What is Organic Month?

Canada’s National Organic Month is the largest annual celebration of organic food, farming and products across the country. Hundreds of individual events showcase the benefits of organic agriculture and its positive impact on the environment. Organic represents a vibrant alternative food system and an alternative option for clothing, personal care and cleaning products.

Participate in our Retailer Program

Do you offer organic?

Order your free Organic Month promo kits!

OPTION 1 – The best way! 

Contact your sales rep at your participating distributor! They take your order and ship you kit.  

Many thanks to these distributors – see below.

We encourage you to host in-store promotions, events, and activities to highlight organic in September.

OPTION 2

1. Download the form

2. Fill out the form and email it to programs@canada-organic.ca

Questions? Contact us

Organizing associations leading Organic Month

The Canada Organic Trade Association promotes and protects the organic sector and encourages the universal adoption of organic. Through our leadership and collaboration, COTA provides a strong voice for organic in Canada. COTA's vision is to promote and protect thriving, resilient communities and ecosystems that are rooted in organic's holistic principles and practices. With farming as the foundation of organic, COTA acts a cultivator, connector and advocate for organic in Canada and abroad.

Canadian Organic Growers (COG) is Canada's national organic farmer and consumer association. COG offers training and resources to raise awareness about organics and assist farmers and gardeners in adopting sustainable and commercially viable, organic production methods.

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Participating Regional Associations

Since 2000, ACORN has been the key organization for information on organic agriculture, eating organics, and connecting all the parts together in Atlantic Canada. The membership-based non-profit seeks to enhance the organic sector by coordinating education and networking opportunities for producers through to consumers. Learn more at www.acornorganic.org.

Growers of Organic Food Yukon (GOOFY), a Yukon association, promotes organic practices and provides support, education, and advocacy about organic growing and processing.

Organic Alberta represents and supports Alberta's entire organic industry. Our vision is a strong, sustainable, and united organic community in Alberta.

Organic BC is growing the organic movement in British Columbia from the ground up. Their grassroots network of organic certifiers, farmers, processors and consumers is working to build healthy soil, ecosystems, people and communities. They're raising the standards for organic agriculture and transforming agriculture's impact on the planet.

The Organic Council of Ontario is a membership-based non-profit association that represents Ontario’s organic sector, OCO is the only trade association working and advocating on behalf of the entire organic industry, from field to plate.

The Manitoba Organic Alliance connects the partners in the organic sector and represents the organic value chain in Manitoba. Our vision is to foster healthy viable farms and to work for a diversified organic production system in Manitoba that provides for local food security, enhanced export opportunities and sustainable economic development. Our members come from all facets of the organic movement in Manitoba and include

QuébecBio est la filiale communication de la filière biologique du Québec, un organisme à but non lucratif qui travaille depuis plus de 15 ans au développement du secteur biologique québécois.

Les travaux liés à la réglementation et la révision des normes biologiques ont contribué à consolider les garanties du bio et ceux sur la valorisation du secteur à élargir l'accès aux produits bio d'ici.

SaskOrganics is a farmer led membership non-profit organization. They serve all certified organic entities throughout the value chain in Saskatchewan by advocating for a sustainable and thriving organic Community through leadership in research, market development and communications.

Celebrate Organic Month!

September 1 - 30, 2024