RENFREW-LANARK CFA NEWSLETTER

DISTRICT NEWS

Local board member Jim Morton represented the district at the

2nd annual Leadership Summit in St. Jacobs. The event was well

attended by many district reps, see below in Federation News for

more details.

The CFFO staff and executive board wish you all a

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

DECEMBER 2013

Renfrew-Lanark Meeting

Table top display units for each district

have been purchased with CFFO panels

to attract attention at local events. These dis-

play units are to be used by district members

at local Ag fairs and events to help promote

the organization in the communities. Each

district will now have a display unit readily

available for use, even on a short notice. Dis-

trict presidents will be given these to store

and so anyone who would like to make use of

one needs to contact the district president for

its use. Staff will regularly update the panels

for the display and districts may request spe-

cific graphics when required. CFFO material

can also be requested so that there is good

material available to give those interested in

knowing or learning about the federation.

DISTRICT NEWS CONTINUED

• Provincial Council Meeting in February 2014

at EastGen in Guelph

• S&P COMMITTEE WEST MEETING,

Dec. 2, 2013 in Woodstock

• S&P COMMITTEE EAST MEETING

Dec 5, 2013 in Arnprior

• S&P COMMITTEE EAST MEETING

Dec 6, 2013 in Cobourg

IMPORTANT DATES

Contributions to the newsletter may be sent to

paul@christianfarmers.org, mention which district

newsletter it is for.

FEDERATION NEWSCHRISTIAN FARMERS FEDERATION OF ONTARIO

COMMENTS ON BILL 36, LOCAL FOOD ACT

The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO)

wishes to thank the committee for considering the

comments of our organization on Bill 36, Local

Food Act, 2013. The Christian Farmers Federation

represents over 4,300 farmers across the province

of Ontario. The CFFO supports the approach on

being fostered by the current draft that seeks to

encourage education, awareness, and promotion

of Ontario grown food over a regulatory approach,

yet we see the opportunity for the Local Food Act

to do more to help create sustainable local food

systems in this province.

To read the entire document, go to the CFFO web-

site www.christianfarmers.org

The recent CFFO Convention and Leadership

Summit held on Nov. 12 & 13 in Waterloo

were two successful events, enjoyed by all who at-

tended. On Tuesday evening district board mem-

bers and the CFFO executive and staff listened

to presentations by Crystal MacKay from Farm &

Food Care, and to Cathy Jo Noble, a public affairs

specialist, on messaging our story. Both presenta-

tions contained good instruction for us as an or-

ganization to market our message to media and

people. The emphasis was on “writing” our story

and taking efforts on getting it to the right people,

people who have influence and who will use it.

The Convention on Wednesday also featured two

speakers, J.P. Gervais from Farm Credit Corpora-

tion who gave some of his thoughts and hopes for

the future in agriculture. The second speaker was

Dr. Nelson Kloosterman who spoke about animal

welfare and how important it is to respond to the

message from those who are opposed to raising

animals for human consumption.

Gerry Rook………………..………….613-646-2311

Gerald Vander Ploeg….…………613-432-4719

Ken Clemmer ………….….………613-432-4739

James Morton ……………………..613-256-3345

Wayne Senior……………............613-832-2480

Maynard Van Der Galien……...613-432-6551

RENFREW-LANARK DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS:

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CHRISTIAN FARMERSFederation Of Ontario

YearsCFFO is

celebrating 60 years as a farm organization in

2014