Agriculture committee  I can start and then you can go?

Agriculture committee  We've mentioned that there are a few universities that are teaching it, and we are seeing that a lot of new farmers are interested in sustainable agriculture, whether it's organic all the way, or what have you. On the transition of farms, we're seeing a lot of people saying they

Agriculture committee  I've worked with small-scale farmers in international settings, as well as in Canada. In Canada, we don't have as many small-scale organic farmers, which is interesting, because that's a popular misconception. I have census data right here that shows that we don't have that many

Agriculture committee  The actual announcement by the minister, who we thank very much, is $250,000. That is to cover the Canadian General Standards Board's administrative costs. On the last review, $1 million was what it cost. As we've learned since, that's because it had to go back to 2006, before we

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Tracy. Organic production methods and standards fit perfectly into the national food policy pillar of conserving our soil, water, and air. In order to ensure that organic can prosper, lending its successful model to creating healthy soil and addressing climate change—

Agriculture committee  Thank you for inviting the Canada Organic Trade Association to speak with you today. I have invited Dr. Tracy Misiewicz to join me. She's the associate director of science programs for The Organic Center, which is based in the United States. Dr. Misiewicz holds a Ph.D. in integr

Agriculture committee  I will highlight that this isn't just for organic. We're creating this system for everybody. We've been participating in an ad hoc working group suggesting a governance council for the national food policy because we're not going to get this right the first time. We are going to

Agriculture committee  I think that people are asking for organic or sustainable. Yes, we come from the organic sector, but we're hoping that everybody is looking to more sustainability and transparency in food labelling and food systems. Organic certainly has existed for many years, but I think when i

Agriculture committee  I will highlight the four pillars that I've seen put forth on the food policy. I think that organic really is an integrated, whole system and we need a food systems approach. I'm pleased to see the initiatives that are going forward because organic fits perfectly into every singl

Agriculture committee  Sorry, I'm not familiar with that one. I don't know all the details of that, but we do have representatives from Quebec who can give you the information on that. Quebec has the most successful organic production systems, and they have cost subsidies for certification and many in

Agriculture committee  A food policy for Canada must support the next generation, promoting a diversity of farming practices, production, and accessibility to healthy food. The national food policy should include and support the development of organic agriculture as a model of sustainable production, w

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon, honourable members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me and my colleague Dag Falck from Nature's Path Foods to present today. The Canada Organic Trade Association is a membership-based trade association for the organic sector in Canad

Agriculture committee  We do a lot of correspondence with the market access secretariat as well as trade commissioners around the world, particularly to resolve issues as we see them coming or in advance, particularly when it comes to bilateral meetings. We were just at the Canada-Mexico meeting becaus

Agriculture committee  I think I'm learning how we can work together, so it's hard to come up with some concrete suggestions until we see how other sectors outside of organic have been able to work with the market access secretariat. One of the areas where we certainly see a fall down between our gove

Agriculture committee  In the last four months.