Past Events

Celebrate the achievements of the organic sector at COTA's Organic Celebration & Leadership Awards!

Register today!

The 2021 Organic Leadership Awards will take place on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 1:30pm-3:00pm ET

Interested in sponsoring the event? Click here to download the sponsorship form.

• Organic Innovator of the Year
• Organic Supplier of the Year
• Organic Champion of the Year
• Organic Retailer of the Year
• Outstanding Leadership in Organic Science
• Farming Award

This annual event celebrates the superb work of our hardworking farmers, distributors, processors, manufacturers, associations, and retailers.

2020 AWARD WINNERS

2019 AWARD WINNERS

2018 AWARD WINNERS

2017 AWARD WINNERS

2016 AWARD WINNERS

Click here to view the award descriptions!

We are pivoting our Organic Business to Business incoming buyer matching making meetings to an online B2B format. This new format is opening up exciting opportunities, such as being able to increase the volume and reach of our buyers missions. We are hoping to increase the number of missions we are conducting from previous years, facilitated by the new virtual format.

The fourth mission held during the week of Monday, March 1st to Friday, March 5th, will be focusing connecting Canadian Organic producers for bulk commodities with international buyers.

Please get in touch with cbernard@canada-organic.ca to participate. 

The Guelph Organic Conference in concert with COTA is offering this free seminar on to provide guidance to consumers and businesses to understand the verification systems that exist to certify cotton, textiles, body care and other health products that fall outside of the Canada Organic Regime's limited scope of organic food, feed and seed.

Click here to see the speaker list!

We are pivoting our Organic Business to Business incoming buyer missions to an online B2B format. The third mission held during the week of Monday, January 18th to 22nd, 2021, will be focused on connecting Canadian Organic finished products for grocery or food service markets suppliers with USA, European and Asian markets. 

Please forward your completed forms to cbernard@canada-organic.ca