About Us
CADA is a collective of Canadian consumers who want to see Canada’s outdated ban on raw milk lifted. Living in the only G7 nation where raw milk cannot be sold legally, we advocate for safe, healthy access to raw milk through appropriate regulation and inspection. We support family farms that nurture their land and livestock to produce top-quality milk. We demand consumer choice!
Board Of Directors
Eva Kralits
Chair, Treasurer & National Advocacy Lead
Immigrant from Austria where farm families thrive & produce ethical, high quality food for local consumers; CPA; Risk & Compliance Specialist; nature lover.
Golda David
Director &
Alberta Lead
Unschooling mother; homeschool facilitator; author; raw milk activist; cheesemaker; owner of demystifyingeducation.com
Kim Trudeau
Director & Ontario Lead
Mother; teacher; farmhand; living seasonally & sustainably; passionate supporter of local regenerative farmers.
Kristian Clinton
Director & Digital Communications/IT
eCommerce & I.T. specialist; dog parent; local food and Made-in-Canada supporter; family of Weston A. Price Kingston chapter founders.
Stephen Magee
Director & Membership Lead
Card and board game enthusiast; history buff; avid reader; personal health devotee; philomath.
Donna Costa
Board Secretary
Author; Weston A Price Foundation member; retired holistic nutritionist and homeopath.
Volunteers
Spencer Hawkswell
Research Lead
Researcher, lobbyist, President and CRO of TheraPsil; dedicating to changing policy to help people have better and healthier lives.
Lorraine Spekkens
Volunteer Coordinator
Physiotherapist; community volunteer; lover of bikes, hikes and the great outdoors.
Jaki Ayton
Volunteer
Dairy goat farmer; public health administrator; Secretary, BC Goat Assoc.; Treasurer, Vancouver Island Goat Assoc.
Lisa Foeste
Volunteer
Communications professional; former journalist; animal/nature lover; sea/sun seeker; supporter of local farmers & Cdn. food freedom.
Advisors
Mark McAfee
Expertise:
Production of raw milk and raw milk products; the largest raw milk farm in USA — 950 cows, 42,000 gallons of raw milk weekly, 3000 pounds of raw butter weekly; sold in 1300+ stores across USA
Credentials:
Founder & Chairman, Raw Milk Institute, a non-profit dedicated to increasing raw milk safety through standards and training and closely associated with International Milk Genomics Consortium at UC Davis, California, facilitating the most advanced science and knowledge of milk genomics in today’s world.
Educator and Mentor, guiding raw milk farmers in the development of individualized Risk Analysis Management Plans (RAMP) for their farms
Retired EMS paramedic & Acute Care Medical Educator
Worldwide lecturer, Safety and Health Benefits of intentionally-produced Raw Milk
Mission Pilot for Flying Doctors, remote Mexico
Volunteer Mission Pilot, Sheriff’s Search & Rescue Air Squadron, California
Margaret (Peg) Coleman
Expertise:
Microbial ecology, predictive microbiology, public health; peer review and education; microbial benefit and risk analysis
Education:
MS, Medical Microbiology (1995), University of Georgia
MS, Biology/Biochemistry (1988), Utah State University
BS, Biology/Chemistry (1979), SUNY ESF
Boards & Professional Affiliations:
Advisory Board Member, Raw Milk Institute
Member, American Society for Microbiology
Fellow and elected member, Society for Risk Analysis Council
Selected Publications: (Click here for full list.)
Microbiome and Immunology: Interactions for Risk Assessors from 21st Century Science at SUNY ESF, Environmental Risk Assessment course
Considering Risk Management for Complex Systems at Ohio State University, Quantitative Microbial Risk Analysis Modeling course
Lorene Sauro
Expertise:
Food, health & wellness
Holistic nutrition
Digestive & intestinal health
Education:
Canadian School of Natural Nutrition (1999)
Registered Holistic Nutritionist
Cordon Bleu graduate
Experience:
Holistic Nutritionist (25+ yrs)
Food Professional, (30+ yrs)
Advocate, organic agriculture (30+ years)
Teacher, holistic nutrition, CSNN
Author, A Pastry Queen Goes Green, and other eBooks, recipes and holistic practitioner client materials
Blogger and host, "A Better Conversation"
Co-Founder:
Canadian Holistic Nutrition Conference
Canadian Association of Holistic Nutrition Professionals CAHN-Pro
Functional Microbiome Program
Functional Hormone Balance Program
Awards:
CSNNAA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017