Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Tribunal accredits OFA, CFFO, NFU

The Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal has issued re-accreditation to all three general farm organizations.

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture, The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario and the Ontario branch of the National Farmers Union all appeared for public hearings in June.

This re-accreditation went smoothly, a sharp contrast with the previous ones which prompted the tribunal to deny re-accreditation to all three. Since then the provincial government has changed and clarified the standards.

The tribunal has written that all three “based on the evidence filed and the submissions made . . . met all the prescribed criteria for re-accreditation as a farm organization.”


It means that they will be able to collect membership dues via annual renewals under the Farm Business and Farm Organizations Funding Act.