The Organic Federation of Canada interviewed SeedChange’s Aabir Dey who is the Director of their Canadian Field Program and the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security.
Wireworms can cause serious damage to horticultural food crops. Todd Kabaluk evaluates practices that maintain wireworms at levels acceptable for production of smaller-scale food crops.
Dr. Chandra Moffat speaks about her role in the development of multiple strategies for the management of the spotted wing drosophila, with a focus on organic methods of control.
Dr. Mehdi Sharifi, in partnership with Dr. Liette Vasseur, tests the combinations of cover crops, rootstocks, and irrigation for enhancing vineyard soil health.
This issue focuses on pest management strategies in organic agriculture, from biocontrol agents to using plant-based pesticides as key tools in organic production systems.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is seeking your feedback on how to further strengthen its regulations, services and programs in the agriculture and agri-food sector.
All the articles and reports describing the process of the 2015 Review of the Canadian Organic Standards, from the launch of the review until the publication of the 2015 COS, are available under this section.
InfoBio, the newsletter of the OFC, is published since 2010. Some interesting articles (2015-2020) describing Canadian organic issues are archived under that section.
Sustainable vegetable production can shape the agricultural landscape: Sean Smukler is building an online tool to enhance nutrient management planning and enhance land stewardship.
Martine Dorais tells us about major advances in fertilization, growing media and substrates, lighting and effluent control in organic greenhouse production systems.
Dr. Jennifer Mitchell Fetch, from AAFC, describes how, over 17 years of work, she has created two new oat cultivars selected to thrive under organic management.
Dr. Peter Tyedmers leads a valuable research activity to estimate the level of greenhouse gas emissions caused by Canadian organic field crop production systems.
