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Organic Researchers in British Columbia

Dr. Art Bomke,
Academic Coordinator, Agroecology,
185 MCML Bldg, 2357 Main Mall,
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C.
V6T 1Z4
Telephone: 604-822-6534
E-mail: fert@interchange.ubc.ca

David Ehret
Plant Physiologist / Physiologiste des plantes
Innovation and Renewal Team / Équipe des Innovation et Renouvellement
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre / Centre de recherches agroalimentaires du Pacifique
PO Box 1000
Agassiz, BC V0M 1A0
Canada
Telephone / Téléphone: 604-796-2221, ext. 217
Facsimile / Télécopieur: 604-796-0359
Email:ehretd@agr.gc.ca

Todd Kabaluk,
Biologist
Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre
Box 1000, 6947 No. 7 Hwy
Agassiz, B.C.
V0M 1A0
Telephone: 604-796-2221 ext 215
Fax: 604-796-0359
E-mail: kabalukt@agr.gc.ca

Sharon Rempel
The Garden Institute of B.C.
#38, 38-3200 Island Highway
Nanaimo, B.C. V9T 6N4 
Phone: (250) 585-6776
Websites: www.grassrootsolutions.com and www.tgibc.org 
E-mail: slrempel@shaw.ca



Organic Agriculture Researchers on the Prairies


A. Alberta

Surya Acharya
Research Scientist, AAFC - Lethbridge
Sustainable Production Systems
Telephone: (403) 317-2277
Fax: (403) 382-3156
E-mail: Acharyas@Agr.Gc.Ca
Kwesi Ampong-Nyarko
Research Scientist
Crop Development - Food
Main Floor, Administration Building (CDC North)
17507 Fort RD NW
Edmonton, AB T5Y 6H3
Phone (780)415-2316
Fax (780)422-6096
Email : kwesi.ampong-nyarko@gov.ab.ca
Robert E Blackshaw
Research Scientist, AAFC - Lethbridge
Sustainable Production Systems
Telephone: (403) 317-2268
Fax: (403) 382-3156
E-mail: Blackshawre@Agr.Gc.Ca
George W Clayton
Program Director
Lethbridge Research Centre
AAFC - Lethbridge
5403 - 1 AVENUE SOUTH
PO BOX 3000
LETHBRIDGE AB T1J 4B1
Telephone: (403) 317-2215
Fax: (403) 317-2197
E-mail: Claytong@Agr.Gc.Ca
Rosalie Cunningham
Consumer and Market Analyst
Market and Consumer Analysis
302 J. G. O' Donoghue Building
7000 - 113 Street
Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6
Phone (780)415-9013
Fax (780)427-5220
Email: rosalie.cunningham@gov.ab.ca
Neil Harker
Research Scientist
AAFC - Lacombe
6000 C AND E TRAIL
LACOMBE AB T4L 1W1
Crop & Soils Research Section
Telephone: (403) 782-8134
Fax: (403) 782-6120
E-mail: Harkerk@Agr.Gc.Ca
Dan L. Johnson
Professor of Environmental Science
Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Grassland Ecosystems
Environmental Science Program,
Department of Geography
University of Lethbridge,
4401 University Drive West
Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4
Phone (403) 329-2040;
Fax: 329-2016
Email: dan.johnson@uleth.ca
Jim Moyer
Lethbridge Research Centre
Sustainable Production Systems
Telephone: (403) 317-2272
Fax: (403) 382-3156
E-mail: Moyerj@Agr.Gc.Ca
John O'Donovan
Research Scientist
AAFC - Lacombe
6000 C AND E TRAIL
LACOMBE AB T4L 1W1
Crop & Soils Research Section
Telephone: (403) 782-8134
Fax: (403) 782-6120
E-mail: Odonovanj@Agr.Gc.Ca
Dean M. Spaner
Associate Professor, Crop Breeding/Agronomy
Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Alberta, T6G 2P5
Telephone: 780-492-2328
E-mail: Dean.Spaner@ualberta.ca
Kelly Turkington
Research Scientist
AAFC - Lacombe
Crop & Soils Research Section
Telephone: (403) 782-8138
Fax: (403) 782-6120
E-mail: Turkingtonk@Agr.Gc.Ca
 

