What is Certified Organic?

Organic resources for markets and producers

Q&A - for market managers to help answer common questions asked by market customers about what organic certification means and how it works
Navigating Organic Certification - Certified Organic Associations of BC’s (COABC) toolkit for producers considering going organic
Grow Organic Food - COABC resources and toolkit for producers who want to grow organic food
Sample signage indicating your market has organic certification on file for vendors (example from the Vancouver Farmers' Market Society):

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