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Posted on Tuesday March 1, 2016

Sustainable food systems pioneer and community leader Cathleen Kneen passed away last week. Since the 1960s, Cathleen has been instrumental in establishing and growing several social justice and food activism groups including Food Secure Canada, Just Food, and Ottawa Food Policy Council—just to name a few. Cathleen was also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement […]

Posted on Tuesday March 1, 2016

Sustainable food systems pioneer and community leader Cathleen Kneen passed away last week. Since the 1960s, Cathleen has been instrumental in establishing and growing several social justice and food activism groups including Food Secure Canada, Just Food, and Ottawa Food Policy Council—just to name a few. Cathleen was also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement […]

Posted on Tuesday February 23, 2016

COTA had its largest delegation yet at BioFach! Six companies exhibited at BioFach for the first time, including four under COTA’s incubator booth. In total, COTA supported more than 12 exhibitors and five walkers to do business at the largest organic conference in the world.  This year, Valeriya Staykova—the lead auditor of the Canada Organic Regime—was one of […]

Posted on Tuesday February 23, 2016

COTA had its largest delegation yet at BioFach! Six companies exhibited at BioFach for the first time, including four under COTA’s incubator booth. In total, COTA supported more than 12 exhibitors and five walkers to do business at the largest organic conference in the world.  This year, Valeriya Staykova—the lead auditor of the Canada Organic Regime—was one of […]

Posted on Tuesday February 23, 2016

SIAL Canada 2016 will take place April 13-15 in Montreal. COTA will be attending as organic experts at the Export Central Hub, as well as hosting two organic forums. COTA members interested in attending the show are invited to use code ‘SIALCOTA16′ to register online and receive a 50% discount. For more information, contact Marie-Eve Levert.