Events - Organic Week 2013

The Organic Harvest Meal will be our kick off for the National Organic Week Sept 23rd 2012. This buffet style meal will feature local organic food, followed by entertainment from Patrick Ledwell. All this for only $35.00 per person, tickets available soon from a location near you.

General admission is $7 at the door plus a non-perishable food item for the Kelowna Community Food Bank - help us raise 2000 lbs. of food in one day! Students & seniors $5 at the door. Children under 12, FREE admission! Bike riders $3 admission *Cyclists please enjoy the free bike valet service courtesy of the Kelowna Cycling Coalition at the lower Summerhill parking lot. Entrance to this area is off of Lakeshore Road; make a right turn onto Lakeshore, off of Chute Lake Road and less than 1 km down the road you will see the marked entrance. With $7 admission OOF attendees can enjoy all the entertainment including: lots of live music, the COABC Apple Panel - NO GMO, the FortisBC kids zone, children's entertainment and the entire marketplace with over 60 green living exhibitors. Enjoy, sample, shop and learn with Activist Alley, the Green Living Expo, a Certified Organic Farmer's Market and much more! The theme for the 2012 Organic Okanagan Festival is 'Love the Apple : NO GMO'. A small BC company called Okanagan Specialty Fruits has submitted a request to Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for approval of a genetically modified (GM) 'non-browning apple'. Contamination from GM apples threatens the future of our apples, and the farmers who grow them. The OOF vision of celebrating organic apples includes live organic apple juicing with the Mobile Juice Factory and Old Meadows Farm, Summerhill's Chef Jesse inspired apple creations, an apple panel, apple art and much more!

Farm Tour 10:30 to 11:30; Picnic Lunch 11:30 to 1:00 PM (bring your own and enjoy Farm fresh salad; Seed Saving workshop 1:00 to 3:00 PM and 3:00-4:00 work party option!

Brewbakers will have a week long special feature: Pan Roasted Chicken Supreme with Leek and Corn stuffed Leg over Bacon and Sauteed green cabbage, plus Confit Baby Potatoes and a Roasted Chicken and Cranberry Jus.

All-u-can-eat organic red fife pancakes with maple syrup and organic coffee from Just Us! Coffee Roasters.

The Wooden Monkey will be serving an organic blueberry pie all week! The delicious pie is 100% vegan and will be made with spelt flour! Come enjoy!

Real Food Connections will be offering their established organic vegetable box at a discount price during Organic Week and will include FREE delivery of that package anywhere in Frederction during the week! RFC will be featuring all of the local and organic foodstuffs they carry on their website!

Local Organic Surplus! Fredericton Direct Charge Co-op will be sourcing and stocking specialty local organic items for the entirety of Organic Week!

Kick off Organic Week with a farm trip from The Big Carrot. Tickets are $55 for adults and $40 for children under 12. The trip includes transportation, a light lunch, a tour of Sosnicki's vegetable fields then a wagon ride to Schibli's family farm to see how they produce their organic milk! Farm snacks and refreshments will be served. A wonderful opportunity to get to know your local organic farmers!

Dinner and event will be held in the stunning gardens of the Carrot Green Roof in a cocktail party format. You'll forget that you're in downtown Toronto in this beautiful garden setting as steel drums are played by the talented Kenn Lewis. Gillian and Brent of The New Farm and Ted Soudant of Fieldgate Organics will be attending the event to answer your questions on organic farming and inspire you with their stories of what led them to organic farming. Southbrook Winery will also be attending to serve you pairings of their certified organic and biodynamic wines and talk to you about what it means to be certified biodynamic. Watch Chef John Robertson as he and his staff from the Big Carrot prepare your dinner before you. Share your views on organic agriculture with the Organic Council's Executive Director and Board. What better way to celebrate organic week! Price includes a gourmet 3-course organic meal, live music, complimentary organic wine, organic beer and non-alcoholic options including water, tea, coffee and a selection of organic juices. We ask you to please drink responsibly.

On September 29, we will be celebrating in numerous ways! There will be chefs demonstrating prepping and cooking techniques with organic produce from our farm vendors. Our food vendors will be featuring an organic food item on that day as well as a table featuring special salads made from our farmers' products. There will be a special event at the kids' table planting organic seeds. We are also holding a raffle by donation with baskets of organic food items, gift certificates for organic meals and organic produce. Organic-inspired music will also be performed. Also during the rest of Organic Week there will be posters showcasing our organic farmers on their farms and some history of Organic Week with reasons to support local organic farmers!

The third annual Food for Thought event is a harvest celebration that brings together all of the participants in a sustainable local food system: consumers, producers, retailers and chefs. It's designed to raise awareness for sustainably produced food and encourage Calgarians to make more informed daily choices for greater enjoyment and improved health. Through the use of a multimedia display and more than 15 sampling stations, we will be showcasing producers and businesses that promote healthy, sustainable food and giving Calgarians an opportunity to discover and savour their products. Imagine meeting the farmer that grew the local, organic tomato alongside the independent chef that prepared the gazpacho you are enjoying. Taste the difference and learn more about these businesses' commitment to sustainability. The event will also include presentations by sustainable food authors - dee Hobsbawn-Smith, author of Foodshed, and Jennifer Cockrall King, author of Food and the City - book signings and live music. Michelle Giangualano from Bundles of Energy will present the new Whole Foods Lifestyle System. Come get inspired by Calgary's bounty and access resources that will keep you connected to our local food system all year long.

Tastings of organic wine daily and a release celebration of new certified organic sparkling wines. Come join the fun and learn why organic grape growing and winemaking is good for the environment and you. Admission is complimentary.

