Canadian Organic Standards Review – Working Groups back to work
Sector Call Out – Organic Federation of Canada – May 30, 2013 The review of the Canadian Organic Standards will be launched soon. This review is a very important activity for the Canadian sector as the standard is referenced by the Canadian Organic Products Regulations. More importantly, it defines the principles and accepted practices for organic production and ...
GFTC Legacy Fund – $1.5 Million Funding Initiative For Canadian Food Producers and Processors
GFTC Legacy Fund – May 1st For Canadian Food Producers and Processors: The GFTC Legacy Fund (“GLF”) was established in 2013 after the merger of Guelph Food Technology Centre (“GFTC”) with NSF International. Guelph Food Technology Centre (“GFTC”), was established in 1994 as an independent, not-for-profit corporation with a vision to contribute to the growing ...
Staff of The Big Carrot Show that Many People Working Together Can Make a Huge Difference.
OCO Press Release – June 3, 2013 Big Carrot customers showed overwhelming support for an Organic Ontario by raising $6,000 in fifteen days during May’s $2 Today for an Organic Tomorrow Campaign. This type of fundraising was a first at The Big Carrot who felt this was an important opportunity to raise awareness about OCO ...
Illegal GM Wheat Contamination Discovered in US: Contamination Status in Canada is Unknown
press release. By, CBAN, published Wednesday May 29, Ottawa Today, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that Monsanto’s unapproved genetically modified (GM, also called genetically engineered) herbicide tolerant wheat was found growing in a farmer’s field in the state of Oregon (1). The USDA has not identified the source of contamination and does ...
Seeking Food Ingredients That Aren’t Gene-Altered
By Stephanie Strom, published May 26, 2013 in The New York Times Food companies big and small are struggling to replace genetically modified ingredients with conventional ones. Pressure is growing to label products made from genetically modified organisms, or “G.M.O.” In Connecticut, Vermont and Maine, at least one chamber of the state legislature has ...
