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Organic growers push for recognition in federal agriculture strategy

By Geralyn Wichers May 31, 2024

The Canadian Organic Growers are pushing the federal government to recognize their sector in the federal Sustainable Agriculture Strategy, set to be published later this year. "The [Sustainable Agriculture Strategy] is and can be a big opportunity, and organic and regenerative have a lot to offer," said Katie Fettes, COG's director of policy and research, in an online presentation yesterday.

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Organic farmers invited to soil health benchmarking study

By Geralyn Wichers May 15, 2024

Organic farmers across the country are invited to measure the benefits of soil management practices on their farms as part of a study led by Prairie organic organizations.

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Organics: Planting decisions still to be made

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 1, 2024

In the midst of dryness in Western Canada and an organics market stuck in a standstill, organic growers are making decisions on what to plant in the coming weeks. Chances are, they may be dictated by their own rotations.

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Organic operators down, acreage up: new industry stats

Total organic sales in 2022 was $10.26, billion up from $9.35 billion in 2021

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News November 15, 2023

The number of Canadian organic producers and processors fell by nearly 300 in 2022 according to the latest industry stats. “There’s people coming in and there’s people going out,” said Tia Loftsgard, executive director of the Canadian Organic Trade Association (COTA).

Ward and Jo-Anne Middleton on their certified organic farm north of Edmonton.

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‘Little hammers’ control weeds on organic farm post-harvest

Tillage, grazing and cover crops make up organic post-harvest toolbox

By Jeff Melchior November 1, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia – Conventional grain farmers have chemical tools to manage weeds post-harvest, but for certified organic producers like Ward Middleton, options are limited. “We don’t really have a sledgehammer-type problem-solving option to control weeds, so we have to use many little hammers,” said Middleton, quoting weed ecologist Eric Gallandt, who coined the phrase at the 2012 Canadian

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EU seeks revised GMO rules to loosen curbs on gene-edited crops

Countries including Canada have put gene-edited plants at a lower regulatory level than GMOs, but the conversation has been ongoing in the EU

By Ludwig Burger, Philip Blenkinsop July 20, 2023

The European Commission proposed a revision of its rules on genetically modified organisms July 5 to loosen restrictions for plants resulting from newer gene-editing technology. The EU executive said the move would allow farmers to secure access to climate or pest-resistant crops with less fertilizers or pesticides and consumers would be able to buy food with better nutritional value

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European organics ponder gene-editing coexistence

Unlike their Canadian counterparts, organic farmers across the pond haven’t contended with GMO crops at scale

By Geralyn Wichers June 3, 2023

United Kingdom and European Union organic groups are pushing for coexistence strategies as their governments debate how to regulate gene-edited crops. The problem is that the very idea of gene-edited crops is anathema to their sector. “The credibility of organically certified produce is built on the confidence of the shopper that they are choosing to

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Organic price discovery tool funded

The Manitoba Organic Development Fund marks 'historic' first dispersal of organic checkoff dollars

By Geralyn Wichers March 20, 2023

A digital marketing tool to help organic farmers find buyers and discover prices for their crops is one of five projects funded in the first dispersal from the Manitoba Organic Development Fund. Five grants, totaling nearly $51,000, were announced Feb. 23. This marks the first time funds were designated since organic farmers voted for a mandatory organic checkoff

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Organic exports dipped in 2021

Canadians’ demand for organic products continued to increase last year

By Geralyn Wichers October 3, 2022

Canada’s organic food exports saw a sharp drop in 2021 compared to 2020’s banner year. Export totals dropped to $417.3 million from nearly $608 million in 2020, according to new figures from the Canadian Organic Trade Alliance (COTA) presented in a Sept. 12 webinar. However, that drop doesn’t look as stark when compared to 2019,

Emily Laage is a researcher and master’s student with Dalhousie University.

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Researchers quantifying organic crops’ emissions

While organic agriculture is a fast-growing sector, it’s severely under-studied, says researcher

By Geralyn Wichers April 6, 2022

While organic crops are often called more sustainable than their conventional counterparts, there’s not actually much data on the crops’ net greenhouse gas emissions. A team of researchers are working to fix that. “Organic field cropping systems are severely under-studied,” said Emily Laage, a researcher and graduate student at Dalhousie University. “We have a good

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Organic growers push for recognition in federal agriculture strategy

Organic farmers invited to soil health benchmarking study

Organics: Planting decisions still to be made

Organic operators down, acreage up: new industry stats

‘Little hammers’ control weeds on organic farm post-harvest

EU seeks revised GMO rules to loosen curbs on gene-edited crops

European organics ponder gene-editing coexistence

Organic price discovery tool funded

Organic exports dipped in 2021

Researchers quantifying organic crops’ emissions

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