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Link to Organic Agriculture Information

Author: Hugh Martin - Organic Crop Production Program Lead/OMAFRA
Creation Date: 28 April 2008
Last Reviewed: 28 April 2008

OMAFRA Organic website

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/organic/organic.html

OMAFRA Sources of Crop Inputs

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/resource/sources.html

Enhancing Beneficial Insects with Native Plants

This is one of the best sites with information about various species of beneficial insects and plants to attract insects.
http://nativeplants.msu.edu/

Who Owns Organic

For those who like to keep up with this maze of companies in who are part of the organic map, Dr. Phil Howard, who is now at Michigan State University, updated his information in Jan 2008. It can be found at
http://www.msu.edu/~howardp/organicindustry.html.

Tri-State Organic Conference

Purdue University, Michigan State University, University of Illinois, and Ohio State University jointly offer a free interactive video conference series presented by researchers, organic farmers, and extension educators. This is a free series of topics including: Hoophouse and High Tunnels, Cover Crops and Fertility, Insect and Disease Management for Organic Vegetables, Organic Poultry Production, Intro to organic Markets and Certification, Beginning Organic Farming and Introduction to Marketing. Presentations are offered as video (need high-speed internet), Powerpoint or document downloads. http://tristateorganic.info/


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