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Posted on Tuesday March 8, 2016

COTA’s Board of Directors has named Tia Loftsgard as COTA’s new Executive Director, effective March 21. She succeeds Matthew Holmes, COTA’s founding Executive Director, who left his role in January after nine years with the association. Loftsgard, based in Ottawa, is an established non-profit manager with leadership experience in the fair trade and cooperative movements […]

Posted on Tuesday March 8, 2016

COTA’s Board of Directors has named Tia Loftsgard as COTA’s new Executive Director, effective March 21. She succeeds Matthew Holmes, COTA’s founding Executive Director, who left his role in January after nine years with the association. Loftsgard, based in Ottawa, is an established non-profit manager with leadership experience in the fair trade and cooperative movements […]

Posted on Tuesday March 8, 2016

After five years of ongoing negotiations, the European Union Regulatory Committee on Organic Production voted on March 2 to expand the current scope of the Canada-EU Organic Equivalency Arrangement. Processed food products with imported ingredients certified in accordance with Canada’s organic legislation will now be covered under the agreement. This is a milestone for the Canadian […]

Posted on Tuesday March 8, 2016

After five years of ongoing negotiations, the European Union Regulatory Committee on Organic Production voted on March 2 to expand the current scope of the Canada-EU Organic Equivalency Arrangement. Processed food products with imported ingredients certified in accordance with Canada’s organic legislation will now be covered under the agreement. This is a milestone for the Canadian […]

Posted on Tuesday March 8, 2016

The Think Before You Eat Campaign is launching Think BC Organic, a British Columbia-focused campaign centered around profiling organic farms and farmers in the province. COTA released the first Think BC Organic Farmer’s Profile this past Friday, a video profiling the late Mary Forstbauer and her family farm. Forstbauer was considered a pioneer in the […]