The 7th Annual Organic Okanagan Festival will be held on September 23, 2012. Organized by the Okanagan Greens Society, the Organic Okanagan Festival (or OOF) is dedicated to promoting sustainable green farming, products and trade in the Central Okanagan of British Columbia.
The overall message of this year’s festival is “Love the Apple – NO GMO”. In response to Okanagan Specialty Fruits’ recent request to Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada to approve their “non-browning” Genetically Modified (GM) apple variety, the festival will celebrate organic apples with:
The 2012 Organic Orkanagan Festival celebrates the humble, but vital apple grown without chemical fertilizers or food additives, irradiation, industrial solvents, or synthetic pesticides.
- Live organic apple juicing with Old Meadows Farm & the Mobile Juice Factory
- Inspired organic apple culinary creations
- Organic apple panel discussion
- Organic apple art and more
Consider the Central Okanagan lodging of our member bed & breakfast inns to pair your festival experience with personalized accommodations.
A Genuinely Green BC Event
Exhibitors at the Organic Okanagan Festival Only may only be companies or organizations classified as:
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Organic Okanagan Festival Events Include Green Living Expo, Certified Organic Farmers Market and Eco-Presentations
Festival attendees are invited to enjoy learning, sampling and buying from the exhibitors, vendors and farms, including:
BC Sustainable Energy AssociationEmpowering BC to build a clean, renewable energy future BetulaOrganicOrganic skin products Central Okanagan Community Gardens SocietyWorking with local organic gardens and government Choices MarketsWestern Canada’s largest organic & natural foods grocer Forbes Family FarmHeritage fruit, vegetable & free-range animal farm FortisBCAlternative energy solutions Kelowna Zambia Partnership (KaZ)Platform to partner Kelowna with Senanga, Zambia Mobile Juice FactoryTraveling juicing service Nature’s Presence FoundationConnecting people to nature Okanagan ThermographyHomeopathic practitioner Orchard Corners OrganicsEmu oil skin care products Rancho VignolaNew crop nuts & dried fruit Sa AvaniOrganic skin care True Food FoundationDefending the natural foods supply |
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Summerhill Winery hosts the 2012 Organic Okanagan Festival and offers a splendid lakeside setting for this event.
There will also be live music to accompany your festival experience. FortisBC is sponsoring the Kids Zone activities for children.
A Picturesque Central Okanagan Setting
The Organic Okanagan Festival will be held at Summerhill Winery overlooking Lake Okanagan in Kelowna. Summerhill adheres to organic and vegan winemaking practices, making it a natural venue for the festival.
Organic Okanagan Festival Supports a Worthy Cause
General admission for adults is only $7 plus a Kelowna Food Bank donation. Bicyclist admission is only $3. More information about this event is available on the Organic Okanagan Festival website.
Choose Central Okanagan Lodging That’s as Unique as an Organically Grown Apple
Enjoy locally sourced foods at the breakfast of our member Central Okanagan B&B inns.
Our Central Okanagan Bed and Breakfast inns offer you a memorable lodging experience to enhance your enjoyment of the Organic Okanagan Festival and all the Okanagan region of British Columbia has to offer.
Enjoy a broad range of breakfast selections, comfortable guest rooms, and the singular hospitality & regional expertise of the innkeepers at locations all across British Columbia’s Central Okanagan region.
What’s Your Organic Okanagan Festival Expectation or Experience?
The Organic Okanagan Festival has been held annually since 2005 and has, in that short time, grown to become one the most successful green events in British Columbia, Canada.
Please share your plans for this 2012 event and memories of past Organic Okanagan Festivals.