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Information Bulletin No. 15
	Special features: Beyond Organic: What's Really At Stake by Fred Kirschenmann Dairy Tales: As organic dairy grows, so do research and extension programs that support this dynamic industry
OFRF-funded project reports: Forage brassicas as a component of organic production systems Using trap crops in organic strawberries to control western tarnished plant bug Integrated caterpillar control in organic sweet corn Feeding beef cattle to produce healthier and highly acceptable beef On-farm nutrient budgets in organic cropping systems Intercropping to create local refugia for natural enemies Maintaining agroecosystem health in an organic strawberry/vegetable rotation system
Information Bulletin No. 14
Adobe pdf (856K)	Special features: Breeding resistance to special interests by Stephen Jones, Washington State University Investigating the soil as a living ecosystem Interest in organic research expands at USDA and on the Hill Special report from the Rome Organic Seed Conference
OFRF-funded project reports: Tomato foliar disease management using OMRI-approved materials Weed management strategies in NE apple orchards Long-term organic farming impacts on soil fertility Fertility analysis of organic strawberry systems Small-grain cultivar selection for organic systems Participatory evaluation of an organic production system in SW Louisiana

Information Bulletin No. 13	Special features:
Adobe pdf (421K)	The next great challenge: Breeding seed for organic systems by Micaela Colley and Matthew Dillon 4th Nat'l Organic Survey results: GMO impacts to organic farmers Tri-Societies features organic symposium Organic research acres double in two years Policy team makes progress in Washington OrganicAgInfo Organic crop insurance review
OFRF-funded project reports: Effects of green manure, compost and feather meal on bell pepper yield Particle film coatings for insect and disease suppression and heat stress in apples Targeted mowing as weed management method to increase allelopathy in rye Improving the quality of organic herb production Teaching organic farming and gardening Impacts of undersowing clover and arugula on insect abundance in broccoli

Information Bulletin No. 12

Special features:

Adobe pdf (778K)

Who's watching the USDA's Organic "Henhouse"?
by Joe Mendelson, Center for Food Safety

Organic program yielding to industry pressure, by Jack Kittredge

The First Organic Inspection, by Jeff Cox

Faith in organic movement affirmed

Research grants available; SCOAR updates

OFRF-funded project reports:
Bat houses for integrated pest management
ATTRA's Organic Matters series
Conservation tillage systems for organic vegetable production
Organic management of garden symphylans in annual cropping systems
Maintaining nutrient balances in container-grown tomatoes
A comparison of antibiotic susceptibility in organic and conventional dairy herds
Corn variety performance trials for Ohio organic farms

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Publications

2007 National Organic Research Agenda

Information Bulletin

State of the States

National Organic Farmers' Survey Results

Investing in Organic Knowledge

Searching for the 'O-Word'

OFRF-funded project reports