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Dr. Andrew Hammermeister is the Director of the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. The OACC has been the leading national facilitator of organic science and its communication in Canada.

Andrew is the Science Director for the Organic Science Cluster, the coordinated national initiative for organic research in Canada. He sits on the national organic standards review committee, the Sustainability Sector Engagement Table (AAFC-Industry co-led) and several other organic sector committees both nationally and internationally.

Andrew has worked with the (OACC) since 2002, collaborating in research on grain, vegetable and fruit cropping systems, exploring soil fertility, weed management. Most recently he has been studying, small bush fruits such as haskap, landscape biodiversity, sustainability of organic amendments, and applications of smart technologies to organic agriculture.

Andrew received his B.Sc. in Agriculture specializing in Soil Science from the University of Saskatchewan, M.Sc. in Land Reclamation and Ph.D. in Applied Ecology from the University of Alberta. Visit www.dal.ca/oacc for more information.