Saturday Organic Week Kick Off. Saturday 10-3 Our All Organic Brunch; Saturday 5-10 Live Music + Dinner Special Featuring All Local & All Organic Ingredients; Saturday 9-12 Heartwood After Dark; Live music, special All Organic appetizer menu & drink specials. Sunday 10-3 Our All Organic Brunch Monday 12-7 Enjoy your favorite Heartwood Meal and meet the Farmer who grew your food!! (yet to be confirmed by the farmers) Tuesday 11-9 Wild Card Day. Buy one Wild Card Salad or Wild Card Pizza and get one half price. Made from All Organic & All Local Ingredients. Wednesday 1-4 ACORN Information Booth - come talk to the experts on where to buy organic, benefits or eating organic. Thursday 12-8 Home Grown Organics veggie box day. Information on how to sign up for the box program and eat more organic. Friday 12-6 Organic BBQ. Featuring our all organic new veggie burgers added to our menu. Saturday 28th Organic Week Finale Saturday 5-10 Live Music. Dinner Special Featuring All Local & All Organic Ingredients Saturday 9-12 Heartwood After Dark; Live music, special All Organic appetizer menu & drink specials

CHFA East is Canada's largest conference and trade show for the natural health and organics industry. It's the place to meet the industry's top manufacturers, distributors and brokers, face-to-face. With more than 650 exhibits on our 80,000 square-foot show floor, there's always something new to discover. For retailers, this event is the year's biggest showcase of innovative new products and educational seminars. Join us for four incredible days to connect, learn and grow your business.

Join us for a tasting of our internationally acclaimed Prestige Brut while enjoying seafood appetizers prepared by the Delta's Harbour City Grill. Tours of certified organic vineyard. No reservations required. $15 +HST includes food and sparkling wine samples

Aliper's features homemade vegan/gluten-free soups and healthy choices for hearty take away sandwiches featuring organic ingredients.Tuesdays are gluten free days with soy free, gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, yeast free baking. Gluten free baking classes on Saturdays.

All vegetables on our features for the week will be from Bunker Hill Farm (certified organic).

The Cackling Goose Market will feature organic, gluten-free and vegetarian ingredients. The most popular bread, our Super Grain bread, is also egg free, making it a great vegan choice. The market will also feature grilled wraps, focaccia sandwiches, soups, salads, smoothies, and fair trade organic coffee and espresso!

Dune View Inn will feature week-long features with own organic produce and farm tours. Please call Nicole or Carson at 1-877-743-9893 for organic farm tours.

The Palate will feature locally sourced organic ingredients. Special menu items will be posted soon!

The Saint John Alehouse will be serving an organic local hodge podge with biscuit paired with an exquisite organic beer!

Aura Whole Foods will be celebrating Organic Week with in-store product displays, organic discounts, demonstrations and food tastings with local organic farmers! Also on every purchase of a Canadian Organic product, your name will go into a draw for a basket filled with Canadian Organic goodies. Don't miss out on celebrating Organic Week at Aura Whole Foods!

The Rossmount Inn will feature locally sourced organic ingredients in their meals. Special menu items will be posted soon!

The Sackville Fall Fair, now in its 12th season promises to be a fantastic, jam-packed community celebration on Saturday September 22nd. With a theme of Celebrating Sackville's 250th, parade entries and events will have elements that honour the town's 250 year history. The Agricultural Field Day will include a heritage planting and harvesting of old-fashioned organic grains. Live demonstrations on the harvest will be followed by a baking demo using the grains for freshly baked bread in an outdoor oven. The Field Day will feature a woodsmen demo, old fashioned hand wood hewing and a timber framing demo and talk within an old fashioned barn typical of the barns of our marshes.

This will be Feast of Fields 12th consecutive year. Feast of Fields will be held at the Canada Agricultural Museum on Sunday, September 16th. Feast of Fields showcases local organic farms and top-notch chefs. The event is an excellent example of the abundant organic food grown and produced locally. Feast of Fields attracts 500+ organic-minded, progressive participants who are health-minded and food connoisseurs from the Ottawa-Gatineau area.

A gourmet wandering harvest festival - Feast of Fields is FarmFolkCityFolk's annual fundraising event. With a wine glass and linen napkin in hand, you can taste the very best of BC from chefs, vintners, brewers, farmers, fishers, ranchers and food artisans from across the province - some think of it as a 35+ course meal with wine and beer! Feast of Fields highlights the connections between producer and chef, field and table, and farm folks and city folks. Feast of Fields is a gastronomic journey towards a sustainable, local food system.

Join us at Frog Pond Farm Organic Winery - Ontario's first fully certified organic winery - for a 3-course organic dinner, vineyard tour and complimentary organic wine and beer! Dinner and events will be held outside under a beautifully decorated tent situated in an open field between the vineyard and the frog pond.

Join Us At Garden Party Farm for A Fall-Harvest Organic Dinner! This event will include a 3-course organic meal, fall farm tour, complimentary organic wine & beer!

For Organic Week, Coastal@Night will be featuring a new 5 course tasting menu. The menu will be specifically featuring food sourced from the farmers we work with. This organic menu will run from September 20th-23rd, 2012.

The Organic Council of Ontario is celebrating Organic Week with a one-day Ontario Organic Roadshow event at Oakville's Organic Garage. Working with major sponsors of the 2011 Ontario organic Roadshow, OCO will be in the parking lot barbequing and sample organic foods- including Fieldgate Organic sausages, Neal Brothers salsa, and Organic Meadow's versatile yoghurts. We will also inform about the latest in organic news and research, and celebrate the good things that grow ORGANICALLY in Ontario! Nominate YOUR favourite company, leader, or farmer for an Ontario Organic Award. Learn about OCO's work on behalf of all organic stakeholders, and join the Organic Council as a "Co-Farmer" member to lend your voice to ours! The event takes place Saturday, September 29th from 11am to 4pm.

