New OCO blog!
We have a new blog, to showcase all the great stuff that is happening in the organic sector, especially in Ontario! Regular updates will include lots of interesting information that is important! Share This Post With Your Friends: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about ...
Climate Change to blame for damage to majority of Ontario organic apple crop
For Immediate Release: May 8th, 2012 Local organic apples will be hard to find due to extreme weather events. Guelph, Ontario: Summer-like temperatures in February and winter-like temperatures in April have caused havoc in Ontario’s orchards. Two weeks of extremely warm weather in February followed by multiple frost events have left Ontario’s fruit producers forecasting ...
Growing Food Food Ideas Video: Organic Food Production in Ontario
Ever wonder about what the folks who grow Ontario’s great organic food are thinking? Check out this great video put together as part of Sustain Ontario’s Growing Good Food Ideas project! The video was made by Powerline Films and stars some of our amazing members! Organic Council of Ontario – Organic Food Production in ...
Organic Sector Survey
Are you part of the processes (from field to fork) of getting organic food on Ontario plates? We need your help to better understand sector needs and interests, and to measure changes in the sector. Please fill our this quick survey: http://www.canview.com/p/?p=4092LINK&pw=OpenLink. We are asking organic growers, processors, distributors, retailers and others in the sector ...
OCO Activities 2011
2011 was an extremely busy year for the council. We traveled across the province on the Ontario Organics Roadshow, kicked off several research projects, helped launch the Foodland Ontario Organic logo, started the Marketing Ontario Organics Working Group, participated in several conferences, attended many meetings, launched our social media outreach, developed several key videos about ...
OCO’s Organic Pavilion at the Green Living Show!
Showcasing all the Great Organic fare from Ontario. The Organic Council of Ontario hosted a 2,000 square foot pavilion to showcase Ontario’s organic bounty. We hosted 17 vendors who sampled product to consumers and provided important information about their businesses and about organic. These included local retailers, certifiers, processors, distributors, and not-for-profits. In addition to ...
2012 AGM
Thanks to everyone who came to our AGM! It was a great day, full of great conversation and inspiration. It was great to see so many farmers there and to hear from Dr. John Ikerd from the University of Missouri who spoke of the importance of relationships for a strong organic movement! Pictures and video ...
Help Stop GM Alfalfa
Share the video with your friends and family, screen the video at community events and film fests! You can request the file from us for screening. Click here to find out more information about the people behind the video. Take Instant Action Send your letter to the Minister of Agriculture instantly by clicking here! More ...
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, ...
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 ...
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