Margaret Savard
OACC Office Coordinator

My devotion to organic foodstuffs developed from an effort to secure the well-being of my children. In 2001 I began an intensive neurological program on my son, who has special needs. One of the main tenets of this program is to provide the child with robust health so that its effects are not disrupted through time lost because of illness. So, I learned to blanch naturally-grown vegetables and cook using organic foodstuffs. The health benefits of eating organically were immediately evident, for all members of the family.

Born in Springhill, Nova Scotia, I have lived in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario before returning to my native Nova Scotia. I received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Acadia University. My experience ranges from supervising a manufacturing department to managing communications, public relations and research and analysis projects for an international company. I look forward to sharing my skills and energy as the Administrative Assistant with the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) in the hopes that organic nutrition can become easily accessible to all.