Canadian
Farm Animal
Genetic
Resources
Foundation
P.O.
Box 3027, Brighton, Ontario, Canada K0K 1H0
Tel.:
(613) 475-2701 Fax: (613) 475-3902 E-mail: ded@reach.net
The Foundation was started by a small group of concerned scientists who believed that many of our traditional breeds were at risk. Membership now consists of farmers, scientists, breed associations and commodity organizations who share these concerns.
To support the conservation of farm animal genetic resources in Canada and around the world, and to provide for a sustainable animal industry now and in the future.
Testimonials....
Portion of a statement from the "House of Commons Debates",
November 29, 2002:
«Mr. Speaker, diversity of species is a critical foundation of the success of life on the planet. In the same way, genetic diversity of livestock, cattle, hogs, poultry and so on in Canada, is the foundation of our food supply. While Canada is doing a good job of nurturing the genetic diversity of food plants, we are doing little to preserve and promote livestock diversity. I urge that livestock genetics be given special attention in the budget. Let us listen to the Canadian Foundation for the Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and act soon on this before it is too late.»
Mr. Peter Adams M.P (Peterborough)
«A significant majority of farm revenues in Canada come from the animal sector. At Laval University, we strongly support the concept of a research centre to protect bio-diversity and ensure that we have genetic options in the face of potential changes in the production environment.»
Jean-Claude
Dufour, Dean
Faculté
des sciences de l'agriculture
et
de l'alimentation,
Université
Laval
«Preserving genetic resources is essential for the future of the Canadian swine breeding industry, because diversity and variablility are the key ingredients upon which genetic improvement is based. The creation of a Canadian centre dedicated to the preservation of genetic resources for all farm animals is the best way to ensure conservation efforts are well targeted and coordinated, and are based upon sound scientific principles and the best technologies available.»
Jacques
P. Chesnais
General
Manager
Canadian
Centre for Swine Improvement Inc.
«The conservation of Canada’s farm animal genetic resources is essential for the future of Canada's food security and exports. Thus McGill University strongly supports the establishment of a national farm animal genetic resources centre. Such a centre will aid Canada both in meeting the challenges it faces today and in the future as well as allow Canada to play its role in the worldwide effort for the conservation of farm animal genetic resources.»
Dr.
Deborah Buszard, Dean
Faculty
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
McGill
University
«The Dairy Farmers of Canada recognize the benefits for society to protect genetic diversity in the dairy industry. Canadian consumers receive benefits from dairy production efficiencies, however these efficiencies are significantly the result of breeding animals of the highest caliber, thus limiting genetic variation. The Dairy Farmers of Canada thus strongly support the conservation of animal genetics by the federal government for future applications, as they have so capably done for plants.»
Leo
Bertoia, President
Dairy
Farmers of Canada
Dr Donald McQueen Shaver
(chair), Cambridge, Ontario
Dr Roger Buckland, McGill
University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec
Dr Kim Cheng, British Columbia
University, Vancouver, British Columbia
Mr Robert Chicoine, The
Semex Alliance, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
Mr Chuck Fiss, Genex Swine,
Regina, Saskatchewan
Dr Bill Guenter, University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mr Dick Huggard, Truro,
Nova-Scotia
Dr Peter Hunton, Cambridge,
Ont.
Mr Ted Lawrence, Rare Breeds
Canada, Buckingham, Québec
Mr Mike Nowosad, Canadian
4-H Council, Ottawa, Ontario
Ms Julie Stitt, Canadian
Cattle Identification Agency, Airdrie, Alberta
Mr Hans Vink, Dairy Farmers
of Canada, Norwood, Ontario
Mr Jim Dalrymple, Executive
Vice-President, Brighton, Ontario
Corporate
Membership
December
2002
Agricultural
Institute of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
L’Alliance
Boviteq inc., Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
Ayrshire
Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
Canadian
Centre for Swine Improvement, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian
Egg Marketing Agency, Ottawa, Ontario
Centre
d’insémination artificielle du Québec (CIAQ), Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
Dairy
Farmers of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Dairy
Farmers of Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario
DairyGen,
Guelph, Ontario
Eastern
Breeders Inc., Kemptville, Ontario
Gencor-The
Genetic Corporation, Guelph, Ontario
Genex
Swine, Regina, Saskatchewan
Grober
Inc., Cambridge, Ontario
Holstein
Canada, Brantford,Ontario
Jersey
Canada, Guelph, Ontario
Université
Laval, Québec, Québec
McGill
University, Macdonald College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec
Neilson
Dairy Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
New
Brunswick Milk Marketing Board, Sussex, New Brunswick
Nova
Scotia Animal Breeders Co-op Ltd., Truro, Nova Scotia
Nova
Scotia Egg Producers, Truro, Nova Scotia
Ontario
Broiler Hatching Egg & Chick Commission, Guelph, Ontario
Ontario
Egg Producers, Mississauga, Ontario
Poultry
Industry Council, Guelph, Ontario
Saskatchewan
Dairy Foundation, Regina, Saskatchewan
The
Semex Alliance, Guelph, Ontario
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