CAFA has three membership categories:

• Regular Member - $350 + 5% GST = $367.50 annually, Early Bird to May 19: $325 + 5% GST = $341.25
  Professional, business, corporate All Regular memberships now include an online subscription to the Farm Business Advisor (www.fbamanual.com)
• Affiliate member - $100 + 5% GST = $105 annually
  Farm business owner, NPO, non-consulting educator, research
• Student - $75 + 5% GST = $78.75 annually

Entrance Requirements

There are two classes of membership, regular and affiliate. Regular members vote and can use the designation. Affiliate members cannot. Affiliate members are primarily farmers.

Both regular and affiliate members must be individuals, at least 18 years of age.

Unless otherwise determined by the National Membership Chair, applicants for regular membership:

• must have been advising farmers or involved in the agricultural field for at least two years;
• must be accepted by the local and national membership chairs;
• cannot have a criminal record;
• cannot have been sanctioned by a licensing or professional body having jurisdiction over that member; and,
• cannot have been declared bankrupt.

Regular Members must also qualify under than one of the following two categories:

• They are licensed by or belong to a self regulating organization (SRO) or other organization accepted by the Board; or
• They are recommended in prescribed form by two regular members of CAFA in good standing

Regular members must meet one further criterion; they must pass a prescribed exam. CAFA will at that introduce a probationary membership - akin to an articling student - i.e. someone who is a member pending their successfully writing the exam. During their probation, they cannot vote or use the designation.

Application forms

2009-10 Certification Application
Print this form out (CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FORM), complete it by hand and send it to your chapter VP of Membership or CAFA national office (see Contacts page). (PDF format)

2009-10 CAFA Certification Renewal Application
Print this form out, complete it by hand and send it to your chapter VP of Membership or CAFA national office (see Contacts page). (PDF format)

Note: The above form is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. You must have Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader software installed on your computer in order to use it. Click here to go to the Adobe site to download this free program.

You may pay your membership dues by cheque, or Visa or American Express credit card. If paying by credit card, please either phone in your credit card information to Liz Robertson at 1-877-474-2871 or indicate on your application that this is how you’ll be paying and we’ll contact you.

GST Registration number: 86481 2532 RT0001