PEIFA Annual General Meeting

 FarThe 84th PEIFA Annual General Meeting is scheduled for January 24th, 2025 at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino.

Please register (for free) in advance.

Registration and the trade show begins at 8:30am, with the meeting beginning at 10am. The agenda will follow.

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.

Thank you to our 2025 AGM sponsors:

Island Farmer
AgPro Workwear
Atlantic Beef Products Inc.
BDO
Cavendish
CIBC Commercial Banking and Pickard Financial Management
cleanfarms
DALMAC
Farm Credit Canada
Fitzpatrick and Co.
Kingston Farm Supply
Maritime Electric
McCain Produce Inc.
Medavie Blue Cross
PEI Agriculture Sector Council
PEI Bag Co.
PEI Department of Agriculture
PEI Grain Elevators Corporation
PEI Mutual Insurance Company
Scotiabank
The Smart Energy Company
Summerside Chrysler Dodge
Target Tours
Turner Drake & Partners
Wyman’s Blueberries

We’re grateful to our year-round corporate sponsors who support programming, special events and member benefits: Scotiabank, Farm Credit Canada, Amalgamated Dairies Limited and Kenmac Energy. 

Agenda

8:30 – 10:00 AM Registration & Trade Show

10:00 AM Call to Order

10:30 AM Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Pierre Lampron, 2nd Vice-President, CFA

10:50 AM BREAK

11:00 AM Climate Change Adaptation Plan
Meagan Moynagh, PEIFA

11:15 AM Minister of Agriculture Bloyce Thompson

11:30 AM Awards Presentation
– Hon Gilbert R. Clements Award for Excellence in Environmental Farm Planning
– Gordon & Sandra Sobey Agriculture Awareness Award
– 2024 Department of Agriculture & Land Minister’s Dedication to Agriculture Award
– 2024 Agriculture Employee & Employer of the Year Awards

12:00 PM LUNCH

1:00 PM Cybercrime Threats to Agriculture
Dr. Ali Dehghantanha, University of Guelph and Assistant Deputy Minister Nasser Alsukayri, Information Services Branch, AAFC

Dr. Dehghantanha will review the most likely types of cyberattack and what farmers can do to protect their farms from the increasing risk. Nasser Alsukayri, Assistant Deputy Minister of Information Services Branch and Chief Information Officer at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, will provide an overview of what the Canadian government is doing to support the sector to increase their farms’ cybersecurity resiliency.

2:15 PM Exploring the LEAR Method for Agricultural Planning
Riley Chappell, Dalhousie School for Resource & Environmental Studies

2:40 PM Introduction of 2025 Board of Directors

2:45 PM BREAK

3:00 PM PEIFA 2025 Resolutions (Members Only)

3:45 PM Open Discussion for PEIFA Members (Members Only)

4:00 PM Adjournment