Newsletter from Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming • June 2004 • No. 2

Articles in this issue

Composting rapidly degrades DNA from genetically modified plants

Susceptibility of spelt to Ochratoxin A producing fungi

Orchard testing of new, alternative fungicides against apple scab

Spatial variation in the localization of Danish organic farms

Inter-row subsoiling increases marketable yield in potatoes

Impact of new technologies and changes in legislation on the income in organic farming

Control of apple scab by use of the plants own defence mechanisms

Revision of organic rules in EU

Optimizing quality, safety and costs of low input food

Catch crops may improve plant sulphur nutrition

Simulating root growth

Nature conceptions, management and cross-compliance in organic farming

Wind dispersal of genetically modified pollen from oilseed rape and rye fields

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International Congress on Organic Farming, Food Quality and Human Health

Major results from the integrated project QualityLowInputFood and other completed or ongoing European research projects will be reported at the 'Organic Farming, Food Quality and Human Health Congress' which will be held between the 6th and 9th of January 2005 at Newcastle University. The congress combines the Soil Association annual conference and the 1st Stakeholder Congress of QualityLowInputFood. See www.qlif.org for details.

Healthy Soil, Healthy Crops, Healthy People

The first QLIF Training Workshop will take place at Wageningen in the Netherlands from Wednesday the 22nd to Friday the 24th of September 2004. The aim of the workshop is to transfer both theoretical background knowledge and practical skills in the use of new techniques and experimental approaches. Participants will be PhD students and junior scientists/post-doctoral researchers. There is a maximum of 40 participants. See www.qlif.org for details.

Workshop in SAFO

A workshop on 'Enhancing animal health security and food safety in organic livestock production systems' will be held in Falenty, near Warsaw, Poland on the 16th to 18th September 2004. The workshop is organised by EU-financed Concerted Action on 'Sustaining Animal Health and Food Safety in Organic Agriculture' (SAFO). A preliminary programme has been put out on the project homepage and it is possible to make an online registration for the workshop.