Organic producers from around the province are gathering in Swift Current today.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sask Organics, and the Prairie Organic Grain Initiative are hosting their 3rd annual Spring Workshop on Organic and Low-Input Agriculture this afternoon.

Dr. Myriam Fernandez is a Research Scientist at AAFC’s Swift Current Research and Development Centre.

She says they’ll be sharing the information from their organic research trials.

"In addition, we're going to have a talk on soil organic matter in organic systems, another one a biocontrol agent called Phoma macrostoma," she said. "I'm sure a lot of people have heard about it. It is a fungus that controls wheat and it's quite successful, but it hasn't been registered yet for agriculture."

Saskatchewan grows about 61% of the organic field crops in Canada.

Provincially, producers grow 500, 000 acres of organic field crops, 361, 000 acres of pasture and forages, 700 acres of organic fruits and vegetables and 11,700 acres of wild rice.

Fernandez says as well as sharing information from their research trials, producers will hear from Marla Carlson with Sask Organics:

"She will be talking about the organic sector priorities that were discussed and decided on a couple of months ago," she said. "Those will be the priorities for the next five years."

The gateway into Organics for consumers has been through fruits and vegetables, which makes up about 89% of the organic products consumers are buying in Canada.