The Alberta Foodservice Expo covers all aspects of food, beverage, services and supply, and includes an enhanced trade show floor and a variety of great show features. This year includes a local/organic market feature area that will profile many of Alberta's premier local and organic producers. Attendees will be able to sample unique and delicious foods & beverages in this marketplace with a home-grown twist.

Join us! Taste the difference organic makes! Organic pancakes, fruit, coffee, and juice, as well as product samples and demonstrations all morning in-store!

Join us! Taste the difference organic makes! Organic pancakes, fruit, coffee and juice, as well as product samples and demonstrations all morning in-store!

Come and sample Kalala wines expertly paired with exquisite East Indian tapas. Enjoy the burst of flavours; immerse yourself in the cultural diversity. Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 12-4.

Nominate YOUR favourite company, leader, or farmer for an Ontario Organic Award! Celebrate Organic Week by helping us recognize innovation in organic agriculture. Nominations will be reviewed and awards will be presented to individuals and businesses who have made significant contributions to the organic sector at the 2013 Ontario Organic Awards taking place February 2, 2013. To download a nomination form, go to www.organiccouncil.ca/awards2013

Organic, outdoor market located at the entrance to the gardens. Look for the grouping of white tents. The organic market features fresh food and produce from BioVisions Farm, Feast of Fields Organic Farm, Hearty Catering, Montforte Dairy, Seen Freshables, St. John's Bakery, Toronto Bee-Keepers Co-Operative, and Trillium Organic Farm.

Sunworks Farm will be having its 11th annual farm tour, meal and gathering on September 3, 2012. As one of Alberta's leading organic livestock producers Sunworks farm will showcase its unique and novel ways of raising organic livestock. A free meal will be served and Nathan Godfrey and his band will play. Nathan worked for Sunworks Farm for a number of years and has just come back from South America where he was taught by the masters of South American folk music. Registrations for the farm tour will be taken starting the 1st week in August to the 3rd week in August.

During Organic Week Pete's will be featuring organic products throughout the store, across departments with special signage. There will be various special promotions including: Specials on organic products (TBA), sampling of organic products throughout the store, plus displays to showcase organic products in various departments throughout the store! Pete's will also be providing social media coverage for our in-store activities and Organic Week!

During Organic Week Pete's will be featuring organic products throughout the store, across departments with special signage. There will be various special promotions including: Specials on organic products (TBA), sampling of organic products throughout the store, plus displays to showcase organic products in various departments throughout the store! Pete's will also be providing social media coverage for our in-store activities and Organic Week!

During Organic Week Pete's will be featuring organic products throughout the store, across departments with special signage. There will be various special promotions including: Specials on organic products (TBA), sampling of organic products throughout the store, plus displays to showcase organic products in various departments throughout the store! Pete's will also be providing social media coverage for our in-store activities and Organic Week!

Come by Full Circle Foods during Organic Week and receive 10% off all bulk organic foods in-store! We will also be offering 10% selected organic products throughout the week!

This Organic Harvest Day is hosted by the Multicultural Heritage Centre in Stony Plain, a non-profit organization that actively promotes sustainabile living in the community. The day's emphasis will be on learning skills and promoting the culture of practice in sustainable living, which neccessitates organic living and community.

The second annual Organic Beef Supper will take place on September 27, 2012 from 5 - 7 pm at the Rycroft Community Hall.

This special Local Organic Dairy Farm Tour is your chance to learn about organic dairy from cow to milk jug! We will tour two amazing organic dairies in the Red Deer area, and then finish off at a dairy processing plant to see the final stage of milk production! Tickets can be purchased online at organicalberta.org/events or by contacting 578-521-2400 or info@organicalberta.org

Week long specials on selected organic products at Community Natural Foods in Calgary. Please visit www.communitynaturalfoods.com for more details

Week-long specials on selected organic products at Blush Lane Organic Market in Calgary! Please visit www.blushlane.com for more details

Week-long specials on selected organic products at Blush Lane Organics in Edmonton! Please visit www.blushlane.com for more details

Week-long specials on selected organic products at Homegrown Foods in Stony Plain! Drop by Homegrown Foods in Stony Plain during Organic Week and take advantage of the following: -10% off of anything organic http://organicalberta.org/index.php -enter a draw for 2 tickets to the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra -Show your artistic side - contribute to the canvas collage "What Organic means to you" -Also, drop by the Stony Plain Multicultural Centre to try your hand at growing your own wheat grass - Hard Red Spring Wheat donated by Homegrown Foods owner Jim Scheopp For more information visit www.homegrown-foods.com or call 780-963-5305

Absolutely Edibles will be offering a special organic menu during Organic Week. Please visit www.absolutelyedibles.com for more details

During Organic Week, Culina Mill Creek Restaurant in Edmonton will be offering a special organic menu! Come taste the difference! For more information please call (780) 437-5588 or visit www.culinafamily.com.

Organic Feature Menu for Organic Week! Butter basted Diamond Willow organic aged strip steak, roasted Poplar Bluff potatoes & seasonal vegetables, red wine bordelaise, crispy onions. FARM celebrates community, honest dining, and the farmers, growers, producers, foods and animals that grace the Prairies all the while responding to the growing demand for more natural, locally-sourced foods that are simply prepared.

Please join Manitoba's Minister of Agriculture and the province's organic community in celebrating Organic Week with fabulous food and conversation. Chef Lorna Murdoch of Fusion Grill is cooking up an enormous and luscious four-course organic feast for this special occassion. The meal will feature fresh from the field delicacies such as heirloom squash, beet Carpaccio with pickled wheat berries, smoked chicken with caramelized onion tart, apple relish, sea buckthorn berry and Malivoire gamay sauce, beef short ribs with the Chef's special homemade bacon, baby potatoes, hollandaise and phyllo structure, followed by pumpkin creme brulee with pepita cookie. Call 204 489-6963 to reserve your spot. Tickets are $62.50 + tax and gratuity.

