Geri Kamenz
CHAIR

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Past President of the Ontario Federation
of Agriculture
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Has worked in many capacities in the
agriculture sector including the Canadian Federation
of Agriculture's Environment and Science Committee;
the Canadian Farm Debt Mediation Appeal Board, and the
Canadian Agri-Food Research Council
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Members
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Elmer Buchanan
VICE-CHAIR
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Currently raises alpacas and angora
goats
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Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food
and Rural Affairs from 1990 to 1995
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Retired Teacher/Vice-Principal in elementary
and secondary schools in Hastings County
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Deborah Whale
VICE-CHAIR

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Anna Andres

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- Partner in a 30-acre tender fruit farm in Niagara-on-the-Lake
specializing in sweet and sour cherries
- Part-owner of Niagara Harvest, a cherry processing
facility
- Past President of the Niagara Peninsula Fruit and
Vegetable Growers' Association
- Served on the Produce Arbitration Board and the Agriculture,
Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal
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Jim Clark

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Executive Director of the Ontario Cattle
Feeders' Association from 1999 to 2003 and from 2005
to present
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Senior Policy Advisor/Stakeholder Relations
for Office of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs from 2003 to 2005
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Tom Richardson

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Bette Jean Crews

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Manages an 800 acre family farm, growing
grains, horticulture crops, roadside market
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Past president of the Ontario Federation
of Agriculture
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Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA)
representative on Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety
Coalition (CSCFSC), and Industry Government Advisory
Committee on National Trceability (IGAC)
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Past Chair Agriculture Adaptation Council
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Past Chair Agricultural Management Institute
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Winner of Farm Credit's "Rosemary
Davis" award for Canadain Farm women leaders 2010.
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