agriculture Program Coordinator, and Funding Assistant
- 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. 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. - Registration is now open for Richmond Farm School 2015
- Please let us know about current opportunities you wish to announce by emailing oacc@dal.ca.
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