Organic Friends' E‑zine: September 2015
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This month we continue our series of Question & Answer style articles with Organic Science Cluster II partners. These articles capture conversations with partners about their organizations, their support of OSCII research, and the potential impacts of the work that they are supporting.
- Partners in Organic Innovation:
A Conversation with Jane Rabinowicz and Helen Jensen of USC Canada
Other Organic Science Cluster II Resources
- Screening field collected Lepidoptera larvae for new virus isolates [PDF - 931 kB]
- Poster presented at 2015 Society for Invertebrate Pathology Annual Meeting
- Simcoe research targets organic weed control
- Norfolk News. 2015
- Norfolk News. 2015
Crop Rotation
- Cover Crops for Sustainable Crop Rotations
- SARE. 2015
- Legume Inoculation for Organic Farming Systems
- eOrganic. 2015
Marketing and Economics
- Profile of organic users [PDF - 787 kB]
- The Hartman Group. 2015
Horticulture
- Air-propelled abrasive grits reduce weed abundance and increase yields in organic vegetable production
- Crop Protection (2015) 77: 157-162
- Ecological service providing crops effect on melon-weed competition and allelopathic interactions
- Organic Agriculture (2015) 5: 199-207
- Effect of conventional and organic orchard floor management practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a ‘Cripp’s Pink’/M7 apple orchard soil
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 213: 131-141
- Evaluating Strip Tillage and Rowcover Use in Organic and Conventional Muskmelon Production
- HortTechnology (2015) 25: 487-495
- Impact of cover crop in pre-plant of apple orchards: relationship between crop health, root inhabiting fungi and rhizospheric bacteria
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2015) 95: 947-958
- Nitrogen Management in Organic Processing Tomato Production: Nitrogen Sufficiency Prediction Through Early-season Soil and Plant Monitoring
- HortScience (2015) 50: 1055-1063
Field Crops
- Crop agronomic performance under a six-year continuous organic no-till system and other tilled and conventionally-managed systems in the northern Great Plains of Canada
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 213: 131-141
- Seeding rate and cultivar effects on yield, yield components and grain quality of spring spelt in eastern Canada
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2015) 95: 841-849
Pest Management
- Pest-removal services provided by birds on small organic farms in northern California
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 211: 24-31
Livestock
- Nitrate leaching and residual effect in dairy crop rotations with grass–clover leys as influenced by sward age, grazing, cutting and fertilizer regimes
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 212: 75-84
- Organic egg production. II: The quality of organic eggs is influenced by hen genotype, diet and forage material analyzed by physical parameters, functional properties and sensory evaluation
- Animal Feed Science and Technology (2015) 208: 182-197
Ecology and Environment
- Integrated Bioenergy and Food Production—A German Survey on Structure and Developments of Anaerobic Digestion in Organic Farming Systems
- Sustainability (2015) 7: 10709-10732
- Nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching in an organic and a conventional cropping system (Seine basin, France)
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 213: 131-141
- Organic Farming: Biodiversity Impacts Can Depend on Dispersal Characteristics and Landscape Context
- PLoS ONE (2015) 10(8): e0135921
- Small mammals in farmlands of Argentina: Responses to organic and conventional farming
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2015) 211: 17-23
Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods
- Effect of Organic and Conventional Management on Bio-Functional Quality of Thirteen Plum Cultivars (Prunus salicina Lindl.)
- PLoS ONE (2015) 10(8): e0136596
- Growing pains: Manitoba's organic farmers in an enviable position with demand far outpacing supply
- Winnipeg Free Press. 2015
- Higher seeding rate needed for organic soybeans
- Manitoba Cooperator. 2015
- Organic food market growing
- The Star Phoenix. 2015
- There are lots of good reasons to go organic
- Winnipeg Free Press. 2015
| Event | Location |
Date |
|---|---|---|
| Organic Week 2015 |
Across Canada |
September 19-27, 2015 |
| IFOAM Organics International Regional Conference on Marketing & Innovation in Organic Farming | Goesan county, South Korea | October 2-3, 2015 |
| Annual PEI COPC Organic Harvest Meal |
Charlottetown, PEI |
October 4, 2015 |
| Organic 3.0: The Next Phase of Organic Development - Visions, Trends and Innovations | Goesan county, South Korea | October 9-11, 2015 |
| 5th International Conference on Organic Agriculture Sciences |
Bratislava, Slovakia | October 14-17, 2015 |
| International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Society *Call for papers now open, deadline September 1* |
Dubai, UAE | November 1-4, 2015 |
| ACORN Conference 2015 | Charlottetown, PEI |
November 23-25, 2015 |
| Ecological Farmers of Ontario Conference |
London, ON |
December 3-5, 2015 |
| 2016 Organic Agriculture Research Symposium *Now seeking research abstracts, deadline August 31, 2015* |
Pacific Grove, CA, USA |
January 18-19, 2016 |
| III International Symposium on Organic Greenhouse Horticulture | Izmir, Turkey | April 11-14, 2016 |
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