Alison recently posted a link to this article on the ACORN-NL blog, it has to do with Canada’s organic regulation no longer allowing organic foods containing sodium nitrate.
Check out the full article here.
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Organic regulations could limit supply, spike prices
Posted in ACORN News, tagged organic news, organic trade, sodium nitrate on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Special Organic Report in Today’s Globe and Mail!
Posted in ACORN News on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
November, 12th’s Globe and Mail boasts 3 whole pages of information on organic food and production! It includes information on the Canada Organic Products Regulation, the new logo, and articles by Derek Lynch, Canada Research Chair in Organic Agriculture at the NSAC, and Laura Telford, the national director of Canada Organic Growers. Grab a copy [...]
Acadia University to host “The Farm in Education” Forum
Posted in ACORN News on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Farm in Education: Growing Curriculum in Food and Food in Curriculum
November 6th & 7th
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
How can education and agriculture interact to create a local and sustainable food system? On November 6th and 7th, the Acadia Community Farm invites you to discuss this question with local growers, professors, students, thinkers and eaters [...]
Introducing ACORN’s newest interns…
Posted in ACORN News on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ACORN has hired me, Stephanie Kukkonen, to be their Technical Project Coordinator in the Sackville office for the next nine months. I’m a University of Kings College Bachelor of Journalism with Honours graduate and I have experience in the field, as well as experience working on websites and networking with a number of people.
Aside from [...]
Jon Steinman, of Deconstructing Dinner, wants you to rethink your edible investments.
Posted in ACORN News, tagged Deconstructing Dinner, food security, Jon Steinman on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On September 29th, along with the Fundy Biosphere Project and CHMA 106.9FM, ACORN welcomed Jon Steinman to Mt. Allison University, in Sackville, NB, for a discussion of food security issues.
Steinman is the host of Kootenay Co-op Radio’s award winning program “Deconstructing Dinner,” which is currently broadcast on 37 radio stations across Canada, and over a [...]
S.O.I.L. Apprenticeship Farm Tour for Immigrants
Posted in ACORN News on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Sunday, July 26th, S.O.I.L. Coordinator Nicole Arsenault, with Leslie Savoie from the Farmers’ Market Community Connectors project (a project connecting immigrant communities to farming communities), as well as help from the YMCA, teamed up to organize a farm tour for new immigrants who are interested in agriculture. They toured 3 farms in the [...]
Maritime Organic Grain Field Tour: PEI & NB
Posted in ACORN News on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
July 16th PEI Organic Field Crop Tour was a great success!
The NB Organic Field Crop Tour was equally well attended, and despite the misty weather, we had a good turn out.
Each group (NB & PEI) got the chance to network, experience on-site field expertise in a full day of exploring different organic field [...]
The New Agreement
Posted in ACORN News on July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After much anticipation the Equivalency Agreement between Canada and the United States finally came into affect as of July 1st 2009. This agreement will bring forth prosperous opportunity for organic farmers on both sides of the border and should also prove to be advantageous for Atlantic Canadian organic growers. Holly Givens recently wrote in an [...]
Sustainable Pollination Forum
Posted in ACORN News on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday June 12th the Sustainable Pollination Forum was held at the Farm Centre in Charlottetown PEI. The enthusiasm and involvement was excellent, despite the poor weather conditions. The forum kicked off with a welcome from Alan Hicken, the president of PEI Organic Berries. In total there were eight excellent speakers who addressed the [...]
Now introducing….
Posted in ACORN News on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was a cold October evening, about 6:55PM if I remember correctly. I walked into the Mount Allison student union’s council meeting to sit as a newly elected member. Overwhelmed and intimidated by the whole experience I could barely bring myself to contribute an opinion to the discussions. Looking around at some of the other [...]
