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Photo of the Month, by Matthew Holmes and Andy Hammermeister
Josée Boisclair, Entomologist with the (IRDA) in Québec, took home a Best Poster Award from October's in Istanbul for her poster titled "" [PDF - 5.6 MB], based on work conducted as a part of the first Organic Science Cluster.Ìý Congratulations, Josée!

In this issue:

• Organic Science Cluster II
  
• Practical Resources
• Scientific Results
• Organic in Canada
• Student, Job and Apprentice Opportunities
• Events

Organic Science Cluster II

Organic Science Cluster II at the Organic World Congress

• Canada’s Organic Science Cluster: Science with impact for profitability, sustainability and competitiveness
  • [PDF - 360 kB]

Practical Resources

Soils and Fertility

• Organic Risk Management: and
  
  • University of Minnesota. 2010

Horticulture

• [PDF - 5.3 MB]
  • Organic Value Chain Roundtable. 2014

Field Crops

• [PDF - 4.7 MB]
  • Organic Value Chain Roundtable. 2014
• Organic Risk Management: , , , , and
  
  • University of Minnesota. 2010

Crop Rotation

• Organic Risk Management: and
  
  • University of Minnesota. 2010
• Using Cover Crop Mixtures to Achieve Multiple Goals on the Farm Recorded Webinar
  • eOrganic. 2014

Pest Management

• • Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. 2014
    
• Organic Risk Management: , , and
  
  • University of Minnesota. 2010
• [PDF - 2.6 MB]
  
  • MAPAQ and PELI. 2014

Livestock

• • Sustainable Organic and Low Input Dairying. 2014
• [PDF - 5.0MB]
  • Organic Value Chain Roundtable. 2014
    

Ecology and Environment

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  • ATTRA. 2014

Marketing and Economics

• [PDF - 2.8 MB]
  
  • USDA. 2014

Transition to Organic

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  • University of Minnesota. 2010

Scientific Results

18th IFOAM Organic World Congress

• Proceedings of the 18th IFOAM Organic World Congress
  
• Canadian papers from the 18th IFOAM Organic World Congress:

Horticulture

• • Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (2014) 100: 135-146
• • Journal of Food Science (2014) 79: S2107-S2116
• • Biological Agriculture & Horticulture (2014) 30: 228-242
• • HortTechnology (2014) 24: 535-545
• • Organic Agriculture (2014) 4: 197-207

Field Crops

• • Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2014) 34: 783-791
• • Biological Agriculture & Horticulture (2014) 30: 253-263

Crop Rotation

• • Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2014) 94: 1507-1511

Pest Management

• • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2014) 29: 319-333
• • Journal of Applied Entomology (2014) 138: 670-676

Livestock

• • Organic Eprints. 2014
    
• • Organic Agriculture (2014) 4: 233-242
• • Organic Agriculture (2014) 4: 175-186
• • Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2014) 29: 378-387
• Postharvest grazing of hogs in organic fruit orchards for weed, fruit, and insect pest management
  • Organic Agriculture (2014) 4: 223-232
• • Organic Agriculture (2014) Volume 4, Issue 4
    

Ecology and Environment

• • Organic Agriculture (2014) 4: 243-268

Post-harvest Handling, Storage and Processing

• • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (2014) 55: 469-484

Social Science

• • Organic Eprints. 2014
    

Marketing and Economics

• • Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (2014) 16: 559-575
• • Appetite (2014) 83: 57-62

Transition to Organic

• • Organic Eprints. 2014
    

Organic in Canada

• The Market for Organic & Ecological Seed in Canada.Ìý Trends and Opportunities, 2014 [PDF – 6.3 MB]
  • Canada Organic Trade Association and The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security. 2014
• Latest proposed answers to questions regarding the National Standards for Organic Agriculture [PDF - 392 kB]. Comment period open to December 23, 2014
  
  • Standards Interpretation Committee. 2014
• The Organic Value Chain Roundtable presents three new reports that provide a strong business case for going organic:
  • [PDF - 5.0 MB]
    
  • [PDF - 4.7 MB]
    
  • [PDF - 5.3 MB]
• • A new OFC blog initiated by the Small Scale Organic Certification working group

Student, Job and Apprentice Opportunities

Events

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