OCO’s Trade Symposium at Guelph Organic Conference
Organic Council of Ontario Trade Symposium – (Seminar B) Issues: 1) Aqua-culture standard led by Ted Zettel for input to proposed standard 2) ‘State of the industry’ update with Theresa Schumilas on current OCO research: production, sales outlets, processing sector challenges 3) Understanding growth on the organic value chain including current branding strategy update by ...
2nd Annual Ontario Organic Awards and Dinner
Join us on the Saturday of the Guelph Organic Conference @ River Run Centre in downtown Guelph. Tickets: $45 general public, $40 students and OCO members. (Plus HST) Dinner and music at 7pm Awards at 8pm Cash bar and music to follow the awards Reserve your tickets! Full List of Nominees Outstanding Livestock or ...
3 Videos – What is Organic?
Over the summer OCO staff and the Marketing Ontario Organics working group worked with a Guelph-based company to develop 3 whiteboard videos that give an easy to understand introduction to organics. They are also available on our YouTube Channel
Organic Council of Ontario and Eco Farm Day Expand Programming in 2012
Eco Farm Day in Cornwall expands programming for 2012 by adding a Sunday Buyer-Seller Forum. The conference offers workshops at the advanced and introductory levels, including business skills, agronomics, processing and more. CBAN’s Lucy Sharrat will be the guest speaker at the Saturday evening gala. The all organic gala meal featuring Ontario meat and vegetarian options, ...
Organic Dinner and Jazz Night at Hart House
We would like to thank supporters of our second annual Hart House Dinner and Fundraiser This event is a celebration of the organic sectors’ continued contribution to the Ontario economy. Organic businesses in Ontario continue to show strong growth, driven by increasing consumer demand which results in increased acreage and increases in employment for Ontarians. ...
Update from OFC, October 2011
Dear organic stakeholders, The notes from the COO Liaison Committee meeting held October 17th 2011 are available for download. You are invited to submit nominations for the Standards Interpretation Committee The Canada Organic Office, in cooperation with the Organic Federation of Canada, has established a permanent system for interpretation of the Canadian Organic Standards. ...
Opposition Grows to the Melancthon Quarry that Would Destroy Farmland
By now it is likely that you have heard about the Mega Quarry that has been proposed on some of Ontario’s pristine farm land. A Boston hedge fund has purchased a large portion of the potato farms in Melancthon Township in order to build North America’s second largest open pit mine. OCO has joined a ...
Bring Food Home Conference
Bring Food Home is Ontario’s biennial conference connecting leaders who are working towards a sustainable food system. Join us in transforming the future of food. The conference will be held in Peterborough, ON October 27, 28, 29. Workshops and plenaries will be at Trent University with tours and speaking events throughout Peterborough and the Kawartha ...
Organics on the Road
This summer, OCO embarked on the Ontario Organic Roadshow. Our goal is to raise awareness about our good news story! We are introducing communities to the Canada Organic logo, the new Foodland Organic brand, and organic businesses in the local area. So far we’ve visited: Home County Fair, London; Hillside Music Festival, Guelph Lake; Conscious ...
Organic Week 2011
The Organic sector has declared October 16th – 22nd the second annual Organic Week in Canada. This event, which starts on World Food Day, is about celebrating all things organic. We have a lot to celebrate – a vibrant alternative food system, a growing number of ecologically minded consumers, national Organic Products Regulations uniting the ...
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