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The mission of The Organic Center is to generate credible, peer-reviewed scientific information and to communicate the verifiable benefits of organic farming and products to society. Look for The Organic Center videos on You Tube!
 

Formerly known as Willing Workers on Organic Farmers, WWOOF is an organization set up to help international travelers broaden their education and practical experience by vacationing and volunteering on organic farms. WWOOFERs help 4-6 hours a day, 5 - 5 1/2 days per week and receive accommodations, meals and a very interesting experience. Over 800 Canadian hosts welcome WWOOFers: farms, rural properties, urban food gardeners. Note: Membership as host or volunteer is required to browse listings.

SOIL links Canadian farmers willing to take on and train apprentices with folks wanting to work and learn on an organic farm using sustainable practices. We aim to create apprenticeships which transfer lasting knowledge to both the farmer and the apprentice.

COABC is the provincially designated body responsible for overseeing the BC Certified Organic program; and also an umbrella group for regional organic certification bodies in BC. Provides a great variety of services, programs, and contacts for organic producers, processors and handlers in BC.
 

Organic farm engaged in growing, harvesting, preserving, and marketing food and teaching others how to do the same. Sell at farmers' markets in Sooke and Victoria, sell wholesale to restaurants and chefs on Vancouver Island; and run a weekly fresh produce box program. Also select, save, and sell seed; and research, trial, and publish articles about various aspects of organic farming, green building, and sustainable living.

Offer apprenticeships, farm-stays, and a great diversity of workshops at Camosun College, at conferences, and on the farm.
 

Cooperative farm near Montreal (Quebec) selling certified organic vegetables, seeds and seedlings. Runs a CSA serving 150 families between Valleyfield and Montreal; also sells at farmers' markets in Hudson and St Anne de Bellevue. Operates as a workers' coop, founded by five young people with a vision of ecological stability, sustainability, and progressive and egalitarian development; website in both French and English.
 

Organic farm located in Hillsburg, Ontario, offering tours, internships, sustainable living workshops and farm-school programs; also features a sustainable model home and runs a biodiesel coop.

A 315-acre farm/ecological land trust on Cortes Island, British Columbia.
Linnea offers an ecological gardening program, and various short-term summer workshops on such topics as wildcrafting, seed saving, bio-dynamic farming, Permaculture Design, blacksmithing, living roofs, and green woodworking. Also runs a potato co-op, a septage composting project, a harvest festival, a weather station and an elementary school serving sixty students.
 

Organic farm in the Gulf Islands of BC; does apprenticeship mentoring training, and organizes trips to Cuba where participants can learn about sustainable, ethical development in food systems and agroforestry, international fair trade, and community economic development
 

SAFO is a European Commission funded Concerted Action, which was carried out from March 2003 until August 2006.

The objective of the project was to improve food safety and animal health in organic livestock production systems through active communication of research results and conclusions.