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COABC - Directors and Alternates

President – Brad Reid – BCARA
VicePresident – Carmen Wakeling – PACS
Treasurer – Susan Snow – FVOPA
Secretary – Mary Forstbauer – Bio-Dynamic

BCARA – British Columbia Association for Regenerative Agriculture

Brad Reid – (COABC President 2009)
5050 244th Street, Langley, BC V2Z 1G5
Tel: 604-856-5050 Fax: 604-856-9093 bkreid(a)direct.ca

Alternate:
John Switzer
8550 Bradner Rd, Abbotsford, BC, V2R 4P2
Tel: (604) 857-0017


Bio-Dynamic – Bio-Dynamic Agricultural Society of British Columbia

Mary Forstbauer – (COABC Secretary 2009)
49350 Prairie Central Rd, Chilliwack, BC, V2P 6H3
Tel: 604-794-3999 bcbiod(a)yahoo.ca

Alternate:
William Hayward
PO Box 1746, Darcy, BC, V0N 1L0
Tel:  bcbiod(a)yahoo.ca


BOPA – Boundary Organic Producers Association

TBA

Alternate:
TBA


FVOPA – Fraser Valley Organic Producers

Susan Snow – (COABC Treasurer 2009)
3531 64th Street RR1, Delta, BC, V4K 3N2
Tel: 604-952-7669 Fax: 604-582-2164 snowfarms(a)dccnet.com

Alternate:
Doug Luder
7178 Vantage Way, Delta, BC, V4G 1K7
Tel: (604) 276-8787 Fax: (604) 276-9357 doug(a)olympicdairy.com


IOPA – Islands Organic Producers Association

Kris Chand
1480 Hodges Rd, Parksville, BC, V9P 2B5
Tel: 250-954-0764 chand.kris(a)gmail.com

Alternate:
Peter Johnston
Box 1000, Lasqueti Island, BC, V0R 2J0
Tel/Fax: (250) 333-8785 pjohnston(a)lasqueti.ca


KOGS – Kootenay Organic Growers

Suzanne Miller
RR1 S12 C110, South Slocan, BC, V0G 2G0
Tel: 250-359-7922 organicfarm(a)columbiawireless.ca

Alternate:
Deb Corbett
Box 149, Winlaw, BC V0G 2J0
Tel: 250-226-7462 debcorbett57(a)gmail.com


LEOGA – Living Earth Organic Growers' Association

Clive Johnson
RR1 S14 C9, Naramata, BC V0H 1N0
Tel/Fax: 250-496-5616 johnsons(a)vip.net

Alternate:
Joe Klein
4855 McKinnon Rd, Peachland, BC, V0H 1X2
Tel: 250-767-9231 jjhomestead(a)telus.net


NOOA – North Okanagan Organic Association

Peter Stockdale
240 Inchlogan Rd, Enderby, BC, V0E 1V4
Tel: 250-838-6605 pstockd(a)junction.net

Alternate:
Bev Wiens
5073 Stepney Hill Rd, Armstrong, BC, V0B 1B8
Tel: 250-546-9838 randbwiens(a)telus.net


PACS – Pacific Agricultural Certification Society

Carmen Wakeling – (COABC Vice President 2009)
2604 Grieve Rd, Courtenay, BC, V9J 1S7
Tel: (250) 338-4860 Fax: (250) 334-0216 eatmore-carmen(a)shawbiz.ca

Annie Moss
2635 Kaslo Rd, Vancouver, BC, V5M 3G9
Tel: (604) 299-1683 produce(a)discoveryorganics.ca

Gay Hahn
5805 Wales St, Vancouver, BC, V5R 3N5
Tel: (604) 434-2434 gayhahn(a)avalondairy.com

Rob Horricks
1024 39 Ave NW, Calgary, AB, T2K 0E1
Tel: (403) 210-1247 rob(a)blushlane.com

Charlie Lasser
PO Box 861, Chetwynd, BC, V0C 1J0
Tel: 250-780-5326 Fax: 250-788-2775

Destin Lydiatt
510 Beecroft River Rd, Cawston, BC, V0X 1C1
Tel: (250) 499-2987 destiny(a)nethop.net

Alternate:
Andrea Turner
2080 Ritchie Dr, Cawston, BC, V0X 2C0
Tel: (250) 499 -2882 aturner(a)nethop.net

Alternate:
Ron Schneider
2080 Ritchie Dr, Cawston, BC, V0X 2C0
Tel: (250) 499 -2882 aturner(a)nethop.net

Alternate:
Fred Danenhower
2193 Newton Rd, Cawston, BC, V0X 1C1
Tel: (250) 499 -2577 danenhower(a)nethop.net

Alternate:
Linda Edwards
757 Riordan Ave, Cawston, BC, V0X 1C2
Tel: (250) 499-5303 ledwards(a)nethop.net


SOOPA – Similkameen Okanagan Organic Producers Association

Rob Vanderlip
4607 Kamloops-Vernon Hwy, PO Box 69, Westwold, BC V0E 3B0
Tel: 250-318-0235 robert.zaparango(a)gmail.com

Alternate:
Corey Brown
382 VLA Rd, Cawston, BC, V0X 1C1
Tel/Fax: 250-499-9044 thx3232(a)shaw.ca


STOPA – Shuswap Thompson Organic Producers Association

David Comrie
4985 Westsyde Rd, Kamloops, BC, V2B 8N4
Tel: (250) 579-5982 dcomrie(a)shaw.ca

Alternate:
Ron Coghlan/Mendel Rubinson
Box 11, Lytton, BC, V0K 1Z0/PO Box 219, Kamloops, BC, V0K 2J0
Tel: (250) 455-2392/(250) 373-2312 prubinson(a)hotmail.com


Ministry of Agriculture & Lands (BCMAL)
Robert Prins – (ex-officio)
P.O. Box 9120 STN PROV GOVT, Victoria, BC V8W 9B4
Tel: 250 356-1834 Robert.Prins(a)gov.bc.ca

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
Geoff Urton & Alyssa Bell-Stoneman – (Farm Animal Welfare Co-ordinators)
1245 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 1R1
Tel: 604 647-6404 Geoff, 604-647-1319 Alyssa Fax: 604 681-7022 gurton(a)spca.bc.ca

Consumer/Environment Representative
BC Food Systems Network

Lee Fuge
723 Selkirk Ave, Victoria, BC, V9A 2T4
Tel: 250 385-7974 leefuge(a)hotmail.com

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