In North America billions of federal taxpayer dollars are used to subsidize unhealthy, processed foods instead of the fruits and vegetables recommended for a healthy diet. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
The US Congress is currently debating practical changes to agricultural policies that can shift priorities to provide greater support to [...]
As many of you may already be aware, the Organic Council of Ontario is now accepting consumer memberships which are named COfarmer memberships. Our goal is to attract 3,000 COfarmer members by March 31 2013! COfarmer membership is absolutely critical to OCO as it will provide the funding we need to remain in opperation, [...]
April marked the start of the Ecological Market Gardening, and Ecological Livestock Skill Building Farm Tours. April’s Market Garden Tour featured Caitlin Hall of re-root organic farm. Caitlin was a terrific hostess, welcoming sixteen of us out of the drizzly rain into her cozy farmhouse near Harriston ON. Everyone packed in around the fireplace [...]
Powerline Films has been traveling across Ontario gathering stories of people and places that are transforming the future of food. Created in partnership with Sustain Ontario and more than a dozen partners, these videos shine light on good food ideas from many regions of our province. Informative, beautiful, and engaging, these videos are sure to inspire.
Geoff Zehnder, Clemson University eOrganic
Proponents of organic farming have long promoted the view that the likelihood of pest outbreaks is reduced with organic farming practices, including establishment and maintenance of “healthy” soil . Recent studies have shown that plant resistance to insect and disease pests is linked to optimal physical, chemical, and—perhaps most importantly—biological [...]
By Ron Friesen Farm Credit Canada Express Canada could soon experience an organic commodity shortage because of a sudden drop in the number of certified growers, industry officials warn.
Domestic supplies of organic grain and other commodities could start tightening up as early as this summer because many growers have left the industry [...]
Soil Association Report Feeding the future: How organic farming can help feed the world
Ensuring food security in a future which will have constrained resources, and which will be feeling the effects of climate change, is one of the thorniest issues facing policy makers today. The natural resource base upon which agriculture depends, soils, water and biodiversity, is being [...]
Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
Organic farming, in general, is more profitable than conventional farming. This is the conclusion of a paper published by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization in 2009. The author, Noémi Nemes, examined the results of more than fifty studies that compared the economics of organic and conventional agriculture.In the [...]
To Make A Farm, a feature-length documentary film exploring the lives of five new farmers, will premiere in Ontario in early March, with screenings on March 3rd in Walkerton and March 4th and 5th in Guelph. Filmmaker Steve Suderman and the featured farmers—four of whom live and farm in the area—will be in [...]
Anthea Gerrie Published: The Independent, February 10, 2012
What is it about veg boxes that they are positively prospering in the recession while supermarket sales of organic greengroceries have plunged? Is it loyalty to an ethical supplier, a determination to maintain green credentials as the planet heats relentlessly, or merely the surprise of not [...]
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