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Delegates at the 2009 Annual General Meeting elected Laurent Pellerin as the new President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture on February 25, 2009.<ref>http://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=96687&PC=FBC&issue=02282009</ref> The organization had been without a [[President]] since September, 2008, when [[Bob Friesen]] stepped down in order to participate in national politics.<ref>http://www.cfa-fca.ca/pages/index.php?main_id=476</ref> Friesen had been the Canadian Federation of Agriculture's president for over nine years. |
Delegates at the 2009 Annual General Meeting elected Laurent Pellerin as the new President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture on February 25, 2009.<ref>http://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=96687&PC=FBC&issue=02282009</ref> The organization had been without a [[President]] since September, 2008, when [[Bob Friesen]] stepped down in order to participate in national politics.<ref>http://www.cfa-fca.ca/pages/index.php?main_id=476</ref> Friesen had been the Canadian Federation of Agriculture's president for over nine years. |
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Laurent Pellerin had previously served as President of the [[Union des producteurs agricoles]] (UPA) as well as serving as 1st Vice-President of the CFA for over a decade. Pellerin, a hog and beef producer from Saint-Gregoire de [[Nicolet]], [[Quebec]], is the first [[ |
Laurent Pellerin had previously served as President of the [[Union des producteurs agricoles]] (UPA) as well as serving as 1st Vice-President of the CFA for over a decade. Pellerin, a hog and beef producer from Saint-Gregoire de [[Nicolet]], [[Quebec]], is the first [[Québécois_(word)|québécois]] head of the organization in its 74-year history.<ref>http://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=96617&issue=02262009&story_id=&PC=FBC</ref> |
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== CFA Membership and Policy Development == |
== CFA Membership and Policy Development == |
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| Abbreviation | CFA |
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| Formation | 1935 |
| Type | Non-Profit |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario |
Official language | English, French |
President | Laurent Pellerin |
Key people | 1st Vice-President Ron Bonnett 2nd Vice-President Garnet Etsell |
Main organ | Assembly |
| Website | http://www.cfa-fca.ca/ |
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is Canada's largest general farm organization, representing 200,000 farmers and farm families.[1] The organization is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, with the mandate to provide a unified industry voice at the national level. The CFA was formed in 1935, and continues today as a farmer-funded, national umbrella organization representing provincial general farm organizations and national commodity groups.
Activities
- To coordinate the efforts of agricultural producer organizations throughout Canada for the purpose of promoting their common interest through collective action.
- To assist members and where necessary government, in forming and promoting national agricultural policies to meet changing domestic and international economic conditions; and to collaborate and cooperate with organized groups of producers outside Canada to further this objective.
- To promote and advance acceptance of positive social, economic and environmental conditions of those engaged in agricultural pursuits.[2]
Elected Executive
Delegates at the 2009 Annual General Meeting elected Laurent Pellerin as the new President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture on February 25, 2009.[3] The organization had been without a President since September, 2008, when Bob Friesen stepped down in order to participate in national politics.[4] Friesen had been the Canadian Federation of Agriculture's president for over nine years.
Laurent Pellerin had previously served as President of the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) as well as serving as 1st Vice-President of the CFA for over a decade. Pellerin, a hog and beef producer from Saint-Gregoire de Nicolet, Quebec, is the first québécois head of the organization in its 74-year history.[5]
CFA Membership and Policy Development
Being a true federation of organizations, the deliberative body is composed of provincial farm organizations and commodity groups. Policy is generally developed in the form of grassroots resolutions, passed through member organizations and finally brought before the general assembly for a vote at the Annual General Meeting. Additional policy development decisions are deliberated by the 21 board members. Organizational decision-making is decided through a subset of the board of directors, called the National Council.
Members of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture currently include:
Provincial Farm Organizations:
Commodity Groups and Other Organizations:
| Organization | Acronym | Area of Focus |
| Dairy Farmers of Canada | DFC | Dairy Marketing |
| Chicken Farmers of Canada | CFC | Chicken meat Marketing |
| Egg Farmers of Canada | EFC | Chicken egg Marketing |
| Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency | CTMA | Turkey Meat |
| Canadian Hatching Egg Producers | CHEP | Broiler Eggs |
| Canadian Pork Council | CPC | Pork Marketing |
| Canadian Sugar Beet Producers' Association | CSBPA | Sugar Beet Production and Marketing |
| Canadian Wheat Board | CWB | Wheat and Barley Marketing Pool. |
| Canadian Horticultural Council | CHC | Vegetable and Fruit Production |
| Ontario-Quebec Grain Farmers Coalition | OQGFC | Corn, Wheat, Soybeans, and other grains |
| Coopérative Fédérée de Québec | CFQ | Agricultural cooperative (aka La Coop fédérée) |
| Canadian Young Farmers Forum | CYFF | Agricultural youth organization |
References
- ^ http://www.cfa-fca.ca/pages/index.php?main_id=2
- ^ http://www.cfa-fca.ca/pages/index.php?main_id=2
- ^ http://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=96687&PC=FBC&issue=02282009
- ^ http://www.cfa-fca.ca/pages/index.php?main_id=476
- ^ http://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=96617&issue=02262009&story_id=&PC=FBC