Board of Directors

Keith Currie

President, CFA

Cash crops and sweet corn producer, Collingwood, ON

Currie, a Collingwood, Ontario farmer, was born and raised on the family farm and is the 8th generation on the farm family operation. Currie graduated with a diploma in Agriculture Production Management from the University of Guelph, Ridgetown College in 1982. Upon Graduation, Currie returned home to manage the family dairy and cash crop farm in Simcoe County with his wife Janice and together they have raised four children.

Currie’s operation now focuses on production of grains and oilseed, forages for dry hay, along with a sweet corn and gladiolus flower production.

Over the years, Currie has represented many agriculture boards and organizations at the regional, provincial and federal levels serving on both livestock and cropping organizations. Keith is the Past President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture(OFA) and has had 25+ years of board experience with the OFA. Agriculture Co-operatives, Dairy Herd Improvement association, Fair Boards, Holstein Clubs, Soil and Crop Improvement association, Conservation Authority committees and county federation of agriculture boards are just a few of the local organizations that Keith has been involved with over the years. Keith is also an Ontario delegate to The Co-Operators Insurance.

Keith has also been appointed to three provincial government advisory committees in Ontario, the 4 Plan Review committee(a review of 4 provincial land use plans), the Environmental Advisory committee as well as the Wetlands Advisory committee

Before becoming CFA President in 2023, Keith served on the CFA board for several years, and was elected as the organization’s 1st Vice-President in 2019.

Jill Verwey

1st Vice-President, CFA

Stéphanie Levasseur

2nd Vice-President

Apple grower

Stéphanie Levasseur is an apple grower based in Frelighsburg, in the Eastern Townships.

Stéphanie Levasseur is the owner of Au coeur de la pomme, an ecological orchard by her family since 1982, which she took over in 2000. In addition to the orchard, the company includes an artisanal vinegar factory, where authentic cider vinegars, chutneys chutneys, jams, mustards and jellies.

Before becoming second vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Stéphanie Levasseur was involved in several agricultural organizations, including the Unions des producteurs agricoles, Syndicat including the Syndicat des producteurs de pommes de la région de Missisquoi et de l’Estrie, of which she was president for several years. president for several years, before being elected president of the Producteurs de Producteurs de pommes du Québec in 2014. She also sat on the Income Security Committee of the Producteurs de pommes du Québec, on the general council of the Union des producteurs agricoles and on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Horticultural Council.