ACORN’s 15th Annual Conference and Trade Show will be held this year from November 12-14, 2014 at the Marriott Harbourfront Hotel in Halifax, NS. The three-day conference consists of workshops, guest speakers, a banquet, a silent auction, and a trade-show. ACORN Conference is the largest organic event on the Canadian Maritimes. For more information, contact [...]
COTA attended the Eastern Canadian Organic Seed Growers’ Network (ECOSGN) conference Nov. 7-9 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec. This event brought together farmers, seed-savers, seed companies, researchers and experts on organic seed productions, and was the perfect venue to showcase COTA’s newest seed market research. For more information, contact Marie-Eve Levert.
COTA has released the first comprehensive study on the organic and ecological seed market in Canada, conducted in partnership with the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, a project of USC Canada. The study shows the current value of organic and ecological seed in Canada at over $78 million per year, including $28 million in vegetable [...]
COTA held its annual Parliament Day in Ottawa October 28 and 29. Members of Parliament, Senators, and their staff joined organic representatives to toast the sector’s growth at an all-organic reception hosted by COTA in the Parliament Buildings. As well, COTA presented Dr. Laura Telford with the inaugural Michael Leclair Organic Visionary Award, awarded to a public [...]
The 2014 Organic Connections Convention and Trade Show will take place November 7-8 at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina. COTA Executive Director Matthew Holmes will speak at the conference, presenting the work being done to launch a national promotion campaign under the ‘Think Before You Eat’ brand, aimed at increasing the overall awareness of organic in Canada. [...]
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