Organic Agriculture Extension in Atlantic Canada

• Soils and Fertility
• Horticulture
• Field Crops
• Livestock
• Ecology and Environment
• Marketing and Economics
• Extension Specialists in Atlantic Canada

Extension Articles:

Directory of Organic Inputs (ACORN) (PDF, 7MB): A comprehensive information about all approved amendments for certified organic agriculture.

A. Soils and Fertility

• Crop establishment and soil fertility on Maritime organic grain farms(OACC)
• Fertility Management for Organic Cereal Production (OACC)
• Food Quality Issues Around the Use of Manure and Compost
• Manual of On-Farm Vermicomposting and Vermiculture
• Phosphorus Availablilty of Organic Dairy Farms: A Closer Look at the Role of Soil Microorganisms (OACC)
• Production of Novel High Quality Horticultural Growing Media (OACC)
• Soil health in organic potato systems (OACC)
• Soil P Status and Nitrogen Fixation on Organic Dairy Farms in Ontario and Nova Scotia (OACC)
• Sustainable Organic Vegetable Systems: Evaluating Green Manure and Biowaste Composts (OACC)
• Whole Farm NPK Balances on Maritime Dairy Farms (OACC)

B. Horticulture

• NEW!! Slug control on winter greens in a plastic greenhouse using a carabid beetle (OCIA)
• Abstracts and Presentations from the 1st International Organic Apple & Pear Symposium (2006 Wolfville, Nova Scotia)
• Assessing Colorado Potato Beetle Control Options and Nitrogen Fertility in Organic Potato Production (OACC)
• Assessing Colorado Potato Beetle control options in organic potato production (OACC)
• Barriers and Opportunities for Greater Organic Vegetable Production in Atlantic Canada
• Certified Organic Wild Blueberry Orders Taking Off
• The Challenges Facing Organic Apple Production in Atlantic Canada
• Control strategies for blueberry maggot using mulch in highbush blueberries (OACC)

• Growing an Organic Strawberry
• Fertility and weed management in organic highbush blueberry production (OACC)
• It’s the great (oilseed) pumpkin!
• Management Practices for Control of European Wireworms in Canada (OACC)
• Maritime organic seed trials: Carrots (OACC)
• Maritime organic seed trials: Broccoli (OACC)
• Mulch Types Affect Ground Beetle (Carabidae) Abundance and Species Composition in Highbush Blueberries (OACC)

• Oilseed pumpkin production: Fertility and pest control (OACC)
• Oilseed Pumpkin Production: Variety and Fertility Trials (OACC)
• Organic Apple Production Guide for Atlantic Canada (PDF, 7 MB)
• Organic Apple Production Guide for Nova Scotia
• Organic Black Currant Production Manual (Anne’s PEI Farm & PEI Horticulture Association)
• Organic Blackcurrant Production: Fertility Amendments and Weed Control (OACC)
• Organic Foliar Treatments for Control of Late Blight of Potatoes (OACC)
• Organic research takes the floor (The Grower)
• Organic Wild Lowbush Blueberry Guide (OACC)

• Pneumatic Insect Control for Organic Production
• Potatoes, naturally (Farm Focus)
• Proceedings from the Organic Potato Symposium, March 25, 2004
• Production of Novel High Quality Horticultural Growing Media (OACC)
• Profiting from your Greenhouse Effect: the Essentials of Season Extension (ACORN)
• Soil health in organic potato systems (OACC)
• Sustainable Organic Vegetable Systems: Evaluating Green Manure and Biowaste Composts (OACC)
• Thermal Weed Control for Organic Production

C. Field Crops

• NEW!! Maritime Organic Field Crops Market Study (ACORN) (PDF, 1.6MB)
• An Agricultural Heavyweight: Strategies for Beating European Wireworms (Rural Delivery)
• Crop establishment and soil fertility on Maritime organic grain farms (OACC)
• Exploring direct seeding options for organic grains (OACC)
• Fertility Management for Organic Cereal Production (OACC)
• Flax as an alternative grain for Maritime organic growers (OACC)
• Lupin as an alternative organic feed grain (OACC)
• Management Practices for Control of European Wireworms in Canada (OACC)

