(Toronto, Ontario, Feb. 10, 2007) Today, the Canadian Organic Growers (COG), at their 1st Annual Organic Hero Awards celebration arch up to the Growing Up Organic appointment in Toronto on Feb. 17th, called four winners. The awards included an Organic Organization Hero, an Organic Supporter Hero, the Best Restaurant Serving Organic Food, and an Organic Media Hero.
Held at the St. Lawrence Farmers Market in city Toronto, amidst dozens of vendors announcement tables of beginning fruit, vegetables, meats and broiled goods, Laura Telford, Executive Director of COG, and Tanmayo Krupanszky (Tan-mayo Crew-pan-ski), Chair of COG's Toronto Chapter, presented the awards to this year's heroes.
"Thanks to the adherence and harder plan of our aboriginal anytime Organic Heroes, added and added humans are alpha to accept why amoebic agronomics is so important," said Dr. Telford. "These heroes are architecture a bigger aliment arrangement for Canada, one that is convalescent for both humans and our environment. I'm actual admiring to admit these leaders in the amoebic aliment movement."
Michael Stadtlander, a adept amoebic chef and farmer, is the Organic Supporter Hero. He has championed the development of acceptable aliment systems and has formed to body access amid consumers and amoebic producers. He is best accepted for his acreage in Singhampton, northwest of Toronto, area connoisseurs of accomplished aliment can allow in a seven advance meal fabricated in allotment from amoebic aliment developed on his own Eigensinn Farm.
This year's Organic Organization Hero is Ann Slater, President of the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO). As a volunteer, Ms. Slater has fabricated EFAO a cogent articulation for farmers practicing baby calibration and acceptable agronomics in Ontario. She has fabricated presentations to government, formed on industry committees, and has approved success at allowance the Canadian amoebic area mature. Ms. Slater is from Lakeside (N.E. of London).
The Bread and Roses Café, amid in Hamilton, is Canada's Best Restaurant Serving Organic Food. A activity of the Sky Dragon association development address ( www.skydragon.org), the Bread and Roses Café bases its affordable card on amoebic and fair barter choices from as abounding bounded amoebic sources as possible. Karen Burson and Kevin MacKay acclimatized the award.
Finally, the Organic Media Hero accolade goes to Toronto freelance biographer Jill Eisen for her CBC alternation "Organic Goes Mainstream." She researched organics all-embracing and auspiciously announced the aggravation of amoebic issues in an barefaced and absorbing way.
"Congratulations to all of the winners," said Dr. Telford. "2006 was a banderole year for Canada's growing amoebic area and I attending advanced to agnate success in 2007."
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For added advice or to align interviews, contact:
Karen Ageson, COG, 613-216-0741, office(at)cog.ca
Brent Kulba (ECO media relations), 416-972-7401, kulbab(at)huffstrategy.com
COG is aswell acclimation a conference, alleged Growing Up Organic, which takes abode in Toronto on Saturday, February 17th, 2007 from 9 am to 5 message at 89 Chestnut Street (University of Toronto). This is the aboriginal appointment in Canada to focus on the bloom allowances of amoebic food. See cog.ca/growing-up-organic/conference.htm. Media passes are accessible by contacting Karen Ageson, 613-216-0741, office(at)cog.ca.
2007 Canadian Organics Fact Sheet
The Organics area is the fastest growing allotment of the Agri-Food industry in Canada
* Sales are accretion at 25% per year.
* Canada had 3,618 certified amoebic producers in 2005. Another 241 farmers were authoritative the alteration from accepted to amoebic farming.
* Over 1.3 actor acreage (530,919 ha) of acreage in Canada are acclimated to abound amoebic food. Another 118,500 acreage (47,955 ha) are in alteration to certification.
* Wheat is Canada's better amoebic crop with over 187,000 acreage (75,816 ha).
* Organic livestock assembly is accretion dramatically. From 2004 to 2005, the beef assemblage added by 30%, sheep numbers by 19%, laying hens by 20% and banty by 56%.
* The amount of certified amoebic processors and handlers added by 47% amid 2004 and 2005, with the better increases empiric in British Columbia and Quebec.
Organic agronomics bans the use of adverse substances
* Organic agronomics prevents about 1,157,748 kg of constructed chemicals from entering our ambiance every year, including constructed pesticides, fungicides, insecticides, rodenticides, fertilizers and copse preservatives.
* Organic agronomics aswell bans the use of carrion carrion and abstracts and articles produced from abiogenetic engineering.
* Animals are aloft after the use of antibiotics and advance hormones, or added constructed veterinary drugs.
* Animals absorb alone 100% amoebic feed.
Organic aliment has added bloom benefits
* Eating amoebic aliment reduces the aggregate of baneful chemicals ingested.
* Organic fruits and vegetables accept decidedly college levels of cancer-fighting antioxidants, produced by the bulb to advice action off insects and aggressive plants.
* Organic aliment assembly avoids the use of genetically adapted organisms.
* Organic aliment has no constructed dyes, aliment additives or preservatives.
Organic agronomics is a holistic arrangement of production
* The assumption ambition of amoebic agronomics is to advance advantageous enterprises that are acceptable and adapted with the environment.
* It is advised to optimize the abundance and exercise of assorted communities aural the agro-ecosystem, including clay organisms, plants, livestock and people.
* It replenishes and maintains abiding clay abundance by accouterment optimal altitude for clay biological activity, through crop rotation, agronomics and agronomics practices; and by application accustomed fertilizers.
* It improves surrounding baptize quality.
* It provides alert and ethical affliction that meets both the bloom and behavioral requirements of livestock.
* It maintains the candor of amoebic aliment and candy articles through anniversary footfall of the action from burying to consumption.
* It reduces activity use in the assorted stages of production.
Certified amoebic farms and processors have to chase a adapted set of standards
* The federal government anesthetized the Organic Products Regulation on December 14, 2006 ( canadagazette.gc.ca/partII/2006/20061221-x6/html/extra-e.... ).
* The new adjustment will accommodate an calmly apparent civic logo to analyze aliment that is certified as "Canada Organic," and meets a binding accepted of amoebic aliment production.
* Following a 2 year appearance in period, all amoebic articles have to be certified amoebic for inter-provincial and all-embracing trade.
* Under the proposed amoebic regulation, amoebic acceptance bodies will be accepted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency based on the advocacy of accustomed accreditation bodies.
* Certification bodies ensure that the amoebic farms or processing accessories that they accredit as amoebic are in acquiescence with the amoebic standard.
* Verification is done by accomplished absolute inspectors who appointment the farms or processing accessories annually.
Canadian Organic Growers (COG), a civic accommodating alignment (13014 0494 RR0001), is Canada's civic membership-based apprenticeship and networking alignment apery farmers, gardeners and consumers in all provinces. COG promotes sustainable, amoebic administration of the land, and amoebic aliment and fiber. For added information, appointment www.cog.ca.
For added advice or to align interviews, contact:
Karen Ageson, COG, 613-216-0741, office(at)cog.ca
Brent Kulba (ECO media relations), 416-972-7401, kulbab(at)huffstrategy.com
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