B. Saskatchewan

Karen L Bailey
Research Scientist, AAFC - Saskatoon
Ecological Pest Management
Telephone: (306) 956-7260
Fax: (306) 956-7247
E-mail: baileyk@agr.gc.ca
Bob Bors
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8
Phone (306) 966-8583
Email: bob.bors@usask.ca
Susan Boyetchko
Section Head and Research Scientist
AAFC - Saskatoon
107 SCIENCE PLACE
SASKATOON SK S7N 0X2
Ecological Pest Management
Telephone: (306) 956-7619
Fax: (306) 956-7247
E-mail: boyetchkos@agr.gc.ca
Stuart Brandt
AAFC Scott
PO BOX 10
SCOTT SK S0K 4A0
Telephone: 306-247-2011 Fax: 306-247-2022
E-mail: brandts@agr.gc.ca
Lloyd Dosdall
Associate Professor,
Agricultural Entomology
University of Alberta
Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science
Agriculture Forestry Centre
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5
Phone: 780-492-6893
Fax: 780-492-4265
Email: Lloyd.Dosdall@ualberta.ca
Brenda Frick
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC)
c/o Department of Plant Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7N 5A8
Phone: 306-966-4975
Fax: 306-966-5015
Email: brenda.frick@usask.ca
Yantai Gan
Alternative Crops Agronomist
AAFC Swift Current
PO BOX 1030
SWIFT CURRENT SK S9H 3X2
Land Resources and Environment
Telephone: (306) 778-7246
Fax: (306) 778-3188
E-mail: gan@agr.gc.ca
Chantal Hamel
Research Scientist, AAFC Swift Current, SK
Land Resources and Environment
Telephone: (306) 778-7264
Fax: (306) 778-3188
E-mail: hamelc@agr.gc.ca
Pierre Hucl
Crop Development Centre
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8
Phone (306) 966-8667
Email: Pierre.hucl@usask.ca
Eric Johnson
Weed Biologist
Sustainable Cropping
AAFC - Scott
PO BOX 10
SCOTT SK S0K 4A0
Telephone: (306) 247-2011 (23) Fax: (306) 247-2022
E-mail: johnsone@agr.gc.ca
Diane Knight
Professional Research Associate
Department of Soil Science
5E82 (Lab.5E19), Agriculture Building
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8
Telephone: 306-966-2703 (Lab. 6861)
E-mail: diane.knight@usask.ca
Randy Kutcher
Section Head and Research Scientist
Crop Diversification & Environmental Stewardship
PO BOX 1240
MELFORT SK S0E 1A0
Telephone: (306) 752-2776 (232)
Fax: (306) 752-4911
E-mail: kutcherr@agr.gc.ca
Julia Leeson
Biologist, AAFC - Saskatoon
Ecological Pest Management
Telephone:306-956-7681 7268
Fax: (306) 956-7247
E-mail: leesonj@agr.gc.ca
Sukhdev Malhi
Biologist
Crop Diversification & Environmental Stewardship
PO BOX 1240
MELFORT SK S0E 1A0
Telephone: (306)752-2776(229)
Fax: (306) 752-4911
E-mail: malhis@agr.gc.ca
Brian McConkey
Soil and Water Conservationist
AAFC Swift Current, SK
Land Resources and Environment
Telephone: (306) 778-7281
Fax: (306) 778-3188
E-mail: mcconkeyb@agr.gc.ca
Owen Olfert
Research Scientist, Ecological Crop Protection
AAFC - Saskatoon
Ecological Pest Management
Telephone: (306) 956-7288
Fax: (306) 956-7247
E-mail: olferto@agr.gc.ca
Gord Rowland
Crop Development Centre
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8
Phone (306) 966-4977
Email: gord.rowland@usask.ca
Jeff Schoneau
Department of Soil Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8
Phone (306) 966-6844
Email: schoneau@usask.ca
Graham Scoles
College of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8
Phone (306) 966-4050
Email: graham.scoles@usask.ca
Steve Shirtliffe
Associate Professor
Department of Plant Sciences
College of Agriculture
Room 3D04 Agriculture Building
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8
Telephone: 306-966-4959
E-mail: steve.shirtliffe@usask.ca
Karen Tanino
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8
Phone (306) 966-8617
Email: karen.tanino@usask.ca
Gordon Thomas
Research Scientist, AAFC - Saskatoon
Ecological Pest Management
Telephone: (306) 956-7270
Fax: (306) 956-7247
E-mail: thomasag@agr.gc.ca
Cecil Vera
Biologist
Crop Diversification & Environmental Stewardship
PO BOX 1240
MELFORT SK S0E 1A0
Telephone: (306)752-2776(229)
Fax: (306) 752-4911
E-mail: verac@agr.gc.ca
Fran Walley
Department of Soil Science
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8
Phone (306) 966-6854
Email: fran.walley@usask.ca
Bob Zentner
AAFC Swift Current
PO BOX 1030
SWIFT CURRENT SK S9H 3X2
Telephone 306-778-7265 Fax: 306-773-9123
E-mail: zentnerr@agr.gc.ca
 

