CAFA’s goal is to connect professionals across Canada through interaction, education and communication. This is accomplished through the following services:

• Members are listed on the CAFA web site for farmers and the public sector industry to access. (Farmers can search the membership list by expertise area, region, province and profession)
• Members can submit their name and topic specialties to the Speakers Directory list on the web site.
• With the assistance of the CAFA head office staff, members are connected to other members across Canada who may be able to help with a question or provide a resource.
• Free posting of events, speakers, news releases, industry issues, opportunity to publish in newsletters, fact sheets and at the website.
• CAFA’s head office staff is available as a clearinghouse of information, people and resources.
• An online subscription to the Farm Business Advisor(www.fbamanual.com) with membership.
• Access to current research and updates in the field of family farm businesses and in the more general field of family based businesses on the website.
• Access to electronic newsletter/educational material.
• Members are invited to attend provincial and national conferences to network with other professionals outside the usual group, farmers and the public sector– members get discounted fees.
• Selected members are invited to be part of national focus groups, interviewed by the media, approached to be part of Agriculture Canada committees and write for nationally distributed educational material.

“I attended the Grande Prairie chapter organizational meeting last night and I felt privileged to have been invited. The meeting was well run, informative, and a valued opportunity for me to network with my peers.”
Brenda Fleetham,
Grande Prairie, Alberta