Recent Updates

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...

Save the Date for the 2023 Guelph Organic Conference

Save the Date for the 2023 Guelph Organic Conference

Have you heard? The Organic Council of Ontario is the new host of the Guelph Organic Conference! We are long...

OCO’s Response to PCPA Targeted Changes

OCO’s Response to PCPA Targeted Changes

In March 2022, the Health Canada Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) opened a consultation on a facet of their Transformation Agenda...

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...

The Business Of Organic Regenerative Agriculture

Transitioning to organic involves a lot more than just removing agrochemicals from your fields. Often, it means completely reorganizing sections...

We’re Hiring: Communications and Membership Manager

We’re Hiring: Communications and Membership Manager

Hours: 35 hours per week (negotiable)  Salary: 52,000 – 62,000 pending experience Benefits: Health Savings Account available after 3 month...

RFP for (1) Website Migration, Hosting and Maintenance, (2) Continued Ontario Organic Directory Development, and (3) Organic Council of Ontario Brand and Web Presence Redevelopment

The Organic Council of Ontario is seeking proposals for a multi-part web project. Proponents may submit proposals for one, two,...

2022 Ontario Budget and the Organic Sector

In January, OCO contributed a written submission to the Ontario government’s pre-budget consultation process. Our primary asks were: Pass The...

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.

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