Canadian Organic Growers’ 2010 Annual General Meeting August 10, Banff, Alberta

Canadian Organic Growers’ 2010 Annual General Meeting

August 10, Banff, Alberta

Agenda

4:30 Welcome by COG President4:40 National Director Report5:00 Auditor’s Report5:20 Elect Auditors for 20105:25 COG 2010 BOD5:30 Member Q &A

Social break & refreshments6:20 Sheila Hamilton, Sun Works7:00 Tony Marshall Highwood Crossing7:40 General Discussion

More socializing....

HOWDIE!

Accomplishments 2009

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

Policy 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

Farmers: Knowledge

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

Farmers: Knowledge

Publications› Two new books in Practical Skills Series:

Growing Potatoes Organically Crop Planning for Organic Vegetable Growers

Farmers: Knowledge

› 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

Farmers: Knowledge

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

Farmers: Knowledge

TCOG new look thanks to Carrie Ann Watson

Editor: Janet WallaceLayout: Karyn WriteProduction: Gilmore Printing

Farmers: Outreach

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

Farmers: Outreach

Farmer Mentoring/Farm Tours

› Manitoba Farm Mentorship Program› COG Ottawa Farm Tours› COG Organic Food Council of Manitoba Farm

Tours› COG PWW Farm Tours

Farmers: Markets Development

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

Farmers: Markets Development

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

Farmers: Markets Development

Consumers: Outreach

COG Organic Directory/Chapter Directories

COG Toronto Annual Conference COG Toronto Booth @ Consumer Shows COG Ottawa Feast of Fields COG PWW Consumer events Organic Week October 9-16, 2010

Market Intelligence

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

2010-2011

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

Organizational Changes

SOD: chapter to Affiliate Niagara, Kawartha, Prince Edward

County: disbanded Membership fee change from fixed fee

to donation

Membership

New membership fee structure as of October 1, 2009

Auditor’s Report

Balance Sheet: Assets pg 3

Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Auditor’s ReportBalance Sheet Liabilities and Net Assets pg 3

Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Auditor’s ReportStatement of Changes in Net Assets pg 4

Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Auditor’s ReportStatement of Operations pg 5

Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Auditor’s Report Statement of Cash Flows pg 6

Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Auditor’s ReportNote 4

Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Pg 13

Auditor’s ReportNote 9

Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Pg 18

Auditor’s Report

Note 11 pg 19

Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Auditor’s Report

Note 13 pg 19

Dennis Medaglia, Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants

Questions?

2010 Budget/Mid-year ActualsProject B-

RevenueA-Revenue B-Expense A-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 $18,311 $21,029 $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

Consolidating Chapter Financials?

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

Elect Auditors for 2010

› Member Vote

2010 COG Board of Directors

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

Convene AGM

Motion to convene

Thank you

.....now for the fun part