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Demand Strong For Organic Food

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“Sales increased because there was that consumer confidence. We’re hoping that same thing happens here in Canada.” – ORGANIC SPECIALIST JOHN HOLLINGER, MAFRI , ON HOW REGULATION IN THE U. S. SPARKED MORE DEMAND FOR ORGANIC FOOD Last year half of all Canadian and American households said they’d tried organic food. They’re those driving a
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Snapshots Of Going Organic In Manitoba

A farm-based processor There’s more money to be made in processing.” Gerard and Marie-Paule De Ruyck began the switch to organic on their Swan Lake farm in 2001. That year they broke up 25 acres of pasture, sowed and harvested what turned out to be a very good field of oats and never looked back.
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Province Dangles Organic Carrot

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The Manitoba government wants you to go organic. That’s because the industry, worth $1 billion a year, is growing by 20 per cent annually, and demand is outpacing supply. They’ll even pay two-thirds of the cost of transitioning acres, livestock or processing facilities to become certified organic. In 2008, the first year of the Manitoba
Cereals, Crops

CWB backs organic sector development

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Eight new research and k n owl e d g e -s h a r i n g projects on organic grain production will get a financial boost from the Canadian Wheat Board. The board on Jan. 28 announced a new round of funding worth $200,000 in 2009 through its Organic Sector Market Development Initiative
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Forages can help an organic transition

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Seeking advice, maintaining a never-ending thirst for knowledge, and dealing with Mother Nature are all key to success as an organic farmer. These were some of the tips that Marc Boulanger offered during this year’s Manitoba Grazing School held in Brandon Nov. 25 and 26, when he hosted an entertaining workshop on “Transitioning to Organics.”
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Help is available to make the transition

The Manitoba Organic Transition Program (MOTP) is a program being administered through MAFRI GO (Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatiative – Growing Opportunities) and was recently set up to “help farmers discover the rewards of organic agriculture.” “I think that if you are interested, you should definitely take a look into transitioning to organics,” said
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Province assists organic startup

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”We’re hoping to encourage about another 110 farmers to grow organics.” – JOHN HOLLINGER With demand for organically produced foods exceeding the local supply, the Manitoba government wants more farmers to consider organic farming. It has introduced a program to help producers with the transitioning costs. Provincial organics specialist John Hollinger said converting to an
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“Organic province” possible, not probable

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Should Manitoba become an organic province? A farmer complaining about tight pesticide restrictions mused about how this could be coming. While he was speaking in jest, he might find support for the move. At the Organic Producers Association of Manitoba (OPAM) fall seminar here Nov. 15, provincial organic specialist John Hollinger announced a small program
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Pilot program entices new farmers

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“Studies show the consumer grocery dollar that’s being spent on organics increases by between 15 to 20 per cent every year and in recent years it has been as high as up to 26 per cent of grocery sales is organic.” – Sharon Taylor A pilot program is being launched for wanna-be farmers to get

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