Climate Solutions

OCO’s Official Response to the CFIA’s Exemption Proposal for GE

The CFIA has recently proposed a new regulatory guidance which would allow companies to employ gene editing techniques from organic...

Labour Needs Assessment Surveys

We’re looking to learn more about the barriers, capacity, and overall needs of Canada’s organic workforce.  Do you work on...

FAO Presents: “Sound Fertilization for Food Security in the context of the current crisis”

The FAO’s recent webcast on Sound Fertilization for Food Security in the Context of the Current Crisis comes at a...

Farmers for Climate Solutions’ Agricultural Policy Framework Campaign

Farmers for Climate Solutions’ Agricultural Policy Framework Campaign

Canada’s Agricultural Policy Framework (APF) is a 5-year investment made by federal, provincial and territorial governments to develop Canada’s agricultural...

Greenlander! Expanding the Use of Cover Crops in Organic Vegetable Farming

Though it may seem laborious to grow plants that will never be harvested, cover crops can bring many benefits to Canadian farmers. At the EFAO conference’s webinar: Greenlander! Expanding the use of cover crops in organic vegetable farming, cover crop farmers and experts Jeff Boesch from Cedar Down Farm and Reid Allaway from Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm shared insights drawn from years of experience with cover cropping.