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COABC - Directors and Alternates

President – Mary Forstbauer – Bio-Dynamic
VicePresident – Kris Chand – IOPA
Treasurer – Rob Horricks – PACS
Secretary – Rebecca Kneen – NOOA
Secretary – Annie Moss – PACS

BCARA – British Columbia Association for Regenerative Agriculture

Chris Bodnar
8550 Bradner Rd, Abbotsford, BC, V4X2H5
Tel: (604) 857-0017
Email: glenvalleychris(a)gmail.com

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


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

Mary Forstbauer – (2011 President)
49350 Prairie Central Rd, Chilliwack, BC, V2P 6H3
Tel: 604-794-3999
Email: bcbiod(a)yahoo.ca

Alternate:
David Avery
28450 King Rd, Abbotsford, BC, V4X 1B1
Tel: (604) 857-4188
Email: david(a)lotuslandvineyards.com


BOPA – Boundary Organic Producers Association

Roly Russell
5800 Edwards Rd, Grand Forks, BC V0H 1H9
Tel: (250) 442-5840
Email: rolyrussell(a)gmail.com

Alternate:
Sheila Dobie
6515 Spencer Rd, Grand Forks, BC, V0H 1H5
Tel: (250) 442-8583
Email: sheiladobie(a)shaw.ca


FVOPA – Fraser Valley Organic Producers

Doug Luder
7178 Vantage Way, Delta, BC, V4G 1K7
Tel: 604-952-7078 Fax: 604-952-7077
Email: doug(a)olympicdairy.com

Alternate:
Susan Snow
3531 64th St, Delta, BC, V3K 4N2
Tel: (604) 952-7669 Fax: (604) 952-7669
Email: snowfarms(a)dcc.net


IOPA – Islands Organic Producers Association

Kris Chand – (2011 Vice President)
1480 Hodges Rd, Parksville, BC, V9P 2B5
Tel: 250-954-0764
Email: chand.kris(a)gmail.com

Alternate:
Randy Pearson
5760 Oldfield Rd, Victoria, BC, V9E 2A5
Tel/Fax: (250) 658-2585
Email: rn_pearson(a)shaw.ca


KOGS – Kootenay Organic Growers

Angela Weir
PO Box 211, Winlaw, BC, V0G 2J0
Tel: (250) 226-7062
Email: kogs.coabc.rep(a)gmail.com

Alternate:
Jeanine Powell
RR1 S4 C6, Fruitvale, BC, V0G 1L0
Tel: (250) 637-9955
Email: kogs.coabc.rep(a)gmail.com


LEOGA – Living Earth Organic Growers

Sarah Martin
172 Sumac Rd, Cawston, BC, V0X 1C3
Tel/Fax: (250) 499-5379
Email: mariposaorganicfarm(a)nethop.net

Alternate:
Clive Johnson
RR S14 C9, Naramata, BC, V0H 1N0
Tel: (250) 496-5616
Email: johnsons(a)vip.net


NOOA – North Okanagan Organic Association

Rebecca Kneen – (2011 Co-Secretary)
706 Elson Rd, Sorrento, BC, V0E 2W1
Tel: (250) 675-4122
Email: rebecca(a)crannogales.com

Alternate:
Bob McCoubrey
8090 Hwy 97, Lake Country, BC, V4V 1P9
Tel: (250) 766-4406
Email: bobmccoubrey(a)telus.net


PACS – Pacific Agricultural Certification Society

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

Annie Moss – (2011 Co-Secretary)
2635 Kaslo Rd, Vancouver, BC, V5M 3G9
Tel: (604) 299-1683
Email: produce(a)discoveryorganics.ca

Rob Horricks – (2011 Treasurer)
1024 39 Ave NW, Calgary, AB, T2K 0E1
Tel: (403) 210-1247
Email: rob(a)blushlane.com

Charlie Lasser
PO Box 861, Chetwynd, BC, V0C 1J0
Tel: 250-788-2790 Fax: 250-788-2775

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

Eric von Krosigk
4870 Chute Lake Rd, Kelowna, BC, V1W 4M3
Tel: (250) 764-8000
Email: eric(a)summerhill.bc.ca

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

Alternate:
Philippa Mennell
667 Armstrong Rd, Cawston, V0X 1C2
Tel: (250) 506-0156
Email: pippamennell(a)gmail.com

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

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


SOOPA – Similkameen Okanagan Organic Producers Association

Corey Brown
382 VLA Rd, Cawston, BC, V0X 1C1
Tel: (250) 499-9044
Email: blackbirdorganics(a)gmail.com

Alternate:
Rob Vanderlip/ Yuri Zebroff
4607 Kamloops-Vernon Hwy PO Box 69/ 2305 Ferko Rd, Westwold/Cawston, V0E 3B0/ V0X 1C2
Tel/Fax: (250) 318-0235/ (250) 499-5381
Email: robert.zaparango(a)gmail.com/byz5(a)telus.net


STOPA – Shuswap Thompson Organic Producers Association

David Comrie
4985 Westsyde Rd, Kamloops, BC, V2B 8N4
Tel: (250) 579-5982
Email: 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
Email: prubinson(a)hotmail.com


Ministry of Agriculture
Fiona Cubitt – (ex-officio)
PO Box 9120 STN PROV GOVT, Victoria, BC, V8W 9B4
Tel: (250) 387-9595 fiona.cubitt(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)pacificcoast.net

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