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February 29, 2024
CFA 2024 Annual General Meeting Recap
OTTAWA, Feb 29th, 2024 — This week’s annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) brought together farm and food leaders from across Canada under the theme Seizing Opportunities: Canada Growing Role on the World... Read More
February 9, 2024
Food Freedom Day is February 9, 2024
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) has calculated that by Friday, February 9th, 2024, 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... Read More
January 22, 2024
Distinguished CFA Past-President Mary Robinson Appointed to the Senate of Canada
OTTAWA, January 22, 2024 – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) proudly congratulates Past-President Mary Robinson on her esteemed appointment to the Senate of Canada. Mary Robinson made history as the first female President of the... Read More
October 26, 2023
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture Calls on Senators to Vote Against Amendments to Bill C-234
October 26, 2023 (Ottawa, ON) – The Canadian Federation of Agriculture, who represent 190,000 farm families across Canada, is urging Senators to vote against amendments to Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act,... Read More
October 20, 2023
Bill C-359 Will Improve Farmers’ Competitiveness While Enhancing Food Security
October 20, Ottawa – CFA supports Bill C-359 proposed by MP Kody Blois, An Act to amend the Feeds Act, the Seeds Act and the Pest Control Products Act (provisional registration and approval) and calls for the urgent implementation of the measures... Read More
September 19, 2023
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... Read More
August 10, 2023
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... Read More
June 8, 2023
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... Read More