Organic News NI November 2009
Organic News NI is the eBulletin which replaces the printed Organic Bulletin published by CAFRE since autumn 2000. It is being published six times per year.
Correction to a previous article
An error has been discovered in the article “Potato varieties for organic or reduced input production in Northern Ireland” in the April 2009 issue of this eBulletin.
The corrected article can be found at www.ruralni.gov.uk/index/publications/bulletins/organicnewsni/organic_news0409/potato_varieties.htm
Index to articles
CAFRE has recently launched a technology project to encourage beef and sheep farmers to establish and successfully manage grass clover swards ...
A group of Northern Ireland organic farmers and advisers visited four organic farms in the West of Scotland ...
The Organic Farming Scheme aims to encourage farmers to convert to organic farming to meet the demand for organic food and benefit the environment. ...
Many consumers and conventional (non-organic) farmers think that organic livestock receive no medication if sick ...
CloverCheck is an aid to the management of grass-clover swards run jointly by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and CAFRE ...
An update to developments on the Greenmount Organic Unit …
The Orgfarmnet and Orgvegnet discussion lists have been replaced by a Yahoo Group which is also called Orgfarmnet. ...
A selection of recently discovered or updated web sites of interest to organic producers …
Contributions from:
Fiona Dickson, Scott Laidlaw, Denise Lowe, Manus McHenry, Sean McIntyre, Adrian Saunders
Compiled and edited by: Adrian Saunders, adrian.saunders@dardni.gov.uk
© CAFRE, November 2009
