Nominations are now being accepted for COTA’s Board of Directors, with three open seats for the 2015-2018 term. The COTA Board of Directors is accountable to the membership and sets the organization’s strategic direction, as well as providing fiduciary and legal oversight. Any COTA trade member in good standing may be nominated, and requires three seconds from [...]
Long-time COTA member Fruit d’Or has been able to recover more than 95% of production capacity after a devastating fire that burned down its main plant in March 2015. Fruit d’Or, based in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Quebec, is a global supplier of organic cranberry and blueberry-based products. “We are thankful of all the support and blessing we received. As [...]
Canada’s sixth annual Organic Week September 19-27 is the largest annual celebration of organic food, farming and products in the country, featuring hundreds of events and retails promotions. Last year, 30 sponsors came together with hundreds of mainstream and independent retailers to make Organic Week our biggest campaign yet. With strong social media, national print [...]
Effective May 26, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) began a hold-and-test procedure for aflatoxins on all coming shipments of corn imported from India, including organic corn, intended for use as livestock feed. This is to prevent potential contamination of livestock feed and to protect Canadian livestock and public health after high levels of aflatoxin [...]
Representatives from the Western Economic Development Agency and Organic Alberta were on hand in Edmonton last week to announce a $1.2 million federal contribution towards the $2.2 million Prairie Organic Grain Initiative (POGI), a four-year program to achieve growth in the organic field crop sector of the Canadian Prairies. POGI focuses on building resiliency and [...]
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