Directors & Executive







Executive
Gerald Girodat, President
Box 664
Shaunavon SK S0N 2M0
Tel: (306) 297-2563
Fax: (306) 297-2564
E-mail: girodatseeds@sasktel.net
Neil Shanks, Past President
R.R.#1
Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0
Tel: (519) 825-4070
Fax: (519) 825-4849
E-mail:
nshanks@wavedirect.net

James (Jim) Baillie, 1st Vice President
Hill Tree Farms
R.R. # 5
Tatamagouche NS  B0K 1V0
Tel: (902) 657-2256
Fax: (902) 657-0387
E-mail: hilltree@nncweb.ca
Peter Boswall, Provincial Representative
PEI Department of Agriculture
Box 2000
Charlottetown PE C1A 7N8
Tel: (902) 368-5602
Fax: (902) 368-4857
E-mail: pwboswall@gov.pe.ca 
Norman Lyster, 2nd Vice President 
Box 878
Stettler AB T0C 2L0
Tel: (403) 742-4456
Fax: (403) 742-8591
E-mail: nlyster@lysterfarms.com 
Dale Adolphe, Executive Director
240 Catherine Street, Suite 202
Ottawa ON K2P 2G8
Tel: (613) 236-0497 Ext. 224
Fax: (613) 563-7855
E-mail: adolphed@seedgrowers.ca 

National Directors
(* denotes a provincial representative)
British Columbia
Ed Hadland 
Box 89
Baldonnel BC V0C 1K0
Tel/Fax: (250) 789-3646
E-mail: Hadland6@pris.ca
Ken Nickel*
Sustainable Agriculture Mgmt Branch
BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
1767 Angus Campbell Road
Abbotsford BC V3G 2M3
Tel: (604) 556-3103
Fax: (604) 556-3099
E-mail: Ken.nickel@gov.bc.ca
Alberta
Ed Lefsrud
R.R. 1
Viking AB T0B 4N0
Tel : (780) 336-2500
Fax : (780) 336-2500
E-mail: lefsrud@telusplanet.net
John Brown*
Alberta Agriculture, Food & Rural Development
# 204, 7000 - 113 Street
Edmonton AB T6H 5T6
Tel: (780) 422-1236
Fax: (780) 427-1057
E-mail: john.brown@gov.ab.ca
Saskatchewan
Bob Rugg
Box 30
Elstow SK S0K 1M0
Tel: (306) 257-3638
Fax: (306) 257-3589 
E-mail: rugg@sasktel.net
Blaine Recksiedler *
Crop Development Branch
Saskatchewan Agriculture & Food
Walter Scott Building
3085 Albert Street
Regina SK S4S 0B1
Tel: (306) 787-4664
Fax: (306) 787-0428
E-mail: blaine.recksiedler@gov.sk.ca
Joe Rennick
Box 389
Milestone, SK S0E 0B0
Tel: (306) 436-4353
Fax: (306) 436-2157 
E-mail: rennickfarms@sasktel.net

Manitoba
Doug Heaman
Box 1060
Virden MB R0M 2C0
Tel: (204) 748-2666
Fax: (204) 748-2083
E-mail: dheaman@rfnow.com
Patti Cuthbert*
Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Initiative
Agri-Food Innovation Adaptation Centre
536 Stephen Street
Morden MB R6M 1T7
Tel: (204) 823-0323
Fax: (204) 822-2939
E-mail: patti.cuthbert@gov.mb.ca
Don Zeghers 
Zeghers Seed Inc.
Box 426
Holland MB R0X 0X0
Tel: (204) 526-2145
Fax: (204) 526-2524
E-mail: zseed@mts.net

Ontario
Kathy Hardy
10957 Dr. Miller Rd
Iroquois, ON   K0E 1K0
Tel: (613) 989-2054
Fax: (613) 989-3849
E-mail: khardy@xplornet.com
Dawn Pate *
OMAFRA
3rd Floor South
1 Stone Road West
Guelph ON N1G 4Y2
E-mail: Dawn.pate@ontario.ca
Kevin Runnalls
279410 Milberta Rd.
R.R. # 1
New Liskeard ON P0J 1P0
Tel: (705) 563-2496
Fax: (705) 563-1114
E-mail: kevrun@parolink.net

Québec
Daniel Lanoie 
1155 Rang 4eme
St-Hugues QC J0H 1N0
Tel: (450) 794-2418
Fax: (450) 794-2732 
E-mail: lanoidan@ntic.qc.ca
Djiby Bocar Sall*
Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation
200 Sainte-Foy, 10th Floor
Québec, QC G1R 4X6
Tel: (418) 380-2100, ext. 3327
Fax : (418) 380-2164
E-mail: djiby.sall@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca
Martin Provencher
470 chemin des Bouvreuils
Bécancour QC G9H 4C7
Tel: (819) 298-4744
Fax: (819) 298-4886 
E-mail: promar.01@hotmail.ca
New Brunswick
Peter Scott*
N.B. Dept. of Agriculture & Aquaculture
Box 6000
850 Lincoln Road
Fredericton NB E3B 5H1
Tel: (506) 453-2108
Fax: (506) 453-7978
E-mail: peter.scott@gnb.ca

 
Nova Scotia
Dr. Claude Caldwell*
Nova Scotia Agricultural College
P.O. Box 550
Truro NS B2N 5E3
Tel: (902) 893-6680
Fax: (902) 897-9762
E-mail: ccaldwell@nsac.ns.ca

 
Prince Edward Island
Leonard McCardle
McCardle Brothers
R.R.1
Kinkora, PE C0B 1N0
Tel: 902-887-2338
Fax: 902-887-3132
E-mail: lmccardle@pei.sympatico.ca

 
Advisor
Dr. Bryan Harvey
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8
Tel: (306) 966-5795
Fax: (306) 966-5015
E-mail: bryan.harvey@usask.ca  

 

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