About us Archive - EOAN-REAO https://network.savoureaston.ca/who-we-are/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:40:11 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://network.savoureaston.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ms-icon-310x310-1-150x150.png About us Archive - EOAN-REAO https://network.savoureaston.ca/who-we-are/ 32 32 Local Food Partners https://network.savoureaston.ca/about/local-food-partners/ Sun, 26 Mar 2023 14:57:43 +0000 https://network.savoureaston.ca/?page_id=509 The Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network is a regional player in the local food movement across Ontario. We are not alone. We collaborate with many other organizations in Ontario to support and discover the wonderful local flavours that farms and food artisans have to offer. Sustain Ontario Buy Local Food Across Ontario Alliance Culinary Tourism Alliance […]

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Local Food Partners

The Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network is a regional player in the local food movement across Ontario. We are not alone. We collaborate with many other organizations in Ontario to support and discover the wonderful local flavours that farms and food artisans have to offer.

Sustain Ontario

Sustain Ontario, of which the EOAN is a member, is a province-wide, cross-sectoral alliance that promotes healthy food and farming. Our mission is to provide coordinated support for productive, equitable and sustainable food and farming systems that support the health and wellbeing of all people in Ontario, through collaborative action.

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Buy Local Food Across Ontario Alliance

Sustain Ontario also coordinates the Buy Local Food Across Ontario alliance. These regional initiatives promote food and beverage products that are grown, raised, or harvested within their respective region, including products that are subsequently processed. Most initiatives focus on community economic development, food strategy and/or agritourism activities, and many also provide public resources about the food system.

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Culinary Tourism Alliance

The Culinary Tourism Alliance, of which the EOAN is a member, works with communities to grow food tourism by leveraging the history, heritage, and culture behind the food and drink that makes each destination unique.

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Eastern Ontario Local Food and Farming Collaborative

The Eastern Ontario Local Food and Farming Collaborative is a collection of local food organizations across the broader eastern Ontario, including the EOAN, that shares ideas, best practices, and resources to advance the opportunities of local food among farmers, food artisans, and consumers, and governments.

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Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association

Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s vision is farmers actively seeking, testing and adopting optimal farm production and stewardship practices.


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Savour Ottawa

Savour Ottawa and its host organization Just Food are close partners with the EOAN. We collaborate on food asset mapping, public policy, and assistance to farmers and producers.

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Community Partners

United Way East Ontario

Working with communities in Prescott-Russell, Ottawa, Lanark and Renfrew Counties, United Way East Ontario invests resources where they are needed most and will have the greatest impact. Through research, evaluation and partnerships with community experts, we identify the root causes of the biggest social challenges facing our communities and help find solutions that change tens of thousands of lives for the better. 100% of donations to United Way are put to work in the communities where they are raised to help those most in need.

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Prescott-Russell Community Services

Involved in the community for the past 35 years, Prescott-Russell Community Services aims to provide services to individuals and groups who need help in coping and maintaining a healthy lifestyle within their community.

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Canadian Organic Growers - GEO-O Program

GEO-O stands for Growing Eastern Ontario Organically, a three-year, on-the-ground initiative to support farmers to transition to organic certification through mentorship, financial incentives, and on-site experiential learning. GEO-O builds on COG’s earlier Organic Success initiative to provide farmers much more in-person, on-site, and farmer-to-farmer training. GEO-O is a first of its kind experiential learning-centred approach in a specific region.

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Kozroots Community Empowerment Projects

Kozroots Community Empowerment Projects is a federally registered Non-Profit We collaborate with community stakeholders in order to engage & empower people to be part of agrifood and community projects. Kozroots Community Empowerment Projects works to create, oversee, fundraise, and develop projects, activities, and events that encourage social entrepreneurs, youth, farmers, businesses, not for profit agencies and organizations, as well as various levels of government to collaborate for the common good.

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Union des cultivateurs franco-ontariens

The Union des cultivateurs franco-ontariens (UCFO) brings together individuals and organizations involved in agriculture and the socio-economic development of rural Francophone communities in Ontario. Becoming a member of UCFO is to amplify the voice of francophone farmers and agricultural businesses in Ontario, and to build and integrate a network of resilient people, proud of its history and committed to an essential economic sector.

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Just Food

Just Food’s mission is to work towards vibrant, just and sustainable food and farming systems in the Ottawa region, to enhance ongoing access to healthful food, to promote sustainable agricultural systems, to strengthen the productive capacity of our local food shed, to enhance community participation, economic development and resilience within local food chains, and to encourage diverse actors from all sectors to adopt a food systems lens.

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Terego

As an agritourism endeavour, Terego promotes local food producers or heritage sites in Central and Eastern Canada that would like to offer parking for motorhomes and trailers at no charge, with a limit of 5 RV parking spaces on each site. The result is a personal contact between the hosts, the visitors, and the environment. Hosts do not pay to be members of Terego. Travellers subscribe to the service and reserve RV parking spaces in advance. The hosts benefit from the sale of farm products and potential long-term customer relationship.

