About

The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Crops (CRSC) is a national, industry-led forum, comprised of farm organizations,  input suppliers, marketers and processors, and other interested stakeholders.  We work together to assess  Canada’s grain sustainability performance, and to explore solutions to respond to marketplace and public expectations

Vision

The Canadian grains sector is recognized globally to be economically viable, socially responsible and a leader in the adoption of environmentally sustainable practices.

Mission

Create value for all members of Canada’s grains sector by providing a national forum for advancing, reporting on and communicating the sustainability of Canadian grain production.

Who’s Involved

Each link in Canada’s grains value chain is critical to the work of the CRSC. From seed developers through to end customers, the collective involvement of value chain members is what will enable the CRSC to achieve its objective of advancing the sustainability of Canadian grain production and processing..

As members of the CRSC, value chain organizations contribute to both the development and implementation of solutions for meeting the expectations of domestic and global markets for sustainably sourced Canadian grains. They also have access to research, tools and other resources being generated by the CRSC and its partners to facilitate and communicate Canada’s adoption of sustainable production practices.

In turn, members provide first-hand insights into the demands they are facing and what they are doing to address those demands.

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The CRSC Governance

The CRSC is governed by representatives of each of the following member categories who sit as members of the CRSC Steering Committee:

  • Grower association (provincial, regional or national)
  • Value chain council / commodity association
  • Grain handler / marketer / exporters
  • Input supplier – seed / fertilizer / agro-chemicals / financial services
  • Food and feed manufacturing / distribution / retail / food service
  • Environmental associations / sustainability certifiers and services / research and academic institutions

The members of the 2022 CRSC Steering Committee are:

  • Jason Lenz – Canada Grain Council (Chair)
  • Andre Harpe – Grain Growers of Canada
  • Jake Leguee – Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission
  • Cheryl Mayer/Justine Raftis – Canadian Canola Growers Association
  • Salah Zoghlami – Producteurs de Grains du Québec
  • Shannon Sereda – Alberta Wheat/ Alberta Barley
  • Paul Hoekstra – Grain Farmers of Ontario
  • Taryn Dickson – Canola Council of Canada
  • Greg Northey – Pulse Canada
  • Roy van Wyk – Seeds Canada
  • Mark Walker – Cereals Canada
  • Cassandra Cotton/Frank Annau – Fertilizer Canada
  • Justine Taylor – CropLife Canada
  • Courtney Stange – Viterra
  • Jim Tokarchuk – Soil Conservation Council of Canada
  • Paul Thoroughgood – Ducks Unlimited Canada
  • Chair, Communications Committee
    • Kelly Green –  Canadian Canola Growers Association
  • Scientific Advisor
    • Katja Rochacewich – BASF

The CRSC Staff

Susie Miller, Executive Director
613-224-1537
execdir@sustainablecrops.ca

Sandra Esposito, Director Stakeholder Relations and Operations, Canada Grains Council
sandra@canadagrains.ca