Nutrition of Organic Foods
- 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
- Challenges Inherent in Delivering Simple, Yet Science-Based Answers to Complex Food Quality Questions [PDF - 134 kB]
- The Organic Center. 2006
- The Organic Center. 2006
- A Closer Look at What's in Our Daily Bread [PDF - 498 kB]
- The Organic Center. 2012
- The Organic Center. 2012
- Elevating Antioxidant Levels in Food through Organic Farming and Food Processing
- The Organic Center. 2005
- Identifying Smart Food Choices on the Path to Healthier Diets [PDF - 1.2 MB]
- The Organic Center. 2011
- New Evidence Confirms the Nutritional Superiority of Plant-Based Organic Foods [PDF - 19.5 MB]
- The Organic Center. 2008
- The Organic Center. 2008
- New Insights on the Consumer Benefits of Organic Food and Farming [PDF - 108 kB]
- The Organic Center. 2006
- Organic farming, food quality and human health: A review of the evidence [PDF - 1.5 MB]
- Soil Association. 2001
- The Science of Organics: Nourishing the Land, Animals and People in the 21st Century [PDF - 1.9 MB]
- The Organic Center
- Still No Free Lunch: Nutrient levels in U.S. food supply eroded by pursuit of high yields [PDF - 5.0 MB]
- The Organic Center. 2007
- Sustainability and quality of organic food [PDF - 6.1 MB]
- FiBL. 2015
- Transforming Jane Doe's Diet [PDF - 999 kB]
- The Organic Center. 2011
- With the Grain: A closer look at the nutrient quality of grain, grain-based products, and the role of organic agriculture [PDF - 1.0 MB]
- The Organic Center. 2012
Scientific Results
- Agroecosystem Management and Nutritional Quality of Plant Foods: The Case of Organic Fruits and Vegetables
- Critical Reviews in Plant Science (2011) 30: 177-197
- Agronomic Management under Organic Farming May Affect the Bioactive Compounds of Lentil (Lens culinaris L.) and Grass Pea (Lathyrus communis L.)?
- Sustainability (2014) 6: 1059-1075
- Antioxidant Activity and Phenolic Compounds in Organic Red Wine Using Different Winemaking Techniques
- Journal of Food Science (2011) 76: C436-C440
- Conjugated linoleic acid content of milk from cows fed different diets
- Journal of Dairy Science (1999) 82: 2146-2156
- Cultivar choice provides options for local production of organic and conventionally produced tomatoes with higher quality and antioxidant content
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2010) 90: 2548-2555
- Dietary intakes and diet quality according to levels of organic food consumption by French adults: cross-sectional findings from the NutriNet-Santé Cohort Study
- Public Health Nutrition (2017) 20: 638-648
- Effect of cultural management on tomato fruit health qualities
- Acta Horticulturae (2007) 744: 279-294
- Effect of slaughter season and muscle type on the fatty acid composition, including conjugated linoleic acid isomers, and nutritional value of intramuscular fat in organic beef
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2012) 92: 2428-2435
- Environment and genotype effects on antioxidant properties of organically grown wheat varieties: a 3-year study
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2017) 97: 641-649
- Experimental improvement of cow milk fatty acid composition in organic winter diets
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2012) 92: 2883-2890
- Factors affecting the antioxidant potential and health benefits of plant foods
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2012) 92: 1101-1111
- Genotype × Environment Interactions for Mineral Concentration in Grain of Organically Grown Spring Wheat
- Agronomy Journal (2011) 103: 1734-1741
- The Impact of Organic Farming on Quality of Tomatoes Is Associated to Increased Oxidative Stress during Fruit Development
- PLoS ONE (2013) 8(2): e56354
- Increasing the concentrations of beneficial polyunsaturated fatty acids in milk produced by dairy cows in high-forage systems
- Animal Feed Science and Technology (2006) 131: 168-206
- Nutrition-related health effects of organic foods: a systematic review
- American Journal for Clinical Nutrition (2010) 92: 203-210
- Nutritional quality and safety of organic food. A review
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2010) 30: 33-41
- Nutritional quality of organic foods: a systematic review
- American Journal for Clinical Nutrition (2009) 90: 680-685
- Organic Farming, Soil Health, and Food Quality: Considering Possible Links
- Advances in Agronomy (2016) 137: 319-367
- Organic food: nutritious food or food for thought? A review of the evidence
- International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition (2003) 54: 357-371
- Organic food quality: a framework for concept, definition and evaluation from the European perspective
- Organically grown tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.): bioactive compounds in the fruit and infection with Phytophthora infestans
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2012) 92: 1424-1431
- “Physiological quality” of organically grown vegetables
- Scientia Horticulturae (2016) 208: 131-139
- Sensory Analyses and Nutritional Qualities of Hand-Made Breads with Organic Grown Wheat Bread Populations
- Food and Nutrition Sciences (2014) 5: 1860-1874
- Vitamins A, E and fatty acid composition of the eggs of caged hens and pastured hens
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2010) 25:45-54