Vision and Mission
In its 60th year, the QFA is embedded in the Anglophone agricultural and rural community of Quebec. We have close connections with many regional, provincial and national organizations including the French-speaking farming union – Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) family and related producer groups, La Financiere agricole, Reseau Agriconseils, Agricarrieres, Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and Quebec 4-H, as well as education and research institutions such as Macdonald Campus of McGill University. We offer a conduit through which partners and stakeholders on both ends of Canada’s language spectrum can operate.
Mission
Quebec Farmers’ Association defends the rights of, provides information to, and advocates for the English-speaking agricultural community in Quebec.
Vision
The QFA’s actions contribute to a sustainable future for both agriculture and the environment while providing a decent quality of life and financial return for the individuals and their families who have made agriculture and food production their chosen professions.
Shared Values
Members of the QFA believe in:
- Maintaining family-owned and -operated farms
- Food sovereignty and self-determination by individuals and nations
- Intergenerational involvement
- Lifelong learning
- Protection of the physical environment
- Preserving land for agricultural production
- Minimum government interference
- Working alone and in partnership with others
Bylaws
QFA’s Bylaws can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
Letters Patent
Certificate of Conformity
QFA Constitution and Bylaws – 1957