Canada's Organic Sector: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

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• GE Alfalfa has been approved in the US, and is awaiting varietal registration here: the first perennial GE, and critical organic rotation • The Government has just concluded “Low Level Presence” threshold consultations with industry. • What does “coexistence” look like? Is it a bad word?
• All signs point to declining producer numbers in 2010, • Just as the market is heating up and global commodity prices are near record-high • How can we find long-term standards funding? • How can we avoid the old cyclical agriculture up-and-down? • How can we ensure producers stick with certification for the long term? • How can we support new entrants, provide knowledge transfer, and encourage conversion?
Page 1 and 2: Canadian Organic Science Conference
Page 3 and 4: source: FiBL / IFOAM 2010
Page 5 and 6: • Approximately 3,700 farms, 695,
Page 7 and 8: Certified Organic Farms in Canada 1
Page 9 and 10: Packaged & Prepared (15%) Meat, Fis
Page 11: Conventional Retail: $925.8 million
Page 20 and 21: • Under the OPR, we cannot use
Page 22 and 23: Strengths ◦ New standards, certif
Page 27 and 28: Tagline/Slogan It’s in our good n
Page 30: A Voice for Organic “As a teacher
Page 34: Think Before You Eat Why you should
Page 38: It’s a good sign. It’s a small
Page 43: Thank goodness, it’s organic Enjo
Page 47 and 48: Organic Passionate Global Healthy C

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