Farm & Food Care PEI is governed by a 12-member steering committee consisting of representatives the PEI Department of Agriculture and Land; the PEI Department of Environment, Water and Climate Change; the PEI Agriculture Awareness Committee; two food processors; one board member from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity; one PEI farmer; one food retailer; one local dietitian. The committee provides strategic direction and guides initiatives. Farm and Food Care PEI has a membership structure and if you would like to learn more information please contact sbeaton@peifa.ca
Farm & Food Care PEI Steering Committee:
- Ron Maynard – President PEI Federation of Agriculture, Chair of Farm and Food Care PEI
- Jamie MacPhail – Corporate Secretary & Communications Coordinator, ADL
- Greg Donald – General Manager, PEI Potato Board
- Brad Colwill – Deputy Minister, Department of Environment, Water, and Climate Change
- Bernadette Forrester – PEI Agriculture Awareness Committee
- Brian Matheson – Deputy Minister, Department of Agriculture and Land
- John MacQuarrie – Director of Sustainability, Cavendish Farms
- Lynda Stewart – Local Business Development Manager, Sobey's Atlantic
- John Jamieson – Canadian Centre for Food Integrity Board Member
- Shannon McQuaid – Registered Dietitian
- Doug Thompson – General Manager, Dairy Farmers of PEI
- Robert Godfrey - Executive Director, PEI Federation of Agriculture
Staff:
- Santina Beaton-MacEachern – Manager, Membership and Events
- Maria Smith - Manager, Communications and Marketing
Farm & Food Care PEI is a program funded through cost-shared programming under the Canadian Agriculture Partnership supported by PEI Federation of Agriculture and PEI Department of Agriculture and Land.