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Organic Sector Responds to the National Post

Organic Sector Responds to the National Post

From the COG Newsroom To: The National Post  Re: “Canada’s organic food certification system ‘little more than an extortion racket,’...

Have YOUR say in the design and delivery of Growing Forward 2 funding

Have YOUR say in the design and delivery of Growing Forward 2 funding

-Guelph, ON OCO members- Have YOUR say in the design and delivery of Growing Forward 2 funding! If you wish...

3rd Organic Dinner & Jazz Night a Huge Success

3rd Organic Dinner & Jazz Night a Huge Success

-Guelph, ON, After countless hours of planning, we have to wonder if events like the Dinner & Jazz Night are...

Help Wanted: Supporting organic agriculture in Canada

Help Wanted: Supporting organic agriculture in Canada

  Rod MacRae is no stranger to the realities of farming; as a child he worked on his family’s Cape...

RR Alfalfa: An Oxymoron

RR Alfalfa: An Oxymoron

-Kitchener, Ontario Marty Boettcher, a 2nd generation Ontario organic farmer, spoke up and said the following regarding RR Alfalfa. Marty...

Canadian Seed Trade Association Discusses RR Alfalfa “Co-Existence Strategy”

Canadian Seed Trade Association Discusses RR Alfalfa “Co-Existence Strategy”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Kitchener, ON October 24, 2012 The Canadian Seed Trade Association is hosting a meeting in Kitchener...

Adding Ecological Aspects to Ontario’s Local Food Act Considered Priority

Adding Ecological Aspects to Ontario’s Local Food Act Considered Priority

-Guelph, Ontario Just last week Ontario’s Premier Dalton McGuinty announced the introduction of a Local Food Act which, if passed, will promote food grown and...

Backlash to New GMO Feed Study a Barrel of Red Herrings

Backlash to New GMO Feed Study a Barrel of Red Herrings

A ground-breaking new long-term study, published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, by French researchers into the...

New Studies Describe Ontario’s Resilient & Diverse Organic Markets

New Studies Describe Ontario’s Resilient & Diverse Organic Markets

In 2012, the Ontario organic market is worth at least $1 billion per year.  That was the size of the...

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