Staff
Ivan Hale
Executive Director
Ivan Hale has over 20 years experience managing charities and non-profit organizations at the local, provincial, national and international levels. His wife and three children own and operate a farm in western Quebec.
Dougal Rattray (Photo to follow shortly)
Interim Director of Operations
Dougal Rattray, a native of Scotland, brings with him over 20 years of farming experience in the production of milk, beef, sheep, cereals and vegetables, from smaller, family owned operations, to the value-added, super-market supply chain. Settling in West Quebec in 2006, with his wife and family of two, he has been a part of the QFA team since the June of 2010.
Andrew McClelland
Managing Editor of Quebec Farmers’ Advocate
Andrew McClelland was raised in Cantley, Quebec and wrote his first article for the Quebec Farmers’ Advocate at age 19. He graduated from McGill University with a degree in English and Humanistic Studies, and became managing editor of the Advocate in January 2005.











