2012 AGM
Organic Council of Ontario’s 6th Annual General Meeting All are invited to attend (members & non – members) Date: Wednesday March 7th, 2 012 Time: 9:0 0am – 4:00pm, registration begins 8:30am. Location: Loyola House, Ignatius Centre. 5420 Highway 6 N. Guelph, ON N 1H 6J2 Registration: Free for OCO Members / $45 .00 for ...
Help Stop GM Alfalfa
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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 ...
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again – Interpreting the Organic Standards
The Canadian Organic Standards (COS) were voluntary until 2009. They became mandatory when the Organic Products Regulations (OPR) were implemented in June 2009. Many meetings of the CGSB Committee on Organic Agriculture (TC) were held to revise the standards and make them fully applicable. But, transitioning from theory to practice is always challenging. Though revised ...
Gentically Modified Update
International protection provided to countries that label GM foods as US ends opposition to GM labelling guidelines From The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network: The United Nation’s Codex guidelines on GM food labelling are now finalized after 20 years! It should be noted that the guidelines are voluntary and so do not compel countries to label ...
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