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The other lobby groups
The OLA and the PFO are not accredited farm organizations
Ontario Landowners Association
President: Tom Black, sheep, beef, egg, and crop farmer from Stittsville, in rural Ottawa
Election: Acclaimed on Oct. 13, 2013
Top achievement of 2014: Forcing the repeal of a municipal bylaw in Grey and Bruce counties that required a permit for a trailer or tent on private property
Key issues: Educating landowners about conservation authority jurisdiction, including widely circulating a research paper; supporting a constitutional challenge of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act; compiling research for a booklet to distribute on the limits of the Ontario Heritage Act, which has been used by municipalities to halt development
Number of members: About 5,000 households
Membership profile: Mainly rural private property owners and their families, who advocate for neighbours that face restrictions by government agencies
Executive and governors from Eastern and Western Ontario: Vice-president Jeff Bogaerts Duaine McKinley Shirley Dolan Donna Burns Secretary and researcher Elizabeth Marshall Bill OBrien
Head office: Ottawa (Stittsville)
Phone: 613-831-2642
Practical Farmers of Ontario
President: Sean McGivern, a Grey County hog, chicken, beef and crop farmer
Number of members: More than 200
Key issues: Food security and sustainability; increasing the number of broiler chickens that farms can produce without quota from 300 per year to 2,000
Membership profile: Diverse group of farmers, including organic growers and farmers opposed to supply management that favour selling raw milk
Board of directors from Eastern and Western Ontario: Vice-president west Gerald te Velde (vegetable, pork, beef, sheep, and poultry farmer from Meaford, in Grey County) George Wright, an organic producer from Metcalfe Mark Vanderpol (beef farmer from Chatsworth, in Grey County) Ann Hagedorn (vegetable and chicken farmer from Durham, in Grey County) Ian te Velde (vegetable, pork, and beef farmer from Meaford, in Grey County) Anne Clark (vegetable farmer from Markdale, in Grey County)
Head office: Desboro (Grey County)
Phone: 519-374-9300 |
