Where to find Organic Food
Please send us an e-mail if you know an organic place in your region!
Essential Elements of Organic Certification Standards
- Organic food tastes great!
- Organic food meets strict standards
- Organic food reduces health risks
- Organic food helps protect children’s health
- Organic farming replenishes soil
- Organic farms conserve water resources
- Organic farmers respect wildlife
- Organic producers preserve biodiversity
- Organic agriculture protects farm workers
- Organic farming keeps rural communities healthy
British Columbia: Organic
Central BC
South BC
Island BC
North BC
What’s On My Food? Are a searchable database designed to make the public problem of pesticide exposure visible and more understandable. http://whatsonmyfood.org
What is under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room?
Learn more about what is in these products, about potential health effects, and about safety and handling. http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/index.htm
The Center for Science in the Public Interest http://cspinet.org/integrity/about.html
BCARA BC Association for Regenerative Agriculture certifying body for organic food producers in BC
BCCO British Columbia Certified Organic
BOPA Belize Organic Producers Association
CBC Certification Body Certified Canada
COG Canadian Organic Growers
COR Canadian Organic Regime
FVOPA Fraser Valley Organic Producers Association
IOPA Islands Organic Producers Association
KOGS Kootenay Organic Growers Society
LEOGA Living Earth Organic Growers Association
OCIA International Certified Organic
PACS Pacific Agricultural Certification, order to provide organic certification
SOOPA the Similkameen Okanagan Organic Producers Association
SPCA consumer’s assurance that farm animals are raised to the high animal welfare standards.
STOPA BC Certified Organic Program-Regional-Crop Production, Livestock, Processing
CARTV Transitional: The period of time between application and certification Ecocert Canada
T1, 1st Year Transitional
T2, 2nd YearTransitional
T3, 3rd Year Transitional
Boundary Maps
59 Northern Rockies:
57 Stikine:
55 Peace River:
53 Fraser-Fort George:
51 Bulkley-Nechako:
49 Kitimat-Stikine:
47 Skeena-Queen Charlotte:
45 Central Coast:
43 Mount Waddington (Mainland):
43 Mount Waddington (Island):
41 Cariboo:
39 Columbia-Shuswap:
37 North Okanagan:
35 Central Okanagan:
33 Thompson-Nicola:
31 Squamish-Lillooet:
29 Sunshine Coast:
27 Powell River:
25 Comox-Strathcona (Mainland):
25 Comox-Strathcona (Island):
23 Alberni-Clayoquot:
21 Nanaimo:
19 Cowichan Valley:
17 Capital:
15 Greater Vancouver:
9 Fraser Valley:
7 Okanagan-Similkameen:
5 Kootenay Boundary:
3 Central Kootenay:
1 East Kootenay