Dalhousie agricultural campus receives $8 million for organic food research

TRURO, N.S. - The Dalhousie University agriculture campus has received $8 million from Ottawa to help research into organic farming.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz visited the Truro campus on Tuesday to make the announcement.

The funding comes from the federal department's "Growing Forward" program, which supports scientific research into the growing of organic food.

A news release from the university says the funding will help support two of the Dalhousie University's faculty of agriculture's researchers, Chris Cutler and Derek Lynch.