Our networks

This page highlights the partners who make our work possible—by supporting our projects, sharing their expertise, or collaborating directly in the field to advance the transition toward sustainable agriculture.

Our strategic, corporate, and financial partners, our advisors and the members of our Community of practice, the Quebec Committee, and the Producer Advisory Committee play an active role in the development and advancement of our collaborative projects within agri-food value chains. Our network partners share our goals for a sustainable and resilient agriculture.

Strategic partners

Strategic partners work alongside FoodBridge to advance shared goals through projects, events, and other forms of collaboration that strengthen our collective impact.

  • Agrinova
  • Conseil pour le développement de l’agriculture du Québec (CDAQ)
  • Filière microbrassicole du Québec
  • Groupe ProConseil
  • Ontario Soil Network (OSN)
  • Producteurs de grains du Québec (PGQ)
  • Sustainable Food Lab
  • Transition Accelerator

Financial partners

Financial partners contribute to the success of FoodBridge’s projects by providing financial support.

  • Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada (AAFC)
  • Aliments du Québec
  • Fondation McCall MacBain
  • Fondation Peter Gilgan
  • Fondation RBC
  • Fondation TD
  • Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ)
  • Stratégie bioalimentaire de la Montérégie
  • The Co-operators

Quebec Committee Members

The Quebec Committee brings together farmers, advisors, researchers, agri-food companies, associations, and government representatives to support and guide FoodBridge’s Quebec projects. Together, they foster the exchange of expertise and strategies to accelerate the adoption of sustainable and regenerative farming practices across Quebec.

The committee works in complementarity with other existing initiatives in the province.

  • Marie Bipfubusa, Centre de recherche sur les grains (CEROM)
  • Benjamin Brasseur, Farinart
  • Damien Chaput, ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ)
  • Magali Delomier, L’Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA)
  • Yvan Faucher, ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ)
  • Samuel Jeanson, Filière microbrassicole du Québec
  • Étienne Lafrance, Producteurs de Grains du Québec (PGQ)
  • Catherine Lessard, Association des producteurs maraîchers du Québec (APMQ)
  • Jean-Pascal Matteau, Université Laval
  • Catherine Mercier, Groupe ProConseil
  • Christian Overbeek, Concertation Grains Québec (CGQ)
  • William Overbeek, Fermes Overbeek
  • Pierre Rémillard, Agrinova
  • Cécile Tartera, Groupe ProConseil
  • Annick Van Campenhout, Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec (CTAQ)

Producer Advisory Committee Members

The Producer Advisory Committee brings together farmers from Quebec and Ontario who share their experience and needs in order to  guide FoodBridge’s projects and ensure they remain grounded in agricultural  realities (Ontario members to come).

  • Mélanie Brouillard
  • Yannick Beauchemin
  • Jean-François Ridel