Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Ontario)
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Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) is an Ontario government ministry responsible for the food, agriculture and rural sectors of the Canadian province of Ontario.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs helps to build a stronger agri-food sector by investing in the development and transfer of innovative technologies, retaining and attracting investment, developing markets, providing regulatory oversight, and providing effective risk management tools.
The ministry also helps enable rural Ontario to build strong, vital communities with diversified economies and healthy social and environmental climates.[1]
The current Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is the Honourable Carol Mitchell.
Past Ministers include:
- Ernie Hardeman (June 1999 to February 2001)
- Brian Coburn (February 2001 to April 2002)
- Helen Johns (April 2002 to October 2003)
- Steve Peters (October 2003 to June 2005)
- Leona Dombrowsky (June 2005 to January 2010)
