2025 DFO Board Executive Election

Jan 24, 2025

At a Special Board meeting held on Jan. 16, 2025, following Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s (DFO) 2025 Annual General Meeting, DFO’s Board elected its 2025 Board Executive.

Mark Hamel, Board Member for Region 11, was re-elected as Chair; John Wynands, Board Member for Region 3 was elected as Vice-Chair; and Don Gordon, Board Member for Region 5, was re-elected as 2^nd Vice-Chair.

Arlene Minott was re-appointed as Corporate Secretary to the Board. Rey Moisan was re-appointed as Treasurer to the Board.

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Video: Democratizing Gene Editing - Pairwise’s Vision for the Future of Agriculture

Pairwise has built its business around an idea that runs counter to how many companies approach innovation: make transformative technology easier to access.

In this Seed World interview, CEO Tom Adams discusses why broader access to gene editing could speed crop improvement, expand innovation opportunities and help agriculture address emerging challenges. He explains why Pairwise believes no single company can solve all of agriculture's problems alone—and why making advanced breeding technologies available to more organizations could accelerate progress across the industry.

The conversation explores how consumer trust influences technology adoption, why innovations like pitless cherries and seedless blackberries matter beyond convenience, and how future crop improvements could help address labor shortages, automation, harvest efficiency and other production challenges. Adams also shares his perspective on what the industry may be underestimating about the next wave of gene editing innovation.

Watch the full interview to hear why Pairwise believes agriculture is approaching an important inflection point for gene editing, and why the pace of innovation over the next decade could surprise the industry.

Topics Covered:

o Democratizing agricultural innovation

o Consumer trust and technology adoption

o The business case for sharing innovation

o Expanding innovation beyond major crops

o Next-generation breeding technologies