Come and enjoy this wonderful annual feast celebrating & supporting the Ignatius Jesuit Centre. There will be a silent auction and live music provided by Seed. Let the spectacular flavours of local organic foods (even from our own farm) delight your senses! Call soon, as the tickets are sure to sell quickly!

Feast of Fields is in its 23rd year and was the first organic food event in Canada. It was started by a group of chefs and farms (Jamie Kennedy, Michael Stadtlander, David Collemyer, Daniel Gilbert, Joseph Born and others) that became Organic Advocates. They wanted to create an event that would bring the organic lifestyle to the public. It has grown substantially over the years, as more chefs, farmers and artisans move in the organic direction. Wineries, breweries and artisans have also been a big part of this event. Feast is always held at an organic farm or TRCA park, where guests stroll amongst the exhibitors, sampling their delicious creations. Chefs from across Ontario, Quebec and upper New York state attend. They cook on open fires, build BBQ's, whatever their imagination wants to create, to cook their delicious foods on. Feast has a number of celebrity chefs that return every year, such as Michael Smith, Emerie Brine, Brad Long and others. There is a market, where fresh produce can be sampled and purchased, along with teas, coffees, spices, chocolate, cheeses, and much more, all organic. Guests are given a wine glass and napkin when they arrive and a gift bag, which contains the Feast of Fields cookbook, samples, Nimbus water, magazines and coupons and a special gift from one of our sponsors. The cookbook is published every year, and contains recipes submitted by all the exhibitors. Feast of Fields is a non-profit organization that donates to Farm Groups, School programmes, Organic groups and more. The site where the Feast has been held for two years (Cold Creek Conservation Park) in the township of King, is a teaching centre for school children across York Region and the GTA. It is nature at its best. It gives the children the opportunity to camp, canoe, climb walls, walk a rope, hike, fish and watch the Redtail Hawks fly above. Feast designed and built a Children's Organic Garden on the site, that the kids maintain and eat. We planted vegetables, grapes, herbs, Butterfly gardens, all to teach the children about nature and organic food. They love it, especially the kids from the city. Feast also built a 40'x60' pavilion for the children to do their outdoor studies under. They had a tent that kept blowing down when the winds came up from the valley, so we built them a permanent structure. Please come and join us for an amazing outdoor culinary experience.

The season to harvest, process and store the summers' bounty is upon us! As Cowichan Green Community (CGC) staff members make plans for storing our own garden produce, we invite you to join us for our annual Preserve the Harvest Workshops Series. Offering courses for all skill levels, these workshops will cater to the experienced and to those just learning how to stock-up their pantries and freezers with freshly harvested summer treats that can be enjoyed all winter long! In workshop #4 will explore the basics of canning fruits and vegetables. Get hands on experience in preparing the canning equipment and produce, and in canning the preserves. Participants will take home some canning and recipes!

EA is proud to offer all-organic vegan food, and will be celebrating Organic Week with a special menu celebrating local organic food and raw cuisine! Organic Week is a national celebration of organics from Sept 22-29, 2012. Menu details to be announced!

The Gentle Rain will be celebrating Organic Week by offering Staff Favourites on organic and canadian products throughout the week, by having 5 Organic Gift Basket giveaways during the week and by creating a listing of all organic lines we carry in the store and posting on our website under Products tab. They will also be hosting a passive demo everyday of delicious organic products, including produce and HABA!

Enjoy a delicious and FREE local organic burger from Slipp Farms outside of Corn Crib Natural Foods on September 29th. More special events planned for the rest of the week - visit corncrib.ca or Corn Crib's Facebook page for details http://www.facebook.com/pages/Corn-Crib-Natural-Foods/59344629770.

Winterwood Natural Food Store will be showcasing Canada's vibrant and varied organic selections with free product sampling and a table display of all the certified organic products in store! Stop by anytime during the week to find out what amazing organic products Winterwood has to offer.

Pomodori will have a special organic feature available all week long. Details to be confirmed soon - stayed tuned!

Topics for discussion include: What makes a wine Organic?; How to shop for Organic Wines?; Understanding Organic wine labels; Organic food and wine pairing; What is eco sustainable?; What are Sulfites?

Special Organic Week pricing of $10 a person. Participants can book by telephone or at the tea house, cash only which guarantees your seat (we will only have 12 seats available).

Seeds of Diversity and ACORN present a Seed Saving workshop. For further information please call Su at 902-251-2959

This event is free for members (year long memberships are $30), otherwise its $10. To register call 1-866-322-2676 or email Lucia Stephen at lucia@acornorganic.org

Green Bean Coffee, Kiju Juice and Nature's Path Cereal samples. Deal of the day: Kiju Juice 4x200ml

With Cocoa Camino and Taste of Nature Bar samples. Deal of the day: Cocoa Camino Chocolate Bars 32g

With Manitoba Harvest Hemp Bliss samples. Managing a Healthy Lifestyle seminar with Sagan Morrow, CHN, Food Matters Manitoba

Managing a Healthy Lifestyle seminar with Sagan Morrow, CHN, Food Matters.

Customer Appreciation Day

With Organic Meadow Kefir, L'Ancetre Cheese and Late July Cracker Samples

Drop by Dolma Foods for a delicious, fresh organic salad during your lunch hour and meet farmer Susan Linkletter of Earth Friendly Farm who grew the greens in your salad! Dolma's salad bar features plenty of organic options - including salad greens from Susan Linkletter's Earth Friendly Farm and an in-house salad dressing made with all organic ingredients.