• Managing wild radish in feed grains (OACC)
• Maritime Organic Grains Network Newsletter
  • Issue 6, Winter 2010
  • Issue 5, Spring 2009
  • Issue 4, Winter 2009
  • Issue 3, Spring 2008
  • Issue 2, Winter 2008
  • Issue 1, Summer 2007

• Maritime Organic Spring Wheat Cultivar Trial (2007-2008) (OACC)
• Maritime spring wheat fertility and variety trials (OACC)
• Mixed Crop Options for Maritime Organic Growers (OACC)
• Organic cropping and grazing systems trials (OACC)
• Organic Seed Treatments in Barley Production (OACC)
• Organic soybean production in Atlantic Canada (OACC)
• Pneumatic Insect Control for Organic Production

• Seeding rate for weed control in organic spring wheat (OACC)
• Weed surveys in Maritime organic grain fields (OACC)
• What are your weeds costing you? (OACC)
• Wheat of the Future Based in the Past
• Winter and Spring Cereal Production in the Maritimes (OACC)

D. Livestock

• Are livestock and forages needed on organic farms? (OACC)
• Efficacy of homeopathic preparations of autogenous mastitis causing organisms in the prevention of mastitis is dairy cattle
• Epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematodes on organic sheep farms in Canada (OACC)
• First organic feed mill in Atlantic Canada
• Gastrointestinal parasitism in organic beef cattle in the Maritimes (OACC)
• Getting a Head Start on Your Grazing Season
• Grazing and Greenhouse Gases: Is the forage-fed ruminant a global warming scapegoat?

• Handbook for the control of internal parasites in sheep (PDF, 4 MB)
• Lupin as an alternative organic feed grain (OACC)
• Maritime Beef Consumer Research Study (Nova Scotia)
• Milk ­ the last frontier: Making the switch to organic (Rural Delivery)
• Mixed Crop Options for Maritime Organic Growers (OACC)
• Organic cropping and grazing systems trials (OACC)
• Organic dairy industry growing in Atlantic Canada

• Organic milk— a unique opportunity for Atlantic producers
• Phosphorus Availablilty of Organic Dairy Farms: A Closer Look at the Role of Soil Microorganisms (OACC)
• Restrictions, Needs, Markets and Opportunities Associated with a Mobile Slaughter Facility in Nova Scotia
• Soil P Status and Nitrogen Fixation on Organic Dairy Farms in Ontario and Nova Scotia (OACC)
• Whole Farm NPK Balances on Maritime Dairy Farms (OACC)

E. Ecology and Environment

• Dalhousie Research Shows Environmental Benefits of Organic Farming
• Ecological impact of organic farming systems (OACC)
• Grazing and Greenhouse Gases: Is the forage-fed ruminant a global warming scapegoat?
• Legumes touted as emission fighters - Plants that actively fix nitrogen result in much lower nitrous oxide emissions than other crops

F. Marketing and Economics

• NEW!! Organic Farm Tour Handbook (ACORN)
• Identifying Organic Markets
• Maritime Organic & Free Range Product Food Consumer Study
• Marketing Opportunities for Export of Atlantic Canadian Organic Produce to New England
• Is Nova Scotia Eating Local? (Ecology Action Centre)
• Report on: Issues and Opportunities Meeting: ‘Adapting to Changes in the Way We Do Business’ Charlottetown Confederation Centre, March 13, 2006
• Value Added: Resources for organic farms and businesses in the Maritimes (ACORN) (PDF, 3.5MB)
• Value Plus: A quest for new organic farm value (workshop handbook) (ACORN) (PDF, 2.4MB)

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