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Dairy Goat cooperative General Manager Lisa M. Thompson (born c. 1965 ) is a Canadian politician who serves as Ontario's Minister of Rural Affairs. She has represented the riding of Huron—Bruce in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party since 2011.
The company was founded in 1958 [1] as United Dairy and Poultry Co-operative Limited and later renamed Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited, to reflect the brand name of its products. In 1981, Gay Lea purchased the 106-year-old Teeswater Creamery. [2] In October 2016, Gay Lea acquired Canadian butter maker Stirling Creamery [3] [4]
The Ontario Co-operative Association is a co-operative association serving co-operatives and their member organizations in Ontario, Canada.They are a non-share capital and non-profit co-operative that was originally formed in 1989 as CCA Ontario Region, and officially incorporated in 2002 as the Ontario Co-operative Association (OCA).
Supply management is a shared jurisdiction between the federal and provincial governments. The Canadian Dairy Commission provides a framework for dairy policy at the federal level, while provinces have their own marketing board organizations, such as Ontario's Dairy Farmers of Ontario. [8] Milk for sale in a supermarket in London, Ontario.
There are over four thousand dairy farmers in Ontario represented by the DFO as their marketing organization. Annually, Ontario dairy farms produce $1.8 billion worth of milk products making them the largest agricultural sector in the province. [3] Dairy farmers in Ontario produce approximately 32 percent of Canada's milk. [6]
The Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) (French: Commission canadienne du lait) is an Ottawa-based Government of Canada Crown Corporation that provides a framework for managing Canada's dairy industry. [5] The CDC's mandate is to "ensure fair compensation to producers and provide consumers with access to a quality product." [6]
Ornua from the Irish "Ór Nua" meaning "new gold" (known as The Irish Dairy Board from 1961 to 2015) is an Irish Statutory agricultural cooperative, which markets and sells dairy products on behalf of its members: Irish dairy processors and Irish dairy farmers. The co-operative is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products.
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