True Food Organics will be offering food samples and taste-testings on Thursday, Friday and Saturday during regular business hours. Stop in for a tasty organic treat!

It has been a very gratifying experience assisting Corrie D'Alessio of the Seaway Valley Community Health Centre in creating an environment of self-sufficiency for families attempting to stretch their food budgets, prepare healthy meals for their children while providing valuable information that they can continue to use well into adulthood.

La Filiere biologique du Quebec, lancera le 20 septembre, une carte Google qui situera geographiquement les detaillants de produits bio. En reponse au concours tenu durant le Salon Manger Sante, les visiteurs ont recommande plus de 500 commerces. Cette liste preliminaire sera mise a jour regulierement selon les suggestions recues. Il ne fait aucun doute que cette initiative saura plaire aux consommateurs qui ont ete nombreux a la demander.

Soumettez vos idees lunch et soyez eligible a gagner de nombreux prix ! Les participants a la journee Moi, j'fais mon lunch peuvent tous voter pour leur recette preferee. Les participants qui auront soumis les recettes les plus allechantes, seront eligibles a gagner les prix suivants: 5 abonnements de 5 numeros au magazine Ricardo 5 livres de recettes 10x10 de La Tablee des Chefs (valeur de 34.95$ ch) Le tirage aura lieu le 25 septembre. La Tablee des Chefs communiquera par la suite avec les gagnants ! Bonne chance!

We are a brand new (August 15, 2012) professional exclusive Organic Salon Systems hair studio and we offer this unique service to our clients and future clients a 10% discount for mentioning Organic Week upon booking. We are an ecologically minded salon focused on the health of our clients, our stylists and our planet.

Join us for a public information dialogue & free film screening on the topic of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as we lead up to the GE Free Resolution being brought before the City of North Vancouver in October by the Society for a GE Free BC & EcoUrbia Network

Join us for a celebration of this year's Organic Harvest in The Big Carrot Courtyard. Chat with your local organic farmers and enjoy tasty organic food samples straight from the farm as well as drinks from our organic juice bar. This party is sure to be the perfect wrap-up to a festive week of Organic specials, demos and draws at The Big Carrot in honour of Organic Week 2012.

Win 2 tickets to The Big Carrot Organic Farm Trip on Sunday, September 23rd. Help your kids get in on the Organic Week fun with The Big Carrot Colouring Contest and family friendly prize (valued at over $90.00). Please pick up your copy with contest rules at our customer service desk. All entries must be in by 9pm on Friday September 14th. The winner will get to visit the Sosnicki Certified Organic Family Farm & Schibli's Organic Dairy Farm where they can wander through family fields and help harvest some potatoes, sample field fresh veggie snacks, enjoy a tractor wagon ride and learn about the ins and outs of an organic dairy farm. If you're lucky you may be able to meet and pet their brown Swiss cows!

Celebrate Organic Week with your favourite local snaps! ShaSha Co. supports sustainable business practices, particularly in the areas concerning the environment, community, and local farming. Learn about our business practices and how we reduce our carbon footprint. Refreshments and snacks will be provided.

We are hosting a Harvest Festival at our monthly community market. The Heart's Content Community Market is held once a month from June to November. This is our first year - and we've planned various events to coincide with each Market. The Market on Sept. 29th includes a Chili Cook-Off - as well as a booth at the market with info on organic farming and composting. We will also have local organic farm, Growdat Farms on site selling their produce, and a grill will be set-up offering public the opportunity to purchase grilled veggies prepared on site.

Beau's is proud to announce the 2012 edition of Oktoberfest... 3 days of Food, Music, Beer and Fun for the Whole Family! If you listen very closely, you can almost hear the sounds of Oompah music just over the horizon. So start airing out your lederhosen and dusting off that green alpine hat because this year is going to be bigger and better than ever! Oktoberfest is Beau's signature fundraising event. This year we're raising money for Operation Come Home, Just Food and the VKH Agricultural Society. Last year we raised over $60,000 for our charities! So come out Sept. 28-30 and join us in the celebration. Live music by Plants and Animals, Elliott Brood, Hollerado, Walter Ostanek, and more!

Join a baker, a fisherman and a farmer to discuss new and different ways to obtain local food and build a local food economy. Baker and bread activist Andrew Whitley joins us from Scotland to talk about community supported baking; fisherman Guy Johnston tells us why community supported fishing helps fish, fishermen and seafood lovers; urban farmer Angela Moran will talk about how she got her neighbours involved to enable her to keep chickens on her urban farm. Linda Geggie moderates. Thanks to sponsors Vancity, Gorge Tillicum Urban Farmers; South Jubilee Urban Farmers; Vic West Urban Farmers; CR-FAIR.

Master baker and bread activist Andrew Whitley is visiting British Columbia & Washington State from Scotland, where he runs an organic baking school called Bread Matters on a five-acre organic smallholding near Edinburgh. If you're in the Victoria area, here's a rare opportunity to have a hands-on, day-long workshop with Andrew to learn some valuable techniques in kneading, fermenting, shaping and baking a variety of breads, and spend a day talking about what the industrial food system has done to wheat, milling and baking. You can register online for this baking workshop via the Saanich Parks & Recreation fall program guide bit.ly/O7fviU

Register early for an entertaining and provocative program with poet, blogger and food writer, Rhona McAdam. With a background in food culture, communications and urban agriculture, Rhona will be addressing the problems and possible solutions facing urban omnivores in the 21st century. Books will be available for sale. At the Saanich Centennial Branch, GVPL (back of Tillicum Mall, beside Pearkes Rec Centre). Seating is limited: please register online (www.gvpl.ca) or with the branch. More info & a printable poster:http://reallygoodwriter.com/events/

Ethical Bean celebrates Organic Week with a special Coffee sampling at the UBC Law building

Meet your Maker educational event, Ethical Bean will teach students about where campus food and drinks come from.

