HOWDIE!

 Policy  Outreach to Farmers  Markets Intelligence  Markets Development  Outreach to Consumers  Organizational Changes

 Advocacy for free standards  Organic Standards Maintenance  Standards Interpretation Committee (Sic)  Aquaculture  Food Safety › AAFC Organic Study › Agri-subcommittee Food Safety  Stakeholder Reference Group next round of Agricultural Policy  Organic Value Chain Roundtable › Strategic planning › Studies

 Workshops › Developed and field-tested 5 new workshops › Two-day train the trainer event in Saskatchewan › 20 workshops over 2 years in Prairies › 8 workshops last year in Ontario › 45 Standards training workshops across Canada in partnership with COTA and IOIA Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development Saskatchewan Agriculture

 Publications › Two new books in Practical Skills Series:  Growing Potatoes Organically  Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers

› Two new books in the Practical Skills Series in pre-production to be launched at Organic Connections, November 2010:  Organic Strawberry Production  Record Keeping for Organic Growers

› Two new books in the Practical Skills Series in production:  Scaling Up Organically  Organic Livestock Handbook Revision

 TCOG new look thanks to Carrie Ann Watson Editor: Janet Wallace Layout: Karyn Write Production: Gilmore Printing

 Farm Conferences/Tradeshows winter 09 › COG Ottawa Eco Farm Day, Cornwall, ON › Conference Committee Guelph Organic Conference › Agribition, Regina › Crop Production Show, Saskatoon › Eco Farm, Asilomar, CA › Toronto International Farm Show › MOSES Organic Farming Conference, LaCrosse, WI › Guelph Organic Conference

 Farmer Mentoring/Farm Tours › Manitoba Farm Mentorship Program › COG Ottawa Farm Tours › COG Organic Food Council of Manitoba Farm Tours › COG PWW Farm Tours

 Institutional Outreach  Menu-planning  Pricing  Delivery/Invoicing  Connecting retail and institutions to local farmers  Co-operative Development  Farmer Groups  Transitional supports  Farmer Cooperative Symposium, Kemptville, ON

 Phase II Growing Up Organic  Pilot Eastern ON  Organic Central  Co-operative Development  Eastern Ontario Organic Farmers Co-operative

 COG Organic Directory/Chapter Directories  COG Toronto Annual Conference  COG Toronto Consumer Shows  COG Ottawa Feast of Fields  COG PWW Consumer events  Organic Week October 9-16, 2010

 Thanks to Anne Macey of COG Island Natural Growers, COG has been collecting statistical information about Canada’s organic farming and processing sectors for over 20 years

 Ongoing › Farmer training › Consumer/farmer conferences › Publications, etc.  Food Safety – Develop business plan to work with mainstream commodity groups  Develop & deliver webinar series  Phase II Growing Up Organic  New strategic plan in development

 SOD: chapter to Affiliate  Niagara, Kawartha, Prince Edward County: disbanded  Membership fee change from fixed fee to donation

New membership fee structure as of October 1, 2009

Balance Sheet: Assets pg 3 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Balance Sheet Liabilities and Net Assets pg 3 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Statement of Changes in Net Assets pg 4 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Statement of Operations pg 5 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Statement of Cash Flows pg 6 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Note 4 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants Pg 13

Note 9 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants Pg 18

Note 11 pg 19 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Note 13 pg 19 Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

ProjectB-RevenueA-RevenueB-ExpenseA-Expense OPERATIONS $221,905$143,770$220,651,448$125,277 PROJECTS Prairie Workshops $51,800$29,944$51,800$35,991 GUO$25,501$26,260$27,380$30,324 CMF$18,311 $21,029 Publications$56,023$13,591$56,023$13,591 Food Safety$49,970$18,053$49,970$17,368 Organic Week $8,000$3,000$8,000$0 TOTAL$431,510$252,243$432,144$232,698

 Options: A) Not Consolidated › Chapters incorporate on their own (no longer COG chapters) › Undertake their own audits (include financials as notes to COG’s financial statements) B) Consolidated › Adopt COG’s financial systems/controls, transfer financial data quarterly › COG manages chapter finances

› Member Vote

 Acclaimed 2010 › Gavin Dandy, ON › Daniel Brisebois, QC  Returning Board Members › Vivian Vilich, BC › Sheila Hamilton, AB › Lorraine Beaudette, SK › Janine Gibson, MB › Geneviève Grossenbacher, ON  Regional Representatives › Arnold Taylor, Prairie › Carrie Ann Watson, Ontario › Roxanne Beavers, Atlantic

 Motion to convene Thank you.....now for the fun part