Welcome to the Saskatchewan Organic Directorate

What's New

Seeds, Crops and GMOs:
New Variety Registration Regulations threaten organic farming and farmer independence.

Listen to this special Making the Links Radio program, "Seed Variety Control by Private Interests" on how the Canadian Food Inspection Agency seed regulations will be changed to accommodate the interests of private concerns and the transnational corporations who are pursuing genetically engineered seed production.

You have until September 12 2008 to comment on the proposed regulations

read the full article

Food Miles Campaign

Buying local organic supports our Saskatchewan Organic Farmers and reduces food miles that contribute to climate change. SOD's Food Miles Campaign is working to increase access to Saskatchewan Organic Food.

Use the Eat Well Guide to find organic food near you. If you know of a source that is not yet listed on the Guide, feel free to suggest a listing.

Call for proposals

SOD is seeking letters of intent in order to fund projects that will advance value added processing, value chain development, or market development for the organic sector in Saskatchewan. To apply, please submit a Letter of Intent (LOI). If your LOI is accepted you will be invited to submit a full proposal. See

SOD Position Paper on Proposed Changes to Seed Variety Registration Regulations

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Organic Training Needs Assessment

Saskatchewan Learning sponsored a training needs assessment study for the Saskatchewan organic sector in 2006. The results of the study are available here.

Recent Activities and Achievements Report

What SOD has been doing on behalf of our members and the organic sector at large in Saskatchewan.

Organic Agriculture Protection Fund

oapf logoOn October 12, 2001, SOD launched the Organic Agriculture Protection Fund to pay the expenses for a precedent setting class action lawsuit on behalf of all certified organic grain farmers in Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan's certified organic farmers are taking Monsanto and Bayer Crop Science to court to stop genetically engineered wheat and to get compensation for losing canola as a crop due to genetic contamination. read more . . .

SOD Listserve

A great way for Saskatchewan organic producers, sector participants, and supporters to communicate! This discussion forum and information sharing tool is open to anyone… you need not be a SOD member to join.

Join the SOD List-serve

Contact us

Saskatchewan Organic Directorate
PO Box 32066
RPO Victoria Square
Regina, SK
S4N 7L2
306–569–1418
fax 306–565–1304
Email

The Saskatchewan Organic Directorate is the umbrella organization that unites the province's producers, processors, buyers, traders, certifiers and consumers of certified organic food and fibre. It is incorporated as a non-profit membership organization.
SOD's mission statement is
"To champion the development of organic agriculture in a democratic manner" and the Vision Statement is
"Food for Life".