Become a Member

Soyfoods Canada members receive inclusion in a unique national network that keeps you and your company in the know about events, developments, and consumer trends relevant to Canadian soyfoods. Members receive a quarterly newsletter, and occasional emails from Soyfoods Canada representatives when appropriate.

Member companies are also represented by this national organization in government, industry, and consumer relations through lobby efforts, market development, and consumer shows.

Soyfoods Canada is a also a member of the Soyfoods Association of North America (SANA) (http://www.soyfoods.org)

Our Activities

Soyfoods Canada initiatives and operations are managed by an elected board of directors. The ‘working board’ is representative of many facets of Canada’s soyfood industry, and members meet monthly via teleconference.

In the classroom: In partnership with Ontario Agri-Food Education Inc. (OAFE) Soyfoods Canada has developed a teaching kit to help Canadian students in grades four to six learn all about soyfoods*.

Consumer education: Soyfoods Canada has developed a recipe brochure, Soy, Always in Good taste: A beginner’s guide to soyfoods, which is distributed across Canada to health educators, medical support facilities, and consumers.

Food guide: Soyfoods Canada is actively lobbying for the prominent of addition of soyfoods into the upcoming revised Canada’s Food Guide.

Health claim: Working with the Solae Company, Soyfoods Canada is working toward a health claim that will allow soyfoods companies to claim that consuming a specified quantity of soy protein may have a role in reducing the risk of certain cancers and heart disease.

Voice of an industry: Soyfoods Canada board members are frequently called upon to participate in roundtables and events to represent the soyfoods industry at a national level.

Public relations: Soyfoods Canada utilizes media outlets and public relations campaigns to communicate the value of soyfoods to potential consumers.

Becoming a member

As a Soyfoods Canada member, you’ll have the opportunity to participate on the working board of directors or on committees to help promote soyfoods in Canada.

Your membership fee includes…

• One year subscription to Soyfoods Canada
• Soyfoods Canada News, a members-only newsletter providing information about trends, events and opportunities in Canada’s soyfood industry
• Voting privileges at Annual General Meeting
• FREE materials/coupon distribution at carefully selected consumer shows where Soyfoods Canada has a booth presence
• Company listing on www.soyfoodscanada.com
• Enhanced company listing on the online Canadian Soyfoods Directory through Ontario Soybean Growers (OSG) website
• Access to all Soyfoods Canada consumer materials AT COST, available for order four times per year

Plus…

• Receive important relevant updates sent to Soyfoods Canada from other soy industry and government associations.
• You’ll have the opportunity to benefit – and even help direct – Soyfoods Canada’s lobbying efforts on issues such as pursuing a health claim for soy, and changes to Canada’s Food Guide.

» To view the Membership Brochure (pdf) click here

» To view the Membership Application (pdf) click here

For more information about membership in Soyfoods Canada, contact Jeanine Moyer at 519-767-2773 or jmoyer@soybean.on.ca

*Funding for this project was provided in part by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultureal Adaptation Council’s CanAdapt Small Project Initiative.”