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Posted on Tuesday September 1, 2015

Organic Week will once again host a #SpotCanadaOrganic social media contest. Consumers can enter the contest by submitting a photo of the Canada Organic logo with the hashtag #SpotCanadaOrganic during Organic Week, September 19-27, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Photos will automatically be entered into a drawing for 1 out of 12 organic prize baskets […]

Posted on Tuesday September 1, 2015

As part of the COTA organic trade mission to Japan in October, Executive Director Matthew Holmes will lead information sessions on the Canadian organic market to local media and buyers. COTA offers the opportunity to its members to be featured in one of the presentations, or to be represented by COTA during the B2B portion of the mission. […]

Posted on Tuesday August 25, 2015

COTA’s 2015 Board of Director elections closed in mid-August with strong member engagement of over 37 percent and a major endorsement of the current leadership of the organization. With full majorities, all three incumbent members were re-elected. Ryan Benn (Alive Publishing Group), Mike Fata (Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods), and Lisa Mumm (Mumm’s Sprouting Seeds Ltd.) will return to […]

Posted on Tuesday August 25, 2015

Organic Week will once again host a #SpotCanadaOrganic social media contest. Consumers can enter the contest by submitting a photo of the Canada Organic logo with the hashtag #SpotCanadaOrganic during Organic Week September 19-27 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Photos will automatically be entered into a draw for 1 out of 12 organic prize baskets […]

Posted on Tuesday August 25, 2015

Health Canada is consulting companies on the new regulations on nutrition information on food labels in Canada. Major changes are proposed to the format of the nutrition fact table, serving size declaration, ordering/grouping of nutrients information on the label, reference amount and Daily values (DV), and list of ingredients. Companies have until this Wednesday, August 26, to send their […]