Hailing from Norwood, Ontario, Tim started farming in 1984, along with his wife Annette and their three sons. He is a third-generation chicken farmer with the fourth generation already in place and running chicken farms of their own. Tim served as a District Committee Representative for Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) before being elected to the Ontario Board in 2010. He was CFC’s Ontario Alternate from 2012-2013, acted as liaison with the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), and served as 2nd Vice-Chair of CFO. Tim was elected to the Chicken Farmers of Canada Board in 2017.

Luce is a chicken farmer from the Jacques-Cartier area, near Quebec City, Quebec. She holds a degree in animal science from McGill University (1994) and an MBA in agribusiness (2004) from Laval University. Luce took over her family farm in 1999 and, in addition to the chicken trade, her kids are learning agriculture business firsthand through farm gate vegetable sales. Luce has been a Director on the Board of Les Éleveurs de volailles du Quebec since 2017 and has been Quebec’s Director at Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) since 2019. In 2021, Luce became CFC’s representative at Animal Health Canada. She is also Chair of CFC’s Production Committee and a member of the Joint Animal Welfare Working Group.

Ray is another third-generation farmer and is a graduate from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Agriculture Science. His farms in the Fraser Valley, BC are involved in the production of chicken, commercial table eggs, and turkeys. Ray previously served as the president of the B.C. Poultry Association and was also the BC Turkey Association’s director and president. He has been passionately involved in BC agribusiness for many years and was instrumental as a key point person and spokesperson for the poultry sector during the BC floods and the avian influenza outbreak. Ray is currently Chair of the Canadian Poultry Research Council (CPRC).

Tim Ansems is a second-generation chicken farmer from Nova Scotia who has operated his family farm alongside his wife, Angela, for the past two decades. A father of three who grew up on a chicken, turkey, and tobacco farm in Port Williams, Nova Scotia, he is proud to continue building on the foundation established by the previous generation while helping to position the farm for the future. Tim is a graduate of Dalhousie University in Biological Engineering (Biosystems). Tim has been actively involved in industry leadership at the provincial level through Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia, contributing to efforts that support a strong and sustainable sector.