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Welcome

The CFFO is an organization with the dual purpose of: enabling farmers to work out their Christian faith in their vocations as citizens, and to develop policy applications of the Christian faith to agriculture.

Faith in Action:
Faith and values are where we start. We invite the participation of those who see land, water, animals and plants --- the source of agriculture’s wealth --- as gifts from God.

Entrepreneurial Family Values:
Farming is a way of life and a business. We don’t want our farm businesses to succeed at the expense of family life. Moreover, meeting the needs of our families means maintaining an agricultural system in which family farmers can remain viable.

Resource Stewardship:
We are committed to balancing the economic value that our culture places on food production with the enduring value of our Lord’s creation: people, land, plants and animals.

Principled Positions:
We have developed well-thought-out perspectives on key agricultural and cultural issues. Over the years we have consistently promoted family farming, stewardship, compassionate assistance for those in crisis and targeted government programs. We take positions that are good for the farm community and for society as a whole.

Credibility:
Our impact is far greater than numbers would suggest. Why? We are not interested in laying blame for problems in agriculture. We take our time to sort out our position on various issues. We work at identifying solutions and proposing concrete solutions.

Responsibility:
We believe that the farm community can take greater responsibility for itself. We do not expect, nor do we ask, governments to intervene and manage all the risks for family farmers.

If you share our values and perspectives, please consider joining the CFFO. You can join the CFFO through selecting our organization in the Farm Business Registration Program (FBR) delivered by Agricorp.  Click here

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CFFO's 2010 Leadership

From left to right: Ed Scharringa, Peter Payne, Ted Van Den Hurk, Gerald Poechman, Henry Stevens, Lorne Small,
Peter Bakker, Simon De Boer

President and Vice-Presidents
Henry Stevens, a broiler producer from Palmerston, is the President of the CFFO. Stevens has extensive experience within the Federation’s Board and committee structure. He has provided leadership in agricultural coalitions and within his commodity organization. Vice-President, Lorne Small, is a sheep farmer from Kenilworth. He has served on the Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency, worked for several years as a provincial agricultural representative, and was the first appointed General Manager of the Ontario Dairy
Herd Improvement Corp., when it was privatized. Our second Vice-President is Gerald Poechman, an organic egg, beef and cash-crop farmer from Hanover. An Alumnus of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, Poechman’s commitment to the agricultural and rural community extends beyond CFFO and has included active involvement in other organizations.

Directors
The CFFO also has a full slate of qualified directors. Ted Van Den Hurk is a broiler and turkey broiler producer from near Stayner. In addition to serving on committees of the chicken and turkey boards, Van Den Hurk is a local coordinator of the Good Food Box Program and has served in Tanzania as an educator/missionary. Ed Scharringa is a grower of speciality crops from near Rockton. He is active in greenhouse and outdoor cut flower production for Canadian and U.S. markets and previously owned and operated a farm retail division. Peter Payne is a cow-calf producer from Reaboro. Having farmed for 40 years, Payne also served 25 years with the Canadian Armed Forces and taught a wide range of courses at Sir Stanford Fleming College in Peterborough. Peter Bakker is a dairy producer from Drumbo. A graduate of Centralia Agricultural College, Bakker has been active in his local CFFO board and on various committees within the organization. Simon DeBoer is a dairy farmer from Tara. Having served on his local CFFO board for the past 27 years, DeBoer has also been active in his local agricultural society, Christian school and church council.

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Closer to the Heart: A CFFO Vision for Farming
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