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Sentier récréatif Prescott-Russell Recreational Trail

Discover the beautiful region of Prescott-Russell, on foot or by bike! Our Cycling Network offers kilometres of country roads and paved shoulders. Located midway between the Greater Montreal Area and Ottawa, the Recreational Trail, easily accessible and fairly flat, our stone dust 72 km trail lends itself to a great family outing, free of car traffic. Visit and stay awhile! The Recreational Trail Corporation aims to promote the safe enjoyment of a variety of recreational tourist activities while protecting the region’s environmental resources and cultural heritage.

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Boisés Est

Boisés Est encourages the sustainable use of the forest in accordance with social, economic and environmental criteria by promoting balanced management of the woodlots of its members, and by promoting the forest to the community. Generally considered to be an agricultural activity, tree and forest management offers access to a long list of well-known or to be discovered food products (maple syrup, nuts, mushrooms, etc.) which will have their place on the tables of tomorrow’s consumers.

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Eastern Ontario Wine Producers Association

Within a short drive from Ottawa, you will find a community of artisans obsessed with producing the highest quality wines, ciders, and meads that express the character of their land. For all of them their ability to deliver the product is the culmination of a long road of planning and hard work which they all invite you to share and enjoy. The Eastern Ontario Wine Producers Association is an alliance of wine, grapes, cider, apples, mead and honey producers dedicated to increasing awareness of their wonderful and distinctive products to the Ontario Market and beyond.

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Attention all members. Did you know that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has representatives in regional offices across Canada who work closely with growers and processors in a wide range of agri-food sectors to support business owners’ plans for growth and innovation? Based in Guelph, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Ontario Regional Office is your link to programs and services offered by the federal department, as well as information on a wide variety of topics including cyber-security, federal research, market development and export information and other federal and provincial initiatives that support agri-food success.

If you would like to know more, please reach out to Hadley Carpenter, Regional Director at Hadley.Carpenter@agr.gc.ca or speak to someone by calling 226-820-4100 to find out more. Please share a little about yourself and your business and what it is you are looking for. The Ontario team will find the right person to answer your question.

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]]> Who We Are https://network.savoureaston.ca/about/who-we-are/ Sat, 25 Mar 2023 19:50:45 +0000 https://network.savoureaston.ca/?page_id=428 The Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to coordinating the development of the local agri-food sector in Eastern Ontario and fostering dialogue between its members and partners. The EOAN operates in Prescott-Russell, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Cornwall, and the Ontario portion of Akwesasne. Our Mission The EOAN’s mission is to support […]

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Who We Are

The Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to coordinating the development of the local agri-food sector in Eastern Ontario and fostering dialogue between its members and partners.

The EOAN operates in Prescott-Russell, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Cornwall, and the Ontario portion of Akwesasne.

Our Mission

The EOAN’s mission is to support the development, growth and sustainability of local food and agricultural initiatives.

Our Vision

The EOAN’s vision is well-connected, supportive, and thriving agri-food sector within Eastern Ontario, creating economic, social, and environmental growth in the region.

Our pillars and objectives:

Marketing

Increase the production, marketing, and consumption of local food products by connecting consumers directly to producers through events, programs and online channels.

Capacity Building

Provide support, training, and tools to local agri-food producers, businesses, and operations. Connect food producers, the local food value chain, and agri-food stakeholders for collective action and problem solving.

Advocacy

Understand the needs and represent the broad agri-food sector in the region on matters of public policy, regulatory affairs, sector development.

Our Values

  • Collaboration – We work collaboratively with partners, members, and the community to leverage our collective capacity and maximize opportunities.

 

  • Community – We connect and support local agri-food producers and initiatives in ways that empower them to do more.

 

  • Economic Leadership – We act as a leader in community economic resilience to ensure regional viability and access to funding opportunities.

 

  • Inclusivity – We respect and celebrate the power of equity, diversity, inclusivity, and local traditions.

 

  • Innovation – We think outside the box to support local agri-food initiatives in creative and unique ways.

 

  • Integrity – We offer transparency and accountability in everything we do.

 

  • Sustainability – We promote environmental stewardship and ethical farming practices with a focus on long-term impact.

Current Board of Directors

The Officers of the Corporation

Municipal Directors


Elected Directors

  • Tania Andrella, Café Joyeux, Rockland ON. 
  • Lynda Turner, Fauxmagerie Zengarry, Alexandria ON. 
  • Kathy Chaumont, St. Eugène ON.
  • Reine Quenneville, Casselman ON.

The Team

Juliette Ozorak, Executive Director

Juliette Ozorak is a graduate of Algonquin College’s Tourism – Travel Services and Event Management programs. She began her journey with the Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network as Member Services Coordinator and now serves as Executive Director.

Juliette is deeply passionate about helping local producers and businesses thrive. She is dedicated to strengthening the Network by creating meaningful connections, developing opportunities for collaboration, and ensuring members gain the full value of their involvement. With a strong commitment to community growth and local food development, Juliette strives to elevate the Network and showcase the remarkable talent, flavour, and innovation found throughout Eastern Ontario.

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