Canadian Federation of Agriculture
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is Canada's largest general farm organization, representing 200,000 farmers and farm families. 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.
Elected Executives
The current President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is Mary Robinson. Robinson had previously been the President of the PEI Federation of Agriculture. and, before that, the president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. The current First Vice President is Keith Currie of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, and the Second Vice President is Chris van den Heuvel from the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture.CFA Membership and Policy Development
Being a 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 24 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:
| Organization | Acronym | Province |
| NLFA | Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| NSFA | Nova Scotia | |
| PEIFA | Prince Edward Island | |
| AANB | New Brunswick | |
| UPA | Quebec | |
| OFA | Ontario | |
| KAP | Manitoba | |
| APAS | Saskatchewan | |
| AFA | Alberta | |
| BCAC | British Columbia |
Commodity Groups and Other Organizations:
| Organization | Acronym | Area of Focus |
| DFC | Dairy Marketing | |
| CFC | Chicken meat Marketing | |
| EFC | Chicken egg Marketing | |
| CTMA | Turkey Meat | |
| CHEP | Broiler Eggs | |
| CPC | Seed Marketing | |
| CSBPA | Sugar Beet Production and Marketing | |
| CWB | Honey Marketing | |
| CHC | Greenhouse and Flowers | |
| Ontario-Quebec Grain Farmers Coalition | OQGFC | Corn, Wheat, Soybeans, and other grains |
| National Sheep Network | CFQ | Sheep Marketing |
| CYFF | Agricultural youth organization | |
| MC | Mushroom Marketing | |
| CFGA | Forage and Grassland | |
| FNA | Farmer Business Alliance | |
| FARMS | Resource management | |
| EC | Horses | |
| SC | Horses |