Registration - In-house Organization

Farmers for Climate Solutions / Fermiers pour la Transition Climatique / Andrew Rushmere, Interim Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Farmers for Climate Solutions / Fermiers pour la Transition Climatique
Responsible Officer Name: Andrew Rushmere, Interim Executive Director
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2023-10-01
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 958158-375957

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 32

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 9

Version 11 of 11 (2025-03-12 to present)

Registration versions:

Version 11 of 11 (2025-03-12 to present)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Agriculture, Climate	Government support for environmental and climate action in Canadian agriculture, including the Agricultural Policy Framework and the On-Farm Climate Action Fund.	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Climate	Government support for on-farm climate resilience as it relates to the Sustainable Agriculture Strategy (SAS).	Policies or Program
Agriculture, Climate	Government support for on-farm climate resilience related to pre-budget 2025 recommendations.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
Agriculture	Government support for on-farm resilience in agriculture	Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

Farmers for Climate Solutions (FCS) is a farmer-led national coalition working to scale up climate solutions in agriculture. We advance policy proposals to Canadian governments to better support farmers in the face of climate change, and we encourage farmers to adopt low emission, high resilience practices. FCS became it's own entity on October 1st, 2023. Before then we operated under SeedChange and were registered under this organization for lobbying.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Andrew Rushmere, Interim Executive Director

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Our coalition is comprised of 29 agricultural organizations from across Canada.

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
78 George Street, Suite 204
Ottawa, ON K1N 5W1
Canada

Telephone number: 604-815-9002

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Crystal Arsenault, FaRM Program Manager | No public offices held
Rosalie Gillis-Madden, FaRM Manager - Farmer Engagement and Learning | No public offices held
Geneviève Grossenbacher, Director of Policy | No public offices held
Brenda Hsueh, FaRM Program Coordinator | No public offices held
Benjamin Lewis, Communications Manager | No public offices held
Brent Preston, President | No public offices held
Karen Ross, Currently on parental leave - Executive Director | No public offices held
Andrew Rushmere, Interim Executive Director | No public offices held

Farmers for Climate Solutions/Fermiers pour la Transition Climatique

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
Farmers for Climate Solutions/Fermiers pour la Transition Climatique	2023-10-01	current

Farmers for Climate Solutions / Fermiers pour la Transition Climatique

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Andrew Rushmere	2024-05-15	Current
Karen Ross	2023-10-01	2024-05-15

Date Modified:: 2025-03-07

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Registration - In-house Organization

Farmers for Climate Solutions / Fermiers pour la Transition Climatique / Andrew Rushmere, Interim Executive Director

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 11 of 11 (2025-03-12 to present)

Version 11 of 11 (2025-03-12 to present)

Subject Matter Details

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization