Lorne Hepworth
President
CropLife Canada
Ottawa, ON

Lorne Hepworth has been President of CropLife Canada, the trade association representing developers, manufacturers and distributors of plant science innovations for use in agriculture, urban and public health settings since 1997. He has served as a member of the Canadian Agri- Food Research Council, the federal government’s Pest Management Advisory Committee and National Biotechnology Advisory Committee and is currently a board member with CARE Canada, a member of the Advisory Board of the National Research Council of Canada, Plant Biotechnology Institute (NRC-PBI), a member of the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) Scientific Advisory Committee and a member of Genome Canada’s board.

A graduate of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan (1971), Dr. Hepworth was a practicing veterinarian in Alberta and Saskatchewan until 1982, when he was elected to Saskatchewan’s Legislative Assembly for the Constituency of Weyburn. He subsequently served nine years in Cabinet, during which time he was appointed minister of Agriculture, Education, Finance, and Energy and Mines.

From 1993 to 1997, he held several executive positions with the Canadian Agra group of companies specializing in agri-food/feed production, processing and marketing of such diverse products as wine, apple juice concentrate, canola oil and dehydrated alfalfa. While there, he also led the development of the International Division’s Agricultural Project in the People’s Republic of China.

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