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Degree Organic Foods for our oats; we worked with around 50 farms for oats in 2024 but in 2025, we’ ve worked with more than 70 so far,” Stan shares.“ We’ re constantly growing our farmer network across all our products, and we’ re passionate about working with family farms – and local ones as much as possible – as they have generations of farming knowledge. As a family business ourselves, we personally visit farms to introduce ourselves, explain our mission, and learn about their stories. Just last week we spent the week visiting ten farms in Northern Alberta.
“ We select farmers based on three factors: the ability to trace the ingredients, the level of certification we expect, and the proximity to our sites. The traceability element is crucial to our business model, and equally, we must ensure a high commitment from a quality assurance and compliance perspective. This often requires multiple certification bodies such as the USDA and Canada’ s organic certification body, based on the location.”
Alongside the oat farmer network expansion, and to maintain its commitment to local operations, One Degree is currently
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