During the spring 2026 parliamentary session, the Canadian Government adopted sweeping changes to how Canada manages exposure to chemicals in our foods, ecosystems, and bodies under Bill C-30. Bill C-30 seeks to address economic uncertainty and food security by making the most substantive changes to pesticide regulation in a generation, yet this Bill was not studied by Parliament’s agriculture, health, or environment committees. COG shares concerns raised by many organizations across Canada’s agricultural and food sectors regarding two key issues with Bill C-30.
There are lots of great organic/regenerative/ecological events happening this July, and we are excited to share them here. We hope you have fun at an ag event online or near you this month!
During National Indigenous History Month, we are reflecting on the rich agrarian histories and traditions of Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island, the ways in which colonialism caused deep harm to Indigenous food sovereignty and food systems, and the ways in which Indigenous peoples are cultivating their relationships with seed-saving and farming today.
Organic sector organizations have submitted a high-level statement of priorities for the Next Policy Framework (NPF), the guiding Federal-Provincial-Territorial framework for agricultural programs and funding from 2028-2033. Read our submission, and use it as guidance when participating in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Consultation on the 2026 Next Policy Framework.
Canadian Organic Growers is calling on the Government of Canada to reverse the termination of the Organic and Regenerative Research Program at the Swift Current Research and Development Centre and protect the continuity of Canada’s only dedicated long-term federal organic agriculture research program.
In Treherne, Manitoba, Dan and Fran DeRuyck run Top of the Hill Farm. Providing good, healthy food to their own family and others is at the heart of what Top of the Hill Farm is all about. So what are the DeRuyck’s doing to find creative markets for sharing their crops outside of their growing family? Building local connections!
There are lots of great organic/regenerative/ecological events happening this June, and we are excited to share them here. We hope you have fun at an ag event online or near you this month!
Organizations from across Canada have sent a joint letter to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada expressing urgent concern regarding the planned closure of the Organic and Regenerative Research Program at the Swift Current Research and Development Centre.
“The federal committee on agriculture is slamming the Carney government over its plan to shutter Canada’s only research program for organic and regenerative farming.”
There are lots of great organic/regenerative/ecological events happening this May, and we are excited to share them here. We hope you have fun at an ag event online or near you this month!
COG opposes the recent federal research cuts, which harm Canada’s food security and food sovereignty by weakening the research systems farmers rely on to adapt, innovate, and remain viable. Learn how you can take action to ensure the closure of the Organic and Regenerative Research Program stays on the federal agenda.
Read the new National Standards of Canada for Organic Agriculture and register for an OFC webinar to learn more about changes to prescribed practices.