The role of Organic Agriculture in Mitigating Climate Change. Dr. Andrew Hammermeister describes how organic agriculture is becoming a platform for ecological innovation.
All it takes is one sprout to make a potato unmarketable. A farmer can grow a crop and harvest beautiful, undamaged tubers, then lose the entire crop if it starts to sprout.
We have all heard how food systems contribute a large share of global greenhouse gas emissions. In the fight against climate change, how do organic production systems compare?
COS 2020 Roosting requirements. The requirements for roosting vary depending on the age of the birds and whether they are housed in a single or multi-tier rearing housing system.
Cover crops in organic vineyards provide essential services such as water infiltration, carbon sequestration, soil nutrient supply, weed and pest suppression, and marketing opportunities.
Highlights from this report reveal that in California, government programs pay three-quarters of the cost of organic certification, allowing organic produce prices to remain competitive with their conventional counterparts.
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.
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.
