Canada - China Organic Agriculture Centre

The Centre was founded in 1999 to promote safe, sustainable agricultural methods. Since 2000, Dr. Tan has toured farms, visited agricultural research institutions, and lectured in universities in eighteen countries in Europe, in various parts of North America, and in most of the provinces of China. In 2002, his Manual of Organic Agriculture (ISBN 0-920811-73-6) was published in Beijing by the China Agricultural University.

In November 2004, Dr. Tan attended the annual convention of the National Farmers Union as a visitor, armed with 300 copies of his collected papers on organic agriculture. After responding to invited speakers on the issue of GM crops, he was allowed to distribute these papers to the delegates. He left as a member of Local 800 of the NFU

In March 2005, Dr. Tan visited several NFU members whom he had met at the convention at their farms in northern and central Alberta.

Dr. Tan's papers available as web pages:

Dr. Tan's papers in Portable Document Format:

How I, A Biochemist, Became A Supporter Of Organic Farming: How a visit by a delegation from Northeastern China sparked the formation of the Canada - China Organic Agriculture Centre and investigations into the state of agriculture around the globe.; 6 pages.
Genetic Engineering Accidents and Outbreak of Unknown Diseases: An exploration of transgenic mutations as a source of new pathogens.; Written April 2003. 10 pages.
Chemical Fertilizers and Global Warming: The similarity of the chemistry of chemical fertilizers to that of cement concrete.; Written September 2003. 21 pages.
SARS - GMO Soy Bean Revisited: More on spontaneously-arising novel pathogens enabled by genetic modification projects.; Written November 2003. 3 pages.
Chemical Pesticides Causing Population Infertility and Birth Defects: Effects of pesticide use on the fertility of farmers and their neighbours, with particular reference to Prince Edward Island.; Written November 2003. 5 pages.
Why China Chose to Build Her Civilization on the Foundation of Agriculture: A paper presented at the International Congress of Chinese Philosophy at the University of Stockholm, Sweden in August 2003.; Written April 2003. 5 pages.
Agriculture: the Achilles Heel of the West: The dangers of human alientation from nature, and agriculture as a tool of conquest.; Written November 2003. 5 pages.
How Organic Farming Will Reduce Global Warming: How healthy soil makes for a healthy planet.; Written December 2004. 20 pages.; Printed copies of this paper are currently available.
Critique On "Man Versus Nature": A response to the article "Man Versus Nature" by Professor He Zuoxiu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Vol. 48 No. 6, of Beijing Review, February 10, 2005.; Written February 2005. 2 pages.
Learning From Alberta: A Report about My Ten-Day Visit to Northern and Central Alberta: Visits to members of the National Farmers' Union in Alberta, Canada.; March 6 to March 15, 2005. 17 pages.