Rubicon Organics Inc. announce the appointment of Michael Detlefsen to its Board of Directors effective immediately, and the anticipated nomination of Doris Bitz, Len Boggio, Ian Gordon and Karen Proud (the ‘Nominees') to stand for election at the next Annual General Meeting (‘AGM'). Michael Detlefsen is the Managing Director of Pomegranate Capital Advisors, an active investor advisory firm based in Toronto. He has extensive strategic, operating, board and investor experience.

He has held senior executive roles at Air Canada, Bell Canada/BCI, Maple Leaf Foods and Ceres Global Ag Corp. and has worked in the consulting practices of Monitor Company and PwC, as well as for the Government of Canada. He has advised and served on many boards, and is well- known and highly respected in the North American business community and within governments for his strategic acumen, operational insights, objective perspective, and ability to fix and grow businesses under challenging circumstances.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Queen's University and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D). He was named to Canada's Top 40 Under 40 in 2002.