• Growing Up Organic
• Producer's Area
  • What is Sustainable Agriculture?
  • Organic Farming
  • Organic Standards and Certification
  • Marketing, Business, and Risk Management
  • Education
  • The Farm Mentorship Program
  • Farm Energy
  • Other Resources
• Benefits of Organics
  • The Effects of Pesticides on Our Health and the Environment
  • Nutritional Benefits of Organic Food
• Why Does Organic Food Cost More?
• Our Stance on Local vs. "Big Organic"
• Manitoba's Organic Menu
• Ten Ways to Get Involved in Manitoba's Organic Movement

What Is Sustainable Agriculture?

Learning to produce agricultural products with methods that model and compliment the natural environment, more sustainable agriculture ensures that resource availability continues into the future.

For an understanding of soil ecology, which forms the basis of a sustainable approach please view our presentation on Soil Ecology.   

What does organic production look like in Canada? In Manitoba?  Take a look at our Overview of the Canadian Organic Sector presentation and the Organic Agriculture in Canada presentation from Canadian Organic Growers.  Dan Wuerch's 2002 Manitoba Organic Report provides more information on the organic sector in Manitoba specifically.  Also, take a look at this presentation of COG's 2005 Organic Statistics compiled by Anne Macey.  Another link of interest is Natural Systems Agriculture, which contains information about crop production systems that mimic natural systems.

Ethanol production is currently a hot topic with its share of controversy.  For an intriguing article from author George Monbiot, click here.  Click here to read a letter to the Editors of the Western Producer Publication written by Brewster Kneen, Colleen Ross, and Lucy Sharratt

Please check back regularly as we continue to update this page.  Click here to access our Producers Area summary page.