ON Organic — July 2008

Inside this Issue

• Welcome to "ON Organic"
• Farmers' Markets Get Boost from Province
• Canadian Organic Regulations - Update
• Organic Apple Growers in Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan Receive Urgently Needed Emergency Use Registration for Apple Maggot
• Great Lakes Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) Conference, 2008, November 21 - 23, 2008, Orillia, Ontario
• New Funding Programs
  • High Performance New Construction
  • Ontario Wheat Innovation Support Fund
  • Advanced Manufacturing Investment Strategy (AMIS)
  • Federal Budget 2008 Improvements to the Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Credit Program (SR&ED)
  • Next Generation of Jobs Fund (NGOJF)
    • Upcoming Events - Ontario Food and Beverage Processing HR Summit, September 29 & 30, 2008
• Recent Articles from Other OMAFRA Newsletters
  • The Transition to Grow Organically?
  • Wonderful Wind Protection!
  • Learn from the Cover Cropping in Vegetable Systems Tour held June 12 in Michigan
• Organic Food Market Continues to Grow
• Other Links: Sources of Organic Products
• New OMAFRA Factsheet