C. Manitoba

Anita Brule-Babel
University of Manitoba
Department of Plant Science
Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-6062
Email: Anita_BruleBabel@umanitoba.ca
Katherine E Buckley
Scientist, Integrated Agricultural Management
Land Resource Management
AAFC - Brandon
18TH ST & GRAND VALLEY RD
PO BOX 1000A RR 3
BRANDON MB R7A 5Y3
Telephone: (204) 578-3594
Fax: (204) 728-3858
E-mail: kbuckley@agr.gc.ca
Martin Entz
Professor
Cropping Systems and Agronomy
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
R3T 2N2
Telephone: 204-474-6077
E-mail: M_Entz@umanitoba.ca
Stephen L Fox
Research Scientist
Genetics & Breeding
AAFC - Winnipeg
195 DAFOE RD
WINNIPEG MB R3T 2M9
Telephone: (204) 983-0573
Fax: (204) 983-4604
E-mail: sfox@agr.gc.ca
Jane Froese
University of Manitoba
Department of Plant Science
Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-6504
Email: Jane_Froese@umanitoba.ca
Cynthia A Grant
Scientist, Soil Management/Fertility
Land Resource Management
AAFC - Brandon, MB
Telephone: (204) 578-3570
Fax: (204) 728-3858
E-mail: cgrant@agr.gc.ca
Byron Irvine
Scientist, Integrated Agricultural Management
Land Resource Management
AAFC - Brandon, MB
Telephone: (204) 578-3572
Fax: (204) 728-3858
E-mail: birvine@agr.gc.ca
Gary Martens
University of Manitoba
Department of Plant Science
Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-8227
Email: Gary_Martens@umanitoba.ca
Alan Moulin
Scientist, Soil Management/Conservation
Land Resource Management
AAFC - Brandon, MB
Telephone: (204) 578-3560
Fax: (204) 728-3858
E-mail: moulin@agr.gc.ca
Fred Townley-Smith
Research Scientist, Emeritis
Genetics & Breeding
AAFC - Winnipeg, MB
Telephone: (204) 983-0466
Fax: (204) 983-4604
E-mail: ftsmith@agr.gc.ca

Organic Researchers in Ontario

Dr. Robert Berthiaume
Directeur
Centre de Recherche en production laitière biologique /
Organic Dairy research Centre
31 rue St-Paul, PO BOX 580
Alfred, Ontario
Canada K0B 1A0
Tel: 613-679-2218 ext 513
Fax: 613-679-2420
E-Mail: rberthiaume@alfredc.uoguelph.ca

Dr. E. Ann Clark,
Associate Professor
Department of Plant Agriculture
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Telephone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508
E-mail: eaclark@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Silvina Fernandez
Research Associate
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
c/o Department of Pathobiology
Ontario Veterinary College
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
Canada
Tel (519) 824-4120 ext 54819
Fax (519) 824-5930
E-mail: fernands@uoguelph.ca

Francois Labelle
Chargé de cours
College instructor
College Alfred
University of Guelph
Tel: (613)679-2218 ext 202
E-mail: flabelle@alfredc.uoguelph.ca

Dr. Simon Lachance
College Alfred
University of Guelph
Tel (613)679-2218 ext 604
E-mail: slachance@alfredc.uoguelph.ca

Dr. A. P. (Tom) Papadopoulos
Senior Research Scientist/Principal Charge de Recherche
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
Telephone/Téléphone: 519-738-2251 Ext. 423
Facsimile/Télécopieur: 519-738-2929
Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research Centre/Centre de recherches sur les cultures abritees at industrielles
Harrow, Ontario
N0R 1G0
E-mail: papadopoulost@agr.gc.ca
Website: http://res.agr.ca/harrow

Dr. Gaston Raggio
Centre de Recherche en production laitiere biologique / Organic Dairy Research Centre
Research Associate
31 rue St-Paul,
Alfred, ON, Canada, K0B 1A0
Tel.: (613) 679-2218 poste 603
Fax: (613) 679-2420
E-mail: graggio@alfredc.uoguelph.ca

Dr. Jennifer Sumner
Assistant Professor
Adult Education and Community Development Program
OISE/University of Toronto
E-mail:jsumner@oise.utoronto.ca

