Organic Advocates/Feast of Fields was established in 1989 by chefs Jamie Kennedy and Michael Stadtlander, and other like-minded professionals. We are a non-profit organization of organic producers, environmentally concerned chefs and other food professionals, and enlightened consumers.

Our mandate is to promote awareness of the environmental and human benefits of organic agriculture; to increase both co-operation and market relationships between organic producers, interested food professionals and consumers, to establish links with other environmental organizations with the intention to furthering public awareness of the importance of organic agriculture, and to support organic projects and events.

Some of our proudest achievements to date:

• hosting the Feast of Fields event for 18 successful years
• publishing The Organic Gourmet, our 192 page cookbook to celebrate Feast of Fields 10th anniversary
• publishing two editions of the Consumer's Guide to Eating Organics, a directory of Ontario organic farmers, what they produced and where to buy their organic products, as well as stores that sold and restaurants that served organic fare
• establishing Toronto's first organic farmer's market in 1989, which became a place to shop and exchange information with like-minded organic advocates
• funding a cable television program about organic agriculture called "Field of Greens"
• donations to many other organizations including:
  • the annual Guelph Organic Conference
  • Guelph University Organic Farming Program
  • Seeds of Diversity
  • Organic Crop Improvement Association
  • Canadian Organic Growers
  • Citizens for Renewable Energy and Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario