February 13th, 2008 — Farms, Gardening, News, Poultry, Reference, Seeds, Soil
Acres U.S.A. is North America’s oldest, largest magazine covering commercial-scale organic and sustainable farming. It has a wealth of information inside with selected articles that can be read online.
This magazine is available at the EMR library, but some might want to look at the website which also has books that can be ordered. Make sure to check out the toobox for additional materials.
Link to: Acres U.S.A. Thanks Joanne
February 13th, 2008 — Gardening, Reference, Soil
An information article about compost tea from Alberta Agriculture department.
“Compost tea is a liquid extract taken from stable, mature compost. Typically, the brewing process includes oxygenating the tea to maximize the microbial communities and shorten the brewing time.”
Link to: Compost Tea Thanks Joanne
February 9th, 2008 — Farms, News, Poultry, Reference, Seeds
Community activists from across Canada and from the USA who participated in the Beyond Factory Farming conference held in Saskatoon in November 2002 decided to form a national coalition of the same name to promote our common vision and mission:
* Livestock Production for Health and Social Justice
* To promote livestock production that supports food sovereignty, ecological, human and animal health as well as local sustainability and community viability and informed citizen/consumer choice.
Link to: Beyond Factory Farming
February 9th, 2008 — Reference
The Pacific Agricultural Certification Society (PACS) was formed in 2001 in order to provide organic certification to an ISO (International Standards Organisation) Guide 65 compliant standard that will be acceptable to all jurisdictions. The PACS has also the mandate to provide certification services (organic or otherwise) as determined by the membership.
February 9th, 2008 — Reference
Canadian Organic Growers Inc. is Canada’s national membership-based education and networking organization representing farmers, gardeners, consumers and supporters in all provinces and territories.
You do not need to be an organic farmer or an organic gardener to be a COG member. Join COG to support our advocacy work .
Link to: Canadian Organic Growers