Dr. Peter van Straaten
University of Guelph
Land Research Science
Guelph, ON
N1G 2W1
Ph: 519-824-4120 x52454
Email: pvanstra@lrs.uoguelph.ca

Dr. Paul Voroney
Professor,
Department of Land Resource Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
N1G 3B2
Telephone: (519) 824-4120 Ext. 53057
Fax: (519) 824-5730
Email: pvoroney@uoguelph.ca

Organic Researchers in Québec

Diane Lyse Benoit, Ph.D.
Weed ecologist
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Telephone: 450-346-4494 poste 212
Facsimile: 450-346-7740
430 Gouin blvd.
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec
CANADA J3B 3E6
E-mail: benoitdl@agr.gc.ca

Martine Dorais
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Horticulture Research Centre
Envirotron Pavilion, Room 2120
Laval University, Quebec City, QC
G1K 7P4
Canada
Telephone: (418) 6565-2131 ext. 3939
Fax: (418) 656-3515
Email: doraisma@agr.gc.ca
Website: http://res2.agr.ca/stjean/personnel/dorais_e.htm

Dr. John Henning,
Department Chair, Associate Professor,
Director of Ecological Agriculture Project
Department of Agricultural Economics
Macdonald Campus, McGill University
21,111 Lakeshore Road
Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
H9X 3V9
Telephone: 514-398-7826
E-mail: henning@macdonald.mcgill.ca

Maryse L. Leblanc, agr. Ph.D.
Malherbologiste/Weed Scientist
Institut de recherche et de développement en agroenvironnement
3300, rue Sicotte, C. P. 480,
Saint-Hyacinthe (Québec)
CANADA J2S 7B8
tel: 450-778-6522 ext. 250
fax: 450-778-6539
E-mail: maryse.leblanc@irda.qc.ca

Joann K. Whalen, Ph.D., agr.
Associate Professor
Department of Natural Resource Sciences
Macdonald Campus, McGill University
21 111 Lakeshore Road
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9
Tel: 514-398-7943
Fax: 514-398-7990
Email: joann.whalen@mcgill.ca
Webpage: http://nrs-staff.mcgill.ca/whalen/

Organic Researchers in the Atlantic Region

Dr. Gilles Boiteau
Agriculture and Agri Food Canada
850 Lincoln Rd
PO Box 20280
Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z7
Telephone: 1-506-452-4878 Fax: 1-506-452-3316
Email: boiteaug@agr.gc.ca

Mr. Charlie Embree
Research Scientist, Plant Physiology
Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre
32 Main St., Kentville, NS B4N 1J5
Telephone: 902-679-5708
Email: embreec@agr.gc.ca

Dr. Alan Fredeen
Professor, Department of Plant and Animal Sciences
Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
Telephone: 902-893-6649
E-mail: afredeen@nsac.ca

Dr. Andrew Hammermeister
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
Telephone: 902-893-8037 Fax: 902-895-6734
E-mail: ahammermeister@nsac.ca

Dr. Derek Lynch
Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Organic Agriculture
Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
Telephone: 902-893-7621  Fax: 902-893-9762
E-mail: dlynch@nsac.ca

Dr. Ralph C. Martin
Director,
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
Telephone: 902-893-6679 Fax: 902-895-6734
E-mail: rmartin@nsac.ca

Dr. David Patriquin
Professor, Biology
Dalhousie University
Halifax, N.S. B3H 4J1
Telephone: 902-494-3515
E-mail: patriqui@IS.Dal.Ca

Dr. Nabil Rifai,
Professor, Engineering
Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
Telephone: 902-893-6714 Fax: 902-893-1859
E-mail: nrifai@nsac.ca

Jennifer Scott, MES
Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada (GPI Atlantic)
P.O. Box 9511
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3K 5S3
E-mail: jen@ns.sympatico.ca

Dr. Phil Warman
Adjunct Professor (NSAC, Dalhousie University)
Coastal BioAgresearch Ltd
268 Boutiliers Pt Rd
Boutiliers Pt, N.S. B3Z 1V1
E-mail: cbaltd@ca.inter.net

Dr. Emmanuel Yiridoe
Assistant Professor
Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Telephone: (902) 893-6699
Fax: (902) 897-0038
E-mail: eyiridoe@nsac.ca

Dr. Bernie Zebarth
Agriculture & Agri Food Canada - NB
Potato Research Centre
PO Box 20280
850 Lincoln Rd
Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z7
Ph: 506-452-4828
Fax: 506-452-3316
Email: ZebarthB@agr.gc.ca


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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