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North American European Union Agriculture Conference Brings International Farm Leaders Together to Tackle Global Issues in Agriculture

September 19, 2023, OTTAWA – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), in partnership with COPA-COGECA, the American Farm Bureau and the Consejo Nacional Agropecuario, hosted the North American/European Union Agriculture Conference (NA/EU) in Charlottetown, PEI from September 12-14. The NA/EU is a bi-annual event that brings together farm ...

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CFA Pleased at Launch of the Temporary Foreign Worker Recognized Employer Program, Reducing Administrative Burden for Trusted Employers in Agriculture

OTTAWA, ON – August 10th, 2023 – CFA welcomes today’s announcement of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Recognized Employer Program, a three-year pilot that will first be made available to agricultural workers this September before its wider rollout in January 2024. This program, which CFA has advocated for over many ...

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The Canadian Agri-food Sustainability Initiative Celebrates the Progress Achieved through its First Iteration

June 8th, 2023, Ottawa – The Canadian Agri-Food Sustainability Initiative (CASI) is celebrating the achievement of an important milestone in its work: the release of the final report for the first iteration of the project. The report highlights the key findings to date, as well as next steps to move the initiative from the testing […]

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What we Heard Report – Agricultural Labour Strategy

May 19th, Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture and its partners The Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council (CAHRC) and Food and Beverage Canada (FBC) are pleased to see Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) What We Heard Report, which details feedback received by the Department during consultations on the ...

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Canadian Federation of Agriculture Reaction to 2023 Federal Budget

March 29th, Ottawa, ON – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) welcomes a number of announcements in the 2023 Federal Budget, with investments made in transportation logistics, animal health emergency preparedness, and an increase in interest-free limit under the Advance Payments Program to help producers’ rising costs. “The ...

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CFA 2023 Annual General Meeting Recap

OTTAWA, MARCH 8th, 2022 — This week’s annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) brought together farm and food leaders from across Canada under the theme Building a Resilient Future for Canadian Agriculture. “Throughout the past few years, agriculture has experienced many disruptions that have affected the entire food ...

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CFA Pleased to see New Investments to Tackle Chronic Labour Issues in Canada’s Food Supply Chain

February 17th, 2023, OTTAWA – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) was pleased to see the announcement earlier this week by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau of investment in two critical projects that will help address the chronic labour issues in Canada’s agriculture and food and beverage manufacturing ...

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Food Freedom Day is February 9, 2023

February 9, 2023 – OTTAWA – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) has calculated that by Thursday, February 9th, 2023, a Canadian household of average income will have earned enough to pay for their entire year’s grocery bill. Each year, CFA examines the proportion of income that Canadians spend on food as a way to […]

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CFA Supports Bill C-282

February 8, 2023, OTTAWA – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is in support of Bill C-282, An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management). This Bill, presented by MP Luc Thériault of the Bloc Québécois, would legislate the protection of supply managed sectors in Canada by ...

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Launch of the Engaging and Advancing Women in Agriculture Project

January 17th, 2023 – Ottawa ON – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is pleased to announce the launch of the Engaging and Advancing Women in Agriculture (EAWA) project. The project is funded in part by the Government of Canada under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership’s AgriDiversity Program. Further project support is provided by the ...

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