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Report Release: Understanding Farmers’ Perspectives on Environmentally-Friendly Agricultural Practices in Ontario

Author: Sharmeena Lalloo The Organic Council of Ontario has released a new report to shed light on Ontario farmers’ perspectives...

Fill Out Our Survey on the Upcoming Organic Products Act  

The Ontario government is currently considering the passage of the Organic Products Act (Bill 54), a piece of legislation that would regulate the use of the term organic in Ontario. This bill will greatly help organic farmers in Ontario and we want to hear your thoughts on it. We have a brief window this fall to help pass this bill. Please fill out our five minute survey to demonstrate your support and to view OCO’s proposed implementation options for the bill.

A snapshot of the organic wine industry and viticulture in Canada

By Rosemarie Shepherd Originally published in the April 2020 issue of Fruit and Vegetable Magazine in the Organic Perspectives Column...

Organic Standards Review: What Matters to Fruit and Vegetable Growers?

By Tom Piekarski Originally published in the March issue of Fruit and Vegetable Magazine in the Organic Perspectives column The...

Save Our Swallows Campaign from Nature Canada

Save Our Swallows Campaign from Nature Canada

Guest post from Nature Canada Nature Canada launched our Save Our Swallows campaign in 2018, thanks to two years of...