New Article in February:
What Are the Impacts of Reduced Tillage and Integrated Livestock? by Dunling Wang, Provincial Specialist, Alternative Cropping Systems, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. Organic Science Cluster 4 researchers are comparing three management systems – conventional tillage, reduced tillage and integrated crop-livestock – for their impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, carbon sequestration and farm economics during the transition from conventional to organic production.
Events in February:
Andy Hammermeister, OSC4 Science Director, Desirée Jans, Project Coordinator, and Rebecca Veenhuis, Program Administrator, were at the Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network Conference in Truro, NS, February 16 – 17.
Desirée Jans, OSC4 Project Coordinator, was at the Organic Alberta conference in Nisku, AB, February 28 – March 2. OSC4 researchers Dr. Joanne Thiessen Martens and Dr. Hiroshi Kubota, along with graduate students Josie Zhao and Alessia Marchesan, presented their research. Desirée presented an overview of the Organic Science Cluster and answered questions at the OSC4 tradeshow booth.
