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Maritime Organic Grains Network Newsletter - Issue Two January 2008

Optimizing grain quality; Farm profile

Grain & Field Crops

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Market Garden Crop Rotations Presentation

Market Garden Crop Rotations Facilitated by Ann Slater, Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (Cash Crop, Weed Control)

Grain & Field Crops

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Market Garden Crop Rotations Presentation Notes

Market Garden Crop Rotations; Why Rotate?; Use of Labour, Equipment and Knowledge; General Patterns/Observations; Allelopathy

Grain & Field Crops

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Martime Certified Organic Growers Organic Market Garden with Roger Henry - March 2002

Organic Market Garden; Landbase; Buildings; Inputs and Fertility; Equipment; Challenges; Value-added Potential

Getting Started With Organic Farming

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Mechanical Weeding Techniques

This presentation from the 2013 ACORN conference in Moncton featured three speakers: Josh Oulton (Tap Root Farms, NS), Michael Carr (Jemseg River Farm, NB), Kent Coates (Nature's Route Farm, NB).  Each guest speaker presented for 15 minutes on the methods they use on their farms to mechanically cultivate, as well as other methods of weed control and prevention that they use.  There was a brief discussion at the end about where each farmer gave his input about when to start using mechanical cultivation, and what it has done for them in terms of efficiency.


ACORN Conference, Infrastructure & Equipment, Pests, Disease & Weeds

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Microfungus Clonostachys Rosea Presentation with John C. Sutton

Microfungus Clonostachys Rosea Presentation with John C. Sutton

Soil & Compost

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New Biofungicides for Strawberry, Apple, Grape

Claude Dubois (AEF Global) presents at the 2014 ACORN Conference.

View Claude Dubois's slideshow here.


ACORN Conference, Fruit & Berry

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Nikian Farm's Virtual Field Day and Rice Harvest Webinar

A highly adaptable and resilient crop, paddy rice is well suited for small acreages and gardens, and represents a healthful and ecological solution to community and family food security. In this webinar, Niki Clark, and Ian Curry address aspects of paddy rice cultivation, harvest, and processing in Nova Scotia, sharing their insights and learnings from 10 seasons of cultivating paddy rice on their farm in Granville Beach, Nova Scotia.  This webinar was recorded Nov. 3, 2023 by our partner, The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, a program of SeedChange. 


Grain & Field Crops, Seed

Year: 2023

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NL Organic and Ecological Sector Strategic Plan

In the early Winter of 2013, ACORN-NL and ACORN combined efforts to create a strategic plan for the organic and ecological agriculture sector in Newfoundland and Labrador.  The plan includes a comprehensive profile of the sector, based on results from a survey of organic/ecological producers in the province.  Key Result Areas identified in the plan include Government Support; Training; Infrastructure; Sector Capacity (including New Entrants).


Business & Marketing

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No-Till Organic Soybeans

Sébastien Angers from the 2013 ACORN Conference in Moncton.

Growing organic no-till soybeans requires a well thought out rotation and planning that involves corn, soy and green manures. The technique of being able to incorporate residues and weed control without tilling requires much tinkering and accurate use of tools, but the improved soil structure and mineralisation provide many benefits to the crops.


ACORN Conference, Complementary Agriculture, Grain & Field Crops, Soil & Compost

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Nova Scotia Organic Profile (2011)

In 2011, Nova Scotia's organic sector participated in a survey that was compiled into this report, providing a more in-depth profile of the industry.


Business & Marketing

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Nova Scotia Organic Sector Strategic Plan (DRAFT)

Nova Scotia's organic growers, processors and stakeholders worked together to provide input into a strategic planning process with five key result areas:  technical assistance; in-province regulation; marketing and branding; education; and certification.


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Nurturing Your Relationships: Lessons for Farm Families

Michelle Wolf presents at the 2016 ACORN Conference.

View the accompanying slideshow presentation here.


ACORN Conference, Business & Marketing

Year: 2016

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Nutrient Dense Crops

In this presentation from the 2013 ACORN conference in Moncton, Dan Kitteridge discusses nutrients and their importance for human health and how these nutrients must be considered when building healthy soil. He approaches farming from an approach that works from producing the healthiest crops back to how he prepares his soil.


ACORN Conference, Horticulture, Soil & Compost