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Posted on Tuesday January 20, 2015
COTA is partnering to amplify the profile of organic at SIAL Canada 2015, the largest international food and food equipment tradeshow in Canada, April 28-30 in Toronto. SIAL hosts over 800 exhibitors and 14,000 professional visitors, including buyers from all major Canadian and international supermarkets. For the first time since its inception, SIAL Canada will include organic experts at [...]
Posted on Tuesday January 13, 2015
COTA will be exhibiting and attending a number of meetings and workshops at the 34th Annual Guelph Organic Conference January 29 – February 1at the University of Guelph. In addition, the next meeting of the government and industry co-chaired Organic Value Chain Roundtable will take place in conjunction with the Guelph Conference. If you plan on [...]
Posted on Tuesday January 13, 2015
Whole Foods Market opened its tenth Canadian location in Ottawa this past November, and the first outside of the greater Toronto and Vancouver areas. Subsequently, Whole Foods management has indicated in interviews that they intend to open more than 30 stores in Canada, signaling strong growth plans for the country. Canada is the fourth largest [...]
Posted on Tuesday January 13, 2015
COTA Strategy and Regulatory Affairs Manager Marie-Eve Levert will speak at the Colloque Lait Biologique regarding the latest organic dairy market trends in Canada. The annual organic dairy symposium is hosted by MAPAQ Quebec (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Quebec) in Saint-Agapit, QC, and will cover the latest news, policies and trends of the organic dairy [...]
Posted on Tuesday January 6, 2015
COTA’s Matthew Holmes will be a moderator at the fifth North American edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit taking place Jan. 21-22 in San Francisco, CA. The Sustainable Foods Summit is a series of international meetings that focus on key issues faced by the food industry concerning sustainability and eco-labels, and customer behavior.