Growers of Organic Food Yukon (GoOFY), a Yukon association, promotes organic practices and provides support, education, and advocacy about organic growing and processing. Next meeting: To be announced Growers
of Organic Food Yukon Members
Farm Membership: $35 per year (up to 2 votes); Individual Membership: $20 per year Members who would like to create a farm website, or link to their site from this one, please call Simone 393-4628. Kids on the Farm - Phase 5 is underway. Visit the Kids on the Farm website to see the farm profiles of farms participating in the program this year and to book tours. Kids on the Farm has been a highly successful project with increasing numbers of children visiting and ever-increasing diversity of Yukon farms. Curious Gardener - showcasing farms and farmers in the Yukon with host Arlin McFarlane. You can "like" them on Facebook and watch the videos online: thecuriousgardener.ca. For slower connections, you may want to try the Curious Gardener channel on YouTube. 2015 Summer Newsletters (PDF)
Important Documents
Organic Federation of Canada/Fédération biologique du Canada (OFC/FBC) The Canadian Organic Standard has been adopted. Certified organic producers in the territory may now include the Canada Organic logo on their product labels (as long as they are inspected each year). Bart Bounds represents the territory organic producers on the council. Copies of the standard can be obtained from Brad at the Yukon Agriculture Branch office or from Canadian Organic Growers. Other great links related to certification: Projects and IdeasFood Talks 2 - All the Bits is now in the planning stages for mid-September 2018. Stay tuned for more details. Tom and Simone Rudge maintain the Yukon Food website and welcome submission of articles or suggestions for updates. For a $50 contribution to the Growers of Organic Food Yukon, we'll host a page for your farm too. If you live in
the Yukon (or northern BC), come join other local farmers
and gardeners who are interested in using organic growing
methods.
Feeling out of the loop? There's a slew of great books out there. Many can be borrowed from the Public Libraries in the Yukon, or the Energy, Mines and Resources library on the third floor of the Elijah Smith building, or COG members can request books from the COG library. Yukon Agriculture Fireweed Market Book Reviews Yukon Farm Products Slow Food Whitehorse |
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