Bullet News ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH – The cat’s out of the bag. Local farmer Wayne Black has his eye on the top position in Ontario’s leading farm advocacy organization.
Wayne Black
Black, who announced last week that he would run for one of the top three spots, has now confirmed he intends to run for president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in elections at the Annual General Meeting, which will be held in Toronto on Nov. 21 and 22. The OFA advocates on behalf of 38,000 farmers across the province.
Black’s original strategy was to tell people he was running for either president or one of the two vice-president positions in the upcoming election. Word was being spread that he would take aim at the president’s position, so he decided to move forward publicly with his plan to seek election as president.
Black, who is currently an OFA board member, elected at large. From 2008-2010, he was president of Huron County Federation of Agriculture. (See Linkedin for full professional profile.)
The OFA works to champion the interests of Ontario farmers through government relations, lobby efforts, community representation and media relations. OFA’s key issues include environmental stewardship, rural infrastructure, energy policy, risk management programs and regulatory reform.
Black owns 100 acres and farms an additional nearly 400 acres with his dad, John, in Ashfield-Colborne Wawanosh.
OFA’s current president, Bette Jean Crews, will not seek re-election at the 2011 AGM.
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