Look for this logo to be sure Canadian organic standards have been met:Ĭopies of our organic certificates can be found on our website or by clicking here.
This qualifies us to package and distribute certified organic seed, ensuring its organic integrity is never compromised. Secondly, we are a certified organic processor. This means the seed itself is certified organic and has been produced by a certified organic system (yay!) Ontario Seed Company is organic in two ways:įirstly, we have a line of certified organic seed. Potentially harmful inputs are restricted or forbidden. Organic practices use a proactive, rather than a reactive approach to farming, minimizing or avoiding expected problems in the farm system. In Canada, there is a federally-regulated organic standard.Ĭanadian organic standards aim to ensure that all aspects of farming are conducted in a way that promotes the overall health of soil, plants, animals, humans, and the planet. The most important difference between organic and standard seed are the systems that produced them.
