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Alternate Certification For Small Growers Explored

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The Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) will soon make recommendations on how to accommodate the concerns of smaller-scale organic producers affected by mandatory certification. Last year, those selling exclusively to a local market said a new provincial requirement for mandatory certification would hurt, given the cost of certification relative to their small volumes of sales. New
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Manitoba Organic Alliance Pitches “Unified” Voice

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brandon If conventional farmers have Keystone Agricultural Producers lobbying on their behalf, who speaks for organic producers in Manitoba? According to Priscilla Reimer, chair of the Manitoba Organic Alliance, strong producer support for MOA could create a representative, democratically elected, unified voice for the province’s growing organic sector. “MOA is to the entire organic sector
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Record-Keeping Workshops Planned

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Canadian Organic Growers and the Organic Food Council of Manitoba are offering two new continuing education opportunities for Manitoba farmers before they get into the field this spring. These one-day workshops are designed to help farmers handle the record-keeping requirements of organic production, learn about the new organic rules that came into force last summer,
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OFCM Evaluates Pilot Mentorship Program

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Many were interested but few took part in a pilot mentoring program offered by the Organic Food Council of Manitoba (OFCM) this summer. That has sent the organization back to the drawing board now on what might be a better way to help would-be farmers get the training and skills development they need. OFCM rolled
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What’s Up – for Aug. 20, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Aug. 20 – Cattle age-verification workshops, Russell. Producers can register for morning (9:30 to 11:30 a. m.) or afternoon (1 to 3 p. m.) workshop. Pre-registration is required; call Russell’s MAFRI office at 204-773-5130. Aug. 22 – Manitoba Farm Mentorship, a program of the Organic Food
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What’s Up – for Aug. 13, 2009

Please forward your agricultural events to [email protected] call 204-944-5762 Aug. 15-16 – 3rd Crossing Ag Museum Threshing Days. Hwy 16 West of Gladstone near Auction Mart. Parade on ground. Threshing & demos both days. For more information call 204-385-2877. Aug. 17 – Cattle age-verification workshops, Neepawa. Producers can register for morning (9:30 to 11:30 a.
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New Group To Speak For Organic In Manitoba

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Manitoba is forging forward with an umbrella organization to represent its expanding organic sector. Over 60 people met at Headingley this month to launch the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) electing a 13-member board of directors. This is about creating a representative voice for the entire organic sector in Manitoba, said MOA’s interim secretary Donna Youngdahl,
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Quest Continues For Local Organic Certification

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“They trust us. That’s a lot more than a piece of paper.” – CINDY MURRAY, ORGANIC FARMER Incoming rules that make using the word “organic” to describe how she farms off limits unless she is certified won’t change how Minnedosa-area farmer Cindy Murray operates. She and husband Doug Proven plan to go right on farming
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Manitobans earn “Golden Carrots” on World Food Day

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“Let’s continue to build on this effort to bring more food security to this province.” – Rosann Wowchuk Organic greenhouse grower and farm and rural advocate David Neufeld of Boissevain is the recipient of one of six “Golden Carrot” awards handed out at the Manitoba legislature on World Food Day last week. This is the

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