2025 CFA AGM Recap
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s (CFA) 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), took place at the Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel from February 25-26, 2025 bringing together farm leaders from across the country as well as industry stakeholders and government representatives to help set the priorities for Canadian agriculture in the coming year.
This year’s theme for the AGM was Laying the Foundation: Investing Today for the Future of Canadian Agriculture, examining the foundational elements that need to be put into place for a prosperous future for Canadian agriculture.
During the CFA AGM, the CFA Board passed 18 resolutions for the upcoming year. View a list of those resolutions here.
AGM Spotlight: Young Farmers of Canada
CFA would like to thank FCC for being the exclusive sponsor of our first Young Farmers Program at the CFA AGM, which provided a discount on registration for the AGM for young farmers. Over 35 young farmers attended to CFA AGM, representing a variety of commodities and regions from across the country. During the AGM we had various activities for young farmers such as:
- Young Farmers Roundtable
- Young Farmers Policy Meeting
- FCC Fireside Chat – Next Gen Agriculture: Breaking Barriers, Seizing Opportunities (Recording available here)
CFA Elections
During the AGM CFA held elections for the position of President, Vice-President and 2nd Vice-President, with the following results:
- President – Keith Currie
- Vice-President – Jill Verwey
- 2nd Vice-President – Stéphanie Levasseur
CFA wishes its departing Vice-President, Todd Lewis, and 2nd Vice-President, Pierre Lampron the best in their future endeavors as we look forward to advocating for Canadian agriculture with our new executive officers!
Workshops
On Tuesday, February 25th, the CFA held concurrent workshops focusing on Succession Planning and Public Perception of Agriculture
These workshops were not recorded, but workshop summary notes are available below:
- Succession Planning, sponsored by MNP
- Public Perception of Agriculture, sponsored by Fertilizer Canada
Panels
CFA held two panels during the AGM:
Live with RealAg Radio: Prevention, Protection and Programs – A Cross-Sector Approach to Disaster Response (Recording available here)
*Sponsored by the Co-operators
Canada’s Place in the World: What it Means for Canadian Agriculture (Recording available here)
Keynote Speakers and Presentations
Keynote speakers and other presentations from the AGM that are available to be shared can be found below:
Samuel Millar, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Finance (Recording available here)
Carlos Joaquín González, Ambassador of Mexico to Canada (Recording available here)
Tom Rosser, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Recording available here)
Spirit’s Canada Welcome Reception and President’s Reception
On February 25th, Spirits Canada hosted the Spirit’s Canada Reception, where CFA AGM delegates and great appetizers and cocktails were enjoyed by all.
CFA would like to thank Spirits Canada for hosting this wonderful event!
On the evening of February 26th, the CFA held its annual President’s Reception, which was exclusively sponsored by the Railway Association of Canada.
At the reception, we had approximately 300 people in attendance.
Photo Gallery
Professional photographs from the AGM can be found here.
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Thank you to our sponsors
CFA would like to sincerely that our Corporate Partner, Corporate Leaders and all the AGM sponsors for helping to make this event a reality. We could not do this without your support.
