Canadian Organic Seed Company

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Canadian Organic Seed Company (COSC) is a family-owned seed company located in Kawartha Lakes. They specialize in breeding and growing seed varieties for vegetables, flowers, herbs and rare edible perennials for organic gardening and permaculture applications on their 300-acre farm. COSC is committed to its beliefs to a natural, comprehensive organic enterprise and believes in the foundation of agriculture based on sustainable and holistic management practices. These practices produce healthy soils, plants, food and environments for all species.

Financing Need

COSC needed a loan to renovate an existing steel-clad farm building, expand its seed inventory, processing and packaging space and process food for the farmer's market and local food banks. The loan paid for flooring, internal walls, electrical and heating within the building.

Impact of Project Over the Loan Term

  • Increase in the facility's efficiency resulting in less water usage and water recycling for processing

  • COSC can continue to provide sustainable soil and crop management systems that preserve soil, water, air, and ecosystems, including migrating endangered birds and pollinators.

  • New full-time and part-time jobs created

  • Increase in local food suppliers supported in purchases

Kawartha Lakes • www.certifiedseeds.ca

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