We will be present in the class in the afternoon to explain to the kids what is organic and will offer some products to taste: organic fruits and vegetables, organic juice. They will receive some goodies to bring back home as well. It will be a 45 minutes event.

In celebration of Organic Week, Sequoia Foods is hosting an evening discussion all about organic for their customers. Join Tegan Renner of the Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN) to have all your questions about organic answered. For more than a decade, ACORN has been the key organization for information on organic agriculture, eating organics, and connecting all the parts together. From seed to farmer to consumer, ACORN works to bring the whole picture together in Atlantic Canada, making food choices healthier and more environmentally responsible. Tegan will be happy to answer any questions you have about organics, and will be specifically discussing: What does organic mean? How do I know it's organic? How is organic agriculture regulated in Canada? What is the state of organics in NB? What are the roles of ACORN and Sequoia in organics?

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

This farm tour is part of Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide event involving participating farmers opening their gates to visitors to come see what the farming lifestyle is all about! The day offers wonderful opportunities for the whole family to meet farmers, to view modern farm operations, and to discuss many issues related to modern food production.

Wolfville School's grade 8 class will be hosting guest speakers on the topic of organic gardening. The talks will take place in Wolfville Schools new organic garden and will include having the students plant garlic.

This week, Market 17 will offer samples of organic fruit and vegetables for you to try every day. Enjoy organic milk in your latte at Vie Cafe! We've got specials on organic groceries, produce and meat all week long. On Saturday Sep 29, come meet Naturally Nova Scotia,www.naturallynovascotia.com, Canada's certified organic vitamin and supplement line; come learn why organic matters and get a sample at our demo in the afternoon. For more information call (403) 685-4410 or find us at www.market17.ca and www.viecafe.ca.

Field tours behind garden tractor sitting on straw bales tour of grain processing and stone flour mill can also do leaf cutter pollination tour Contact Info: Larry and Pat Pollock / 204-728-7672

Special Activity: tour of vegetable production fields on an organic farm plus pastured chickens, ducks and turkeys four season organic greenhouse farmer market stand to purchase fresh produce Contact Info: Rene, Lori Ann, and Stefan Regnier / 204-864-3083 / www.bluelagoonorganics.com

Jean-Martin Fortier est fermier de famille au sein du reseau d'Agriculture Soutenue par la Communaute coordonne par Equiterre et coproprietaire des Jardins de la Grelinette, une micro-ferme souvent citee au Quebec et a l'etranger comme un modele d'etablissement alternatif en agriculture. Il est egalement l'auteur du jardinier-maraicher publie cet automne aux editions Ecosociete. Fort de plus de 10 annees d'experience en agriculture biologique sans tracteur, M. Fortier expliquera les differents facteurs qui permettent d'imaginer vivre de son petit lopin de terre tout en contribuant a remettre l'ecologie et la communaute au centre de l'economie. Pour plus d'informations : http://projetecosphere.org/events/131/le-mara%C3%AEchage-sur-petite-surface-s/

Lors de cette formation, le jardinier urbain amateur y trouvera les outils et les trucs d'un professionnel et la personne desireuse de s'etablir en agriculture, une source d'inspiration afin de passer a l'action ! Jean-Martin Fortier possede plus de 10 annees d'experience en maraichage biologique diversifie sur petite surface. Il est le coproprietaire des Jardins de la Grelinette, une micro-ferme souvent cite au Quebec et a l'etranger comme un modele d'etablissement alternatif en agriculture. Il commercialise sa production par l'intermediaire du reseau d'Agriculture Soutenue par la Communaute coordonne par Equiterre. Il est egalement l'auteur du livre Le jardinier-maraicher: Manuel d'agriculture biologique sur petite surface Durant cette formation, M. Fortier donnera un expose sur les outils et techniques qui rendent possible la culture bio-intensive des legumes diversifies. Que vous ayez un projet de jardinage commercial, collectif, communautaire, a la maison ou autre, cette formation est a ne pas manquer! Pour plus d'informations : http://formationlesjardinsdelagrelinette.eventbrite.com

YOU'RE INVITED! Experience an afternoon in the life of Southbrook's winemakers and get a glimpse into the thrill of 2012's harvest. Allow our winemakers and proprietor Bill Redelmeier, to guide you through the harvest process and share our unique biodynamic approach to this year's exciting vintage. With every great harvest comes reward and no harvest afternoon would be complete without sipping the fruit of your labour! To celebrate, we invite you to partake in harvest tours and celebrate along with our winemakers as they showcase their latest Whimsy! releases alongside perfectly paired Monforte cheeses. Tour and tasting seminars are complimentary but reservations are suggested to ensure you do not miss out! To RSVP please contact Southbrook Vineyards at 905-641-2548 or events@southbrook.com. For more details please visit www.southbrook.com

This is a lunch 'n learn session. Bring your lunch or purchase lunch from the Big Carrot organic deli. We are pleased to offer a unique opportunity for an interactive workshop with Dr. Patricia DeMarco. What is the process of moving organic and sustainable agriculture into the mainstream? What are the institutional barriers to making non-chemical food systems the mainstream choice? As we acknowledge the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, a book that is often credited with launching the environmental movement, we are pleased to have Dr. DeMarco from the Rachel Carson Institute. Dr. DeMarco started her career at Yale University in biochemical genetics research and at Boston University School of Medicine in mutation mechanisms. She then moved to energy and the environment working for the government of Connecticut and later regulatory agencies in Alaska. She returned to academia as Associate Dean in Business and Public Policy at the University of Alaska before becoming Executive Director of the Rachel Carson Homestead Association. She is presently the Director of the Rachel Carson Institute in the School of Sustainability and the Environment at Chatham University.

Join us for a visit to COG member Barrie Gray's community garden. Community gardens are popping up all across the city. They are a great way for folks who don't have land to have the chance to grow. They are also a way to learn from, share and connect with other gardeners. Learn the ins and outs of community gardens. It's not too early to plan ahead.

10% discount on all organic bulk items 10% discount on a selection of packaged organic products

Organic Week! Week-long Grocery Specials and Organic Vegan Dinner All produce is 15% off for the entire week of Sept 22-29 Special Dinner Menu from Thurs, Sept 27 through Sat, Sept 29 Dinner served from 6-9pm

Hosted by COG-Ottawa By donation

The story of Earths most valuable and under-appreciated source of fertility - from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. Hosted by COG-Ottawa

Join us for a 6 course gourmet tasting menu, with special creations inspired by the best organic seasonal produce from three local farms: Chelsea Gardens; Songberry Organic Farm, and The Veggie Underground. At the dinner, you'll have the chance to speak to local farmers about organic farming and their produce, and Chef Caroline and Dave will be on hand to answer questions about the dishes and wine pairings. $70 per person, not including taxes and gratuity. Optional wine pairing with each of the six courses: $30. In keeping with the harvest celebration theme, seating will be communal tables only. Please let us know of any allergies in advance. Reservations may be made by phoning 613-233-6404.

The Comox Valley Growers will be launching their new "organically grown in the Comox Valley" logo featuring the BC Certified Organic Checkmark at the Courtney Farmers Market.

The Organic vendors at the Kamloops Regional Farmers Market are hosting a Great Organic Give-away. Win gift certificates to vendors stalls by answering an organic question. Come test your Organic knowledge and win.

The Qualicum Beach town crier will be present to kick off Organic Week at the QB farmer's market.

Film Nite & Organic Dinner Thursday 27 Sept at Morningside Organic Bakery Cafe & Bookstore, Fulford Harbour Salt Spring Island

Saturday: Bicycle and walking tours to community gardens and small-scale organic producers near Ganges. Sunday: organic farms around the island. Saturday 29 September "Farming as if our lives depended on it" An evening of music, poetry and dialogue on food security. The tours and Saturday evening event are a co-production of the Island Natural Growers, Tuesday Farmers Market and Radical Roots as a fundraiser for local and international food security programs.

Celebrate Organic Week with us from Monday, Sept 24th to Saturday Sept 29th! Stop by to enjoy sale pricing on selected organic items and lines, demos and sampling from Thursday to Saturday, gift baskets and prize draws. Check our Store Events Calendar on our website for the most up-to-date information.

Le reseau des fermiers de famille coordonne par Equiterre permet aux citoyens de devenir partenaires d'une ferme locale en achetant a l'avance des paniers de legumes biologiques et livres chaque semaine a un point de chute predetermine. Certaines de ces fermes proposent des paniers d'hiver, generalement livres aux deux semaines, de novembre a mars, et composes principalement de legumes racines et de conservation. Cette annee, l'ouverture des inscriptions pour s'inscrire a des paniers d'hiver est fixee le jeudi 27 septembre ! Une occasion revee de prolonger la Semaine Bio en consommant les legumes biologiques des fermiers de famille ! Pour plus d'informations : http://www.equiterre.org

Join us for a four-course meal built around our harvest. Featuring organic vegetables form Whealghinbran Farm, organic beer from Picaroon's, organic grain from Speerville Flour Mill, and much more. For more info wbfarmcsa@gmail.com

Cost: Free! 50 years after Rachel Carson's groundbreaking book Silent Spring was published, toxins continue to pollute our air, water and food. Join us for a discussion on Rachel Carson's legacy and how to help change the toxic world we live in, with guest speakers: Dr. Patricia DeMarco, Director of the Rachel Carson Institute (Chatham University, Pittsburgh) and Dr. Rick Smith, Executive Director of Environmental Defence and co-author of Slow Death by Rubber Duck. Organized with Environmental Defence, Canadian Organic Growers and the Canada Organic Trade Association for Organic Week (www.organicweek.ca)

The Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC), a part of Dalhousie's Faculty of Agriculture, would like to extend an invitation to join us in a celebration of Organic Week. As part of the week-long national celebrations, OACC will be hosting a gathering on Wednesday, September 26 at 3:30 pm at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus (Truro, NS, Cox Institute, Room 164). We hope that you will join us for a presentation about the science of organic agriculture by OACC's Director Dr. Andy Hammermeister, as well as a chance to meet the staff of the OACC, engage in conversation and partake in organic refreshments. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP to Joanna MacKenzie at Joanna.MacKenzie@dal.ca.

Degustation de nos nouveautes, saucisses et charcuteries certifiees biologiques, sans gluten et sans nitrite. Nos produits sont fait de legumes, epices et viandes biologiques et le tout fait sur place.

A l'achat de viande biologique entre le 22 et 29 septembre a l'une de nos deux boucheries biologiques du Marche Atwater et Jean-Talon de Montreal, vous courrez la chance de gagner un panier de viandes biologiques d'une valeur de 100$.

Sur rendez-vous par le biais de notre site web www.saint-vincent.com ou par telephone 450 836-2590 vous pouvez reserver et venir visiter notre ferme d'elevage certifiee biologique.

Nature Bratz is an online store specialized in stylish organic clothing for babies and toddlers. We are celebrating organic week by offering 25% off all our products. Visit www.naturebratz.ca and enter coupon code organicweek2012 to take advantage of this special.

Store specials: 20% OFF all books with the word 'Organic' in the title and FREE local organic apples with a purchase!

Cette annee, les Aliments Massawippi vous convient a deguster en plus de leurs 5 misos habituels, 4 nouvelles varietes dont 3 sans gluten et 2 sans soya.

Cette annee, les Aliments Massawippi vous convient a deguster en plus de leurs 5 misos habituels, 4 nouvelles varietes dont 3 sans gluten et 2 sans soya.

For organic week we have teamed up with Red Isle Farm and are offering Certified Organic lamb. (This is in addition to our usual support of organic growers, including Emmerdale Eden Farm, Barnyard Organics, and Jen and Derek's Farm.) Reservations for Maplethorpe suggested 866-770-2909. $24.95 for 3-course meal. (Great deal!)

Ce menu Inspiration comportera une entree de saumon certifie bio et en plat principal le veau du Quebec bio sera offert. Plusieurs fromages biologiques du Quebec seront aussi au menu.

L'epicerie sante l'Heptade, celebre avec vous en offrant un rabais de 10% sur tout achat de produits biologiques au cours de la semaine bio.

-Visite de la ferme / Grand tour du proprio Rejean Cote -Diner style Pot Luck -Chacun emporte un met (sel) ou (sucre). N'emportez que les ustensiles pour servir vos plats, la vaisselle sera fournie -Presentation des activites en cours chez NORD-Bio -promotion et valorisation de l'appellation, mise en marche de l'ail, multifonctionnalite, etc., par Serge Leboeuf (president) et Marlene Gaudreault (chargee de projet) - Presentation des recherches en cours chez nos membres -par Audrey Bouchard et Francoise Rodrigue Mais surtout, des discussions enrichissantes et une belle occasion pour resauter avec les acteurs du milieu biologique regional!

Cette annee, les Aliments Massawippi vous convient a deguster en plus de leurs 5 misos habituels, 4 nouvelles varietes dont 3 sans gluten et 2 sans soya.

Tastings of certifed organic wine daily. Learn why organic grape growing and wine making is good for the environment and you.

We invite you to attend product demos, take away samples and and enter our draws- please join us!

Please see the agenda below which will include blackcurrant snacks and sampling of 10 different blackcurrant cultivars. Is there potential to grow currants in the Maritimes? Find out from featured guest Greg Quinn, owner of CurrantC (http://www.currantc.com/) from New York (via phone). We also have established linkages with the most advanced blackcurrant development program in the world, the source of the Polish cultivars. This is the last year of this research program with current funding. Come and learn the latest from our trials and discuss potential future research.

PEICOPC has been working on methods of improving the profits for market gardeners, this was one of the priorities from the strategic planning sessions. We have been working with the PEI Horticultural Council, with the assistance of ADAPT. We will have a field demo showing carrots with various organic input, at the field on Colville Road between civic # 88 and # 150, there will be flag markers at the road.

Le bio est present annuellement au restaurant Chez St-Pierre mais pour la Semaine bio, on met l'accent sur le saumon, l'agneau ainsi que des legumes tout frais du coin. Consultez la liste de leurs fournisseurs, vous verrez que le bio est a l'honneur. Contact: 418 736-5051

The event will be part presentation, part working group where participants will be able to explore options such as food hubs, and presently available sectors. A limited number of local snacks will be available (if you have some to share, feel free to bring them!)

ONE NIGHT ONLY!! All local organic roast beef dinner featuring beef supplied by the chef's father and Island-fresh organic vegetables and potatoes! Wednesday at 4:00 PM. All this for only $18!!

Bio - Local - Responsable, trois mots, une philosophie. Chez Victoire, pas de doute le Bio est present toute l'annee. Soyez avertis, si vous demandez au chef quels sont les plats bio a la carte, la liste risque d'etre longue. TEL 514.521.6789

Les fournisseurs bio sont des artisans qui jouent un role de premier plan dans la qualite de nos plats. L'equipe du restaurant est fiere de vous les presenter , ils seront 'au menu' durant la semaine bio. On n'oublie pas d'informer nos amis sur Facebook! Contact: (514) 985-0400

Le logo Semaine bio et le slogan Y'a du bio dans votre assiette seront presentes a la clientele du restaurant et aux amis Facebook. Depuis fort longtemps, la chef Anne Desjardins choisit des fournisseurs de produits bio pour la qualite et la saveur de leurs produits.

Contact: 416-255-0416

As the People's Peas Garden grows taller and wider almost every week, we've been harvesting more yummy veggies than we ever thought possible! Without permission! In a publicly accessible space! This is food sovereignty. ...Join us this autumn, Saturday September 29! We'll have workshops running from noon 5pm with music and theatrical festivities continuing into the evening to celebrate the start of the Fall Season at the garden. FEATURING an Eccentric Faerie-Tale Multimedia Presentation by *The Indigo Cabaret*..theatre, dance, dj, live instruments, audience interaction all in one! (@5pm) A grande (musical) jam, (edible) potluck, (learnable) workshops shall be had! Please Bring: A garden fresh potluck dish; a reusable bowl and mug; an instrument to jam along to; art making supplies.

At the Farmers Market next to Gyro Park Bandshell Feel free to make your own signs! Hear and discuss with the media, your thoughts and the thoughts of farmers concerning the latest GMO developments.

Downtown next to the Sails! Feel free to make your own signs! Hear and discuss with the media, your thoughts and the thoughts of farmers concerning the latest GMO developments.

Le chef Martin Gagnon ajoute a sa table d'hote du soir un plat principal tout bio. Le personnel au service vous indiquera aussi ou trouver du bio dans la carte. Tout est la pour celebrer la Semaine bio, goutez-y!