Jennifer Hayes has been appointed to
the Canadian Dairy Commission which supervises Canada’s national milk supply
management system.
She is a dairy and beef farmer at
Pinecrest Farms in Shigawake in the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec.
She is the third generation on the
farm she co-owns with her father and uncle. The farm is the most eastern
dairy farm in Quebec.
She has been an active member of L’Union
des Producteurs Agricoles and its specialized dairy, beef and local
syndicates.
She earned a Master of Business
Administration degree from Concordia University and is active in rural
development initiatives in her region.
She is one of the very few women in
leadership positions in Canada’s supply-management dairy industry.
