Mark Wales, Vice Chair

Mark Wales is a farmer and long-time agricultural advocate in the areas of land stewardship, environmental concerns, labour and farm leadership in the Province of Ontario.

A graduate of the University of Guelph in 1976 with a BSc Degree in Agriculture, a graduate of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, and a Nuffield Canada Scholar, Mark has worked with a variety of agricultural organizations for the past two decades. This includes serving as Chair of the Elgin County Peer Review Committee for the Environmental Farm Plan, President of the Garlic Growers Association of Ontario, Chair of the Safety Nets Committee on the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, Vice-Chair of the Labour Issues Co-ordinating Committee, and Director of the Elgin Agricultural Society. Mark has also been a representative for the Elgin Federation of Agriculture for the past fifteen years, currently serving as director-at-large (formerly a regional director and president) as well as currently a Vice President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.

Mark continues to fight for the rights of farmers, regardless of commodity choices, at regional, provincial and national levels.