The 83rd PEIFA Annual General Meeting is scheduled for January 26th, 2024 at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. We ask that you please register (for free) in advance by visiting here.

Registration and the trade show begins at 8:30am, with the meeting beginning at 10am. The agenda will include remarks from the Minister of Agriculture and Land, Bloyce Thompson, and Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s President Keith Currie, as well as discussions about succession planning, land use planning, and carbon credits.

Any members wishing to propose resolutions for the organization to consider are asked to contact executive director Donald Killorn directly at dkillorn@peifa.ca or 902-368-7289.

PEI Federation of Agriculture 83rd Annual General Meeting Agenda

January 26, 2024

Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI

Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81717196281

8:30 AM           Registration & Trade Show

10:00 AM         Call to Order

• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of 2023 Minutes
• Nominations Committee Report
• Auditors Report – BDO Canada
• 2024 Budget – Donald Killorn
• President’s Report – Keisha Rose-Topic

10:45 AM           BREAK

11:00 AM            Canadian Federation of Agriculture: Keith Currie, President, CFA

11:30 AM            Minister of Agriculture Bloyce Thompson

11:50 AM            Carbon Credit Project Update

12:00 PM             LUNCH

12:30 PM             Awards Presentation

• Hon Gilbert R. Clements Award for Excellence in Environmental Farm Planning
• Agriculture Awareness Award in Recognition of Outstanding Efforts by the PEI Federation of Agriculture and Gordon & Sandra Sobey
• 2023 Department of Agriculture & Land Minister’s Dedication to Agriculture Award
• 2023 Agriculture Employee and Employer of the Year Awards by the PEI Agriculture Sector Council

1:00 PM               Succession Planning: Transferring the Farm to the Next Generation- A conversation with Terry Jones (FCC)

1:30 PM               Land Use Planning: Developing a Common Vision- Federation of PEI Municipalities

2:00 PM               BREAK

2:15 PM               Introduction of 2024 Board of Directors

2:30 PM               PEIFA 2024 Resolutions
(Members only)

3:30 PM               Open Discussion for PEIFA Members
(Members only)

4:00